- Eighteen feet long, with 6 foot 3 inch beam
- Hull Number R-18-865, 131 HP Hercules KBL six-cylinder engine with three 1-bbl down-draft carburetors.
- Chris-Craft built 1,210 18-foot Rivieras from 1950 through 1954
- Purchased from her original owner
- Other than two tiny “Dutchman” repairs and a new gas tank, every bit of her wood inside and out, including her bottom is original
- Her gauges, upholstery, ceilings, hardware, windshield and engine are original
- Snake Mountain Boatworks LLC executed her comprehensive mechanical and cosmetic preservation beginning in early 2014, and finishing in early August, 2015
- Her new owners are enjoying her in Ohio and North Carolina.
1952 Chris Craft Riviera How & Why of Bleaching at SMB
Ok, I am calendar challenged, still. Yes, the 25th, today, is Tuesday, not Wednesday. Sharing ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout Bleaching Day
It has been 18 hours since the last application of Kleen Strip wood bleach (50:50 ...
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52 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout 18 Staining Deck Corina Blonde
We tested early this morning and the hull’s moisture content has dropped to a pretty ...
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’52 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout Staining Complete
We passed a significant milestone on the 1952 Chris-Craft Riviera runabout 18’ with completing staining ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout Staining Complete
We passed a significant milestone on the 1952 Chris-Craft Riviera runabout 18’ with completing staining ...
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’52 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout Sealed First Coat
As promised, here is the Riviera following applying the first coat of sealer. As I ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout Sealed First Coat
As promised, here is the Riviera following applying the first coat of sealer. As I ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera 18′ Runabout Varnishing
We allowed the Interlux Interprime Clear Sealer to cure in the paint/varnish clean room over ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout Varnish Update
Varnishing the Chris-Craft 18’ Riviera Runabout began last Monday. Today, after RJ lightly hand-sanded the ...
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Rolling Tipping Coat #7 on the ’52 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout
Here is the promised segment illustrating how we roll and tip, in this case coat ...
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’52 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout 8 Coats & Counting
We are one coat closer, and “only” seven more coats and three comprehensive sanding sessions ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout 8 Coats & Counting
We are one coat closer, and “only” seven more coats and three comprehensive sanding sessions ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Achieving Flat
RJ once again transformed the surfaces of the ’52 Chris-Craft Riviera Runabout to snow fields, ...
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’52 Chris Craft Riviera Achieving Flat
RJ once again transformed the surfaces of the ’52 Chris-Craft Riviera Runabout to snow fields, ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout Varnish Update
No, the 1952 Chris-Craft Riviera Runabout has not evaporated. She’s received a couple more coats ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera 18′ Buffing Varnish RJ’s Triumph
RJ and John rolled and tipped coat number 14 of Pettit High-Build onto the decks ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Bright Work Milestone
RJ has reached the finish line on “his” Chris-Craft Riviera Runabout. The weeks of hard ...
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Sikaflex in Seams Follow up ’52 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout
In response to several requests to see how John does it, here is a follow-up ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera How We Fill Deck Seams
As one of my guys loves to say, “She’s coming into it now.” The 1952 ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera 18′ Project Update
Yes, the date is last week ... YouTube had a glitch and two clips did ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Outdoors
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1952 Chris Craft 18′ Riviera Preservation Complete
We purchased this 1952 Chris-Craft 18-foot Riviera in the late autumn 2014. I could ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Runabout 18 Wow!
Today we harvest two long years of painstaking preservation of the almost completely original 1952 ...
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1952 Chris Craft Riviera Road Trip to Her New Home
Putting her on the market was truly a difficult decision for Shirley, my wife, and ...
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