1960 Uniflite - A true '60 I believe

[Kelly]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/boa/4686858109.html
$1K




I truly believe this one is a 1960. Note the hatch is moved to the lower section of the bow while the Nav light is up on top of the cabin windows. I believe it to be a '60 because it has the same paint as John's '59 and is still a '17 Express whereas is '61 they went to a '19 Express like Nick's boat.
Either way, it's a cool boat that looks like it would clean up nicely.

[Kelly]

Original trailer and it appears all of the hardware too! Score!

[Helmar]

Original trailer and it appears all of the hardware too! Score!

I think you are right on this Kelly.

Funny, it seems that our club members owns more of these classics that anyone knows about.
Which, I might add, will help the search engines find us.

I have searched and searched and have not found as much information that we have here. Pretty cools guys

[Bflaherty]

It's shame to see a boat stored that way (bow down) which pretty much guarantees that the whole cabin interior/floor/stringers are junk!

[61_express]

The hardware is definitely original (same as my boat) and you can tell that its early '60's due to the cabin window design also. I believe they offered the 17' along with the 19' for a bit.

This ad was from 1961/2 if I remember right, notice the 19' ob 3rd in from the back next to the 20'i/o. Interesting in black and white you can see that there were different topside colors offered. I wonder if it was model specific or if you could special order them.
and the 17' ob 3rd from the front along with a 17' i/o(never seen one) the two up front must be a 15 and a 16'? no forward hatch.

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[Helmar]

Nick, seems that you have had more information on these that many others. Good Score!!!!
I really like this one

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[Kelly]

I'm not disagreeing with you Nick however everything I've found says the smallest model is the 17' Express. One could make the argument that a 17' Express is actually around 16' but hey, even modern boat manufacturers stretch the truth with their boat sizes. I'd be interested in seeing a close up of that shot and see if there is a hatch on the cabin roof (and it's painted) similar to John's Uniflite.
I do agree there are some odd sizes going on in that pic. Going by the theory that a 17' was the smallest offered, then starting from the bottom as a 17', the next O/B model would be a 19', the next would be a 20', then 19' I/O, then 19', then 20', and finally a whopper...23-24'. My best guess. Granted, this ad was from 61/62 so they could have went smaller...?

There has to be a few older fellas that worked there, or better yet, were in management/advertising, that are still around that can provide some answers with proof to back it up. Granted there was a fire and a lot was lost, but everything can't be gone???

[Kelly]

Interesting that the one for sale and the ones in the ad don't have wipers. They must have stopped adding them in 59?

Another note: The one for sale must be a 17' because it's on a single axle trailer, the 19's came with dual axle trailers.

[61_express]

Here is a 1958 brochure that I found tucked away. I guess color options were available. I agree with you Kelly, I have never seen anything smaller than a 17' But looking at the two boats in the foreground I don't see a shadow cast by a hatch cover. Then again I haven't ever seen a 17' I/O and only came across one 20' I/O. Info is pretty scarce on these smaller cruisers. I really hope someone picks this one up.

My 19 looked like a pregnant girl on roller skates on the little Snoco dual axle trailer.

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[Kelly]

I've got that one too, cool ad. I would love to see a '58 19 footer with the early windows...from what I can tell that would be like seeing bigfoot. Nick your 19 footer looks like it has a longer bow than any of those in the ad above. It could be just the way the pics are, but does it look longer to you?

Maybe I should merge this thread with the other Uniflite info thread we had going a few months ago...

[michael pingatore]

greetings nick what is the big boat in the line up in your picture add (last one) looks like a i/o did they come with two motors in the bigger uniflits 60 thur 65

[61_express]

Its kinda hard to judge by the picture but mine is pretty much a copy of the one in the back. The outboard express seems to have a much lower cabin roof than the similar sized I/O also.

Mike, from what I have pieced together over the years the 23' was offered with either single or twin I/O ( I messed up and missed out on a 1963 23' with twin iron duke 4cyl and volvo outdrives, still kicking myself over that one) I have also seen a few with single small block chrysler power. The larger models 26' and up I believe were v-drive or straight inboard single or twin.

[michael pingatore]

greetings nick,,,thanks for the info.......would u still like to get a bigger 1963 uniflite..like a twin 26..with the v8 engines and the screws out the bottom...........nice interior,,, stove- dinning table -head ect....wow so mush room,inside....know where one is ...wow,,, got my dads thats all i can deal with mike p

[Skagitguy]

What happen to the 20' Skagit you got from that old fella for $300.00 back in May ????? Do you still have it at your place in Kent.

[michael pingatore]

greetings chuck............skagit 20 is home in my shop along side dads 17 ft 1960 express cruser......wow what a site to see them together