Cee Bee Avenger`s

[barnal]

It was my neighbors, I wish I had a picture. That was in the mid 80s I think

Check out this green one someone has at our lake.

[WavetoWave]

Check out this green one someone has at our lake.

I actually think that's the same boat. It was on Lake of the Woods, Kenora. My neighbors had it new I believe. Where is that?

[barnal]

I actually think that's the same boat. It was on Lake of the Woods, Kenora. My neighbors had it new I believe. Where is that?

This one is in the whiteshell on the same lake as my avenger. There are three on the lake. these guys are the original owner of the green one. I picked mine up in north carolina

[dominodave]

[bearclaw]

Ah, Avengers My buddy's dad had a dealership on our lake. In the '70's, they were doing a high volume in stern-drive bowriders (Mark Twain, Cobalt, Slickcraft, some economy brands), small-medium cabin cruisers (Carvers mostly), the occasional pontoon boat (nothing like today's market).
They did a little performance business - they were a Checkmate dealer - but fewer of those all the time, as small outboards were low profit.
In early 1975, his dad took three Avengers as a trial at being a dealer for them (that was the standard min. quantity at the time to start).
Looking at this old catalog, they were a all-green flake Model 185 jet (with the high sides) with a 455 Olds, a gold & brown flake Model 180 jet with a 4-bolt 454 Chev, and an all-blue flake Model 165 outboard like everyone here seems to have.
There was another dealer nearby who had the "performance" market, and sold the heck out of Taylor jets. So selling the Avengers was an uphill slog. It took him most of the season to sell the jets. He rigged the outboard for my buddy to use that year, since he figured it was better to get one out on the water to be seen. It was rated for a 125 (being a dealer, he couldn't "overpower" it), so we hung a 115 TOP on it (note: powerhead, not prop-rated at that time). We got a stout steel transom plate (as was the style at the time - no jackplates yet), and we must have blocked it up close to 5". There weren't a ton of SS props in the consumer market back then, unless you went and hunted one down. Being broke HS kids, we settled for one of the old high-rake Merc Hi-Po bronze jobs were found in the prop inventory. I believe it was a 24". With the driver alone, fumes in the tank and lil' bit of chop to break it loose, it would just barely touch 60 on a Keller speedo (no GPS yet, just Sputnik ). They were built to be jets - pretty flat, no real pad, ran glued to the water.
The thing would slide in a turn like crazy, though - I do remember that.
Pretty boat though, with the all-Royal Blue metalflake and the all-blue Merc engine motif in '75, black interior. Was a hit with the the chicks, definitely
Wish I still had a picture, but I looked in my album, and that's one I no longer have

[kbirdmon]

I had one almost exact the same colors and all.. Was a color match almost exact. LOL>
I had a 135 cowl but a 175 on it.. and yes. I cracked the transom more than once.

Let's see more of those Avenger boat pictures!

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[RiverJunkie702]

Here's mine, it's a 20'
stout boat, I'd way rather be in this one for 2'-3' chop than in my Mirage ski racer! The Cee Bee just sails right through, or actually skips right over the white caps but trick is you gotta be doing at least 60 -70mph and hit em at the right angle. 30-50mph will beat the hell out of ya. I still like it for the lake, too heavy to be real fast but I imagine with a 300 it would be low to mid 90's.

[WavetoWave]

Here's mine, it's a 20'
stout boat, I'd way rather be in this one for 2'-3' chop than in my Mirage ski racer! The Cee Bee just sails right through, or actually skips right over the white caps but trick is you gotta be doing at least 60 -70mph and hit em at the right angle. 30-50mph will beat the hell out of ya. I still like it for the lake, too heavy to be real fast but I imagine with a 300 it would be low to mid 90's.

Those 20s are beautiful. Yours looks mint.