Building Chris-Craft: Inside the Factories
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760335923 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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-- Wooden Boat, Sept/Oct. 2010 . Every Chris-Craft owner will want to own this detailed history of Chris-Craft
This market dominance was due in no small part to the design and construction techniques employed in the company’s studios and on its factory floors.Building Chris-Craft examines the company’s design and production heritage, looking at Chris-Craft’s considerable accomplishments in the context of key competitors and industrial trends in general. High-quality archival images take readers inside the factories, design studios, and lofts of Chris-Craft factories in Algonac, Holland; Cadillac, Michigan; Salisbury, Maryland; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Caruthersville, Missouri.. For more than half a century, Chris-Craft reigned supreme in the world of motorboating
An armchair cruise in a Chris-Craft A must for anyone who appreciates classic wood boats and the legendary Chris-Craft name. Packed with photos, both color and black and white, the book offers an experience that is the next best thing to skimming over the waves in a real mahogany boat. In addition to a myriad of photos depicting construction o. wschartwell said It Felt Like You Were One of the Workmen. "Building Chris Craft: Inside The Factories" is a pictorial history photographed as if were there in Algonac Michigan building these magnificent woodies. The images were probably photographed as a work in progress or for promotion. But, like all great images shot at the time when this was common place work i. A lovely walk back into a simpler time, with A lovely walk back into a simpler time, with the story of the way all of those magnificent Chris-Craft boats were built. There is plenty of detail on the history of the company, as well as detail on actual construction methods, and the way day-to-day operations were handled.