There is no sure fire way to track. From our various membership lists we have the history of at least 4 of them. It really helps when members provide the hull number in their profile.
Lloyd Flemming, 72 commander 38 express, flying bridge, "History". I had a look at Jackie Gleasons 60 foot. Like all of us, interested in all aspects of Chris Craft, but was curious to note that the listing included one 12v71 Detroit diesel. I imagined transmissions to split the drive between 2 propeller shafts, but in the photographs, there appears one line of prop disturbance at the centre of the stern. My Commander always shows dual prop wash. Does anyone know the situation here? My understanding was that pairs of 1271 engines were used, and it maybe looks like there are 2 transmission shifters, when they were used. Any insights??
I can’t imagine that CC would have built a 60 Commander with a single engine. That would have made handling nearly impossible. One engine driving two shafts? Even less likely than a single engine / single screw.
There is no sure fire way to track. From our various membership lists we have the history of at least 4 of them. It really helps when members provide the hull number in their profile.
how do I look up the 4 of them?
With the old website it was possible to search the member list by model, but not any more. Webmaster might be able to do that.
Paul, checkout this link:
Joe
Lloyd Flemming, 72 commander 38 express, flying bridge, "History". I had a look at Jackie Gleasons 60 foot. Like all of us, interested in all aspects of Chris Craft, but was curious to note that the listing included one 12v71 Detroit diesel. I imagined transmissions to split the drive between 2 propeller shafts, but in the photographs, there appears one line of prop disturbance at the centre of the stern. My Commander always shows dual prop wash. Does anyone know the situation here? My understanding was that pairs of 1271 engines were used, and it maybe looks like there are 2 transmission shifters, when they were used. Any insights??
Lloyd
I can’t imagine that CC would have built a 60 Commander with a single engine. That would have made handling nearly impossible. One engine driving two shafts? Even less likely than a single engine / single screw.