Hi, I am the owner of the 24' DC that has been mentioned in a couple of threads here this summer and earlier.
According to my trawl through the online Campbell records, the factory built a total of six 24' daycruisers. This boat was built in 1983 with a blown BBC when the factory was going through bankruptcy and it was involved in some sort of financial shenanigans for several years before being sold at auction w/o an engine. She was named "No Business", re-powered with a twin turbo 468 and used by a couple of owners before I bought it in Payson, Az with a cracked block. At some point it had been involved in a (perhaps) fatal accident on, I believe, Paradise Lake, which ended up with the boat on the beach with a twisted bow rail and a forehead sized star shaped crack in the gel oat in front of the helm.
I did a mechanical restoration after I bought her during the summer of '09, including a Larry Peto built all alloy Dart BBC and a NOS TRS drive. I also removed, cleaned and reinstalled the interior, fixed a tiny bit of rot in the transom and re-plumbed the 4 fuel tanks for use on Lake Powell. Along the way we had Campbell in Lake Havasu arrange for new canvas and a new bow rail as well as a forward raked windscreen. We then used the boat out of Bullfrog, Az for several years, but lately it has languished in a storage lot in Valencia.
The time has come to finally take the next step and complete the restomod of this family treasure. I want to make some changes to the instrument panel, move the helm over a bit, redesign and replace the interior and seats and make a new sealed engine compartment with teak trim instead of a vinyl sun pad on the cover to match the new floors. It also will be rewired at this time too.
Can anyone recommend a good shop? I have spoken to Marty Raymond and will be considering him as well as George and Mario at So Cal Speed and Marine, but I would like to get bids/estimates from others as well. I am located in the SFV and will take the boat to wherever it needs to go......