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Chris Craft Typhoon

Chris Craft Typhoon

Chris Craft Typhoon
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Old-Modern Handicrafts

MUSEUM QUALITY
Fully Assembled and Ready For Display.

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Dimensions: 33 x 8 x 7 3/4 Inch

About Our Model:
Our Chris Craft Typhoon model is handcrafted from beautiful wood such as rosewood, mahogany and teak along with various other exotic wood. The hull is constructed using the plank on frame method where each strip of exotic wood are carefully joined together to form a smooth hull. This model is completely hand built to spec by skillful and creative master craftsmen; you will be amazed at how real it looks. The ship has a gleaming color of red, white, and a clear varnished coating. On the ship, you will find a variety of beautiful handcrafted metal parts such as: metal front windshield frame, metal ring gauges, metal steering wheel, metal horns, metal lights, metal propeller and much more. This model has two cockpits: the front one is the operating area and the back is the passenger seating area. Both of these cockpits come with detailed stitched leather seats. A wooden stand comes standard with this model. Our model is built according to scale using original plans, pictures and drawings. We absolutely use no plastic parts only the highest quality wood and metal parts. This model is carefully packed with two thick layers of Styrofoam for damaged free shipping. Our Chris Craft Typhoon model comes ready to be display.

Brief History:
The Chris Craft logo is associated with both superior speed and craftsmanship. Founded by Christopher Columbus Smith around the 1920s, Chris Craft Co. still stands as a leader in producing high-powered, luxurious leisure boats. These pleasingly varnished, mahogany masterpieces are well known and easily identified by antique boat enthusiasts.
The success of the Christ Craft vessels was perpetuated by Smith’s flourishing racing career. The quality of his models was tested through competitive speedboat racing, and the Christ Craft superiority rang true as the boats consistently proved victorious.
During the era of prohibition, speedboat racing was embraced by gamblers, industrialists, and mobsters. These men readily financed the high-powered designs of craftsman such as Christopher Columbus Smith, John L. Hacker, and George Crouch.
As Smith’s boats started to receive awards such as the coveted Gold Cup of the American Power Boat Association, the Chris Craft name started to become a star among nautical enthusiasts. He continued to thrive in the speedboat competitions and his string of victories further accelerated the explosion of his company’s success.
The Typhoon:
The pedigree of the Typhoon dates back to the days of the Gold Cup Races.
The original Typhoon was designed back in 1929 by George Crouch. Among the other famous designs from George Crouch were the ever popular Baby Bootleger, and the award winning Teaser, to name a few. The Teaser became famous by winning the celebrated time trial against the Twentieth Century Limited from New York City to Albany in 1925. She beat the record by more than an hour. The Twentieth Century Limited was the fastest train on the rails at that time.
The Typhoon origin began with Edsel Ford. Edsel Ford was an avid raceboat enthusiast. Knowing the background, and seeing the famous Teaser in action, Edsel Ford wanted a new fast boat just like it for his own personal use. He contacted the yard that built the Teaser and had an exact copy built, naming it the Typhoon. The Typhoon was a large brute, measuring in at 40' in length, with a 2000 cu. in. Wright Typhoon engine. Like a wild stallion, she was born to race. She had the seating capacity to seat up to eight adults, in three separate cockpits, but without the creature comforts and safety of any windshields.
Edsel Ford never used it as a pure racer, however. His primary use for the boat was as a commuter speedboat between the Ford factory and his home in Lake St. Claire.
In 1941, Ford sold it to Howard Hughes who kept it running during the war years, but soon sold it after the war. The Typhoon then went through a series of owners over the next few years ending up in Kentucky. Then in the late sixties, her current owners had her shipped from Kentucky to Seattle Washington. In the late 1960's, at Bryants Marina in Washington, the boat that was docked next to the Typhoon caught fire. The fire raged out of control, and soon engulfed the Typhoon . The Typhoon was a total loss.

Highlights about this model speed boat:

100% hand built from scratch using “plank on frame” construction method.

Hundreds of hours is required to finish a model.

Completed models contain thousands of details created by our skillful master craftsmen.

Made of finest wood like Rosewood, Mahogany, Teak and other exotic tropical wood.

Chrome and brass fittings and ornaments constitute the excellence of our models

Extensive research through original plans and pictures make our models authentic.

Each model goes through a demanding quality control process before leaving the workshop.

Just the perfect gift for your home or office and for the boat enthusiast or passionate wooden model ship collector.

- Our models have all the little details that will amaze you the moment you see them.

- Just look at them and you will highly appreciate not only the skills but also the time that our master craftsmen spnd on each of these models.

* Recommended by the experts: It is an excellent idea to put your model ship in a display case for protection.

* Your display case will increase the value of your gallery quality model ship, and keep it, protecting it in prestine condition for generations.

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