John, Jerry and Steve you are all correct except Steve he is just stealing lines from a cadillac commercial. And Steve I can answer yes to that my Chris and my car both do it for me. You should see my car 0-60 in a little over 5 seconds. But my point is that we have a responsibility to let people know that the boats are nice good boats but they arent really collectors items at least not when it comes to a Lancer or a Corsair. Now a Chris Cobra that is a collectors item along with a 25 Lancer with twins some things are rare. But my position is that as knowledgeable Chris Craft owners we should also show some restraint when it comes to discussing the collectiblility over pricing of boats. I have seen the general asking price of 20 to 23 foot chris crafts go through the roof in the last few years and some of that due to people from this forum commenting at selling sites that the boat was rare and worth more money than the seller was asking. To me that is just dumb especially when another forum member may be considering purchasing the boat. I found a 20 Sea Skiff a few years ago selling for $600 in Akron OH luckily for my wife it was sold before I got there my only problem with the boat was that it had the eaton outdrive on it. John your boat is gorgeous and I would have paid a pretty penney for that boat but I have also been looking at the 20 to 23 size for a few years now and have seen the prices rise considerably and when talking to owners they keep mentioning this site as the basis for why they are asking 15 to 20 thousand dollars for a boat that is 30 plus years old and not restored. I could go buy a relatively new Chris Craft 20' speedster for 27k
http://www.boattrader.com/listing/2006-CHRIS-CRAFT-SPEEDSTER-89575014 and get all the benefits of new technology a 20 degree deadrise etc... and they are sharp boats. OK OK I will get off the soapbox now.