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Early Bertram gunnel vents

Posted By: John F.
Date: Thursday, 28 April 2005, at 8:11 a.m.

A couple of the faithful may be interested in this, so here goes.

I have a gasser and need gunnel vents. My B31 is a '69, and has pretty plain chrome/bronze mismatched vents. The early B31s (and some other Berts) had what I think are really great looking gunnel vents that are pretty low profile and have what looks like 4 squares for the air intakes. There are some pics of them in the Legend of Bertram book, and as I remember, Walter's Bluebeard has 'em.

Anyway, after casually looking for these early vents for the past couple years, I've now got a complete set of 4. They show up on EBay with a description of something like "early Chris Craft Bear Claw Style Vents." There is a pair listed right now from the same seller that I just got a pair from. They're out there if you want them, it just took me awhile to realize where. Hope this helps someone out (JJ?).

John F.

Messages In This Thread

Early Bertram gunnel vents
John F. -- Thursday, 28 April 2005, at 8:11 a.m.

Re: Early Bertram gunnel vents
Jim Kilbane -- Thursday, 28 April 2005, at 3:34 p.m.

Re: Early Bertram gunnel vents
JJ -- Thursday, 28 April 2005, at 9:36 p.m.

Re: Early Bertram gunnel vents
Jim Kilbane -- Thursday, 28 April 2005, at 10:11 p.m.

Re: Early Bertram gunnel vents
Walter Kaprielian -- Thursday, 28 April 2005, at 11:35 p.m.

Re: Early Bertram gunnel vents
John Brownlee -- Saturday, 30 April 2005, at 9:42 a.m.

Re: Early Bertram gunnel vents
JJ -- Sunday, 1 May 2005, at 9:07 p.m.