Rare Switzer Craft GL20 or GL21 I/O found.... Any info??

RayNDee

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Re: Rare Switzer Craft GL20 or GL21 I/O found.... Any info??

Still working on getting our Switzer out of storage, until then i did find a picture online of our exact boat, the same colore, etc, the only difference is we need to polish up the finish on ours, otherwise it's the same boat...copper switzer craft.jpg
 

H20Rat

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there are very very few "collectable" boats, the really old wooden hulls are about the only collectable boats.

+1!

Its a cool boat, and looks like a decent candidate for a resto. Just be ready for LOTS of work, lots of money, and by the time you are done, you will have a boat that is worth around $4k to $6k.
 

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This thread is 2 years old fellas.....

12. Please do not post to threads that have been inactive for more than 3 months UN-LESS you are the original poster. We have very active forums and any thread that remains inactive for that long should be considered "dead". It is especially confusing when there is an entirely new question posted to an old thread. This is considered a hijack. Please start a new thread of your own.
 

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I am the original poster. The boat was stolen by ****************** with the assistance of my ex-wife. I still have the original title, registration and all ownership documents for the boat. The police are no help.. If anyone sees or hears of this boat popping up ANYWHERE I would appreciate hearing about it. James
 
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Bubbasboat

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Re: Rare Switzer Craft GL20 or GL21 I/O found.... Any info??

I found a rare Switzer boat near me recently at an abandoned house.

Then he has no claim to it. If he wanted to keep it why didn't he take it with him ??.

If it were me I'd back the truck up to it and be on my way home with it. :)

If your looking to go to jail:laugh:
 

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I am the original poster. The boat was stolen by a **************** with the assistance of my ex-wife. I still have the original title, registration and all ownership documents for the boat. The police are no help.. If anyone sees or hears of this boat popping up ANYWHERE I would appreciate hearing about it. James

Do you have a current photo after your restoration?
 
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karguy

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It was not restored on the outside so it looks pretty much the same. The engine was gone through and the outdrive rebuilt. I still have the outdrive.
 

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Well dude sorry to here it "stolen" BUT? DAMN glad ya chimed back in here. Little history..(for the rest) Bob and Dave Switzer were original Fox Chain..(my old stomping grounds, kid in the 50's, and tore up the chain into the 70's). Heck, in the 50's my older brother had a Baby Switzer, with a 20H Merc! The boats built were more local, than anything nation wide. "Good ol boys". Based McHenry..(Bobby stiil there summer on the lower Fox, winter in FL, where Dave is at) Thing is I know Bob, and he is a "master of speed, AND..him and Dave built SOLID BOATS! I did a road trip back, 2006, and saw him again, years later his house. He's STILL a solid gearhead. But a little the GL 20/21. We were on Pistakee, and middle 70's, I had a 1974 SS17, with the new XS1500 Merc. Ran 73. Carl next door had a GL20, with the new 200hp Rude. It ran middle 80's. So one day here comes Bobby, wife and dog, and the New GL21, with a 235 Rude. And damn right we did Thursday nights, Drags at Blarneys..(heck, we started it!) Place now famous, and 3 times the size it was then.
What ya had there is a prize find! Damn boats built like a brick, but light too. They designed the perfect hull too for small fast boats. No such thing as "chine walking", just rock solid "on the pad"..with a solid grin yer face too. On my 17 XS, Bobby did the hull, Ralph Kozan built the motor, Jim Moulis from Fox Lake Harbor rigged it right..(outlaw sprint car racer.."King of the cushion". Best damn boat EVER owned. But as young and dumb, sold it...(bad move) Couple pix, and a Link coming,
 

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I have a GL 20 Jet I/O. VERY rare. Going through restoration now. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't make money on them. And a thread never dies.....that is how i find old info on new finds...
 
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