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Now I'm curious, anyone know the production totals?
We could just grassroots this as well, if you own a Spectra, post up what number and size it is in this thread, we'll be able to determine pretty close what the runs where once we get enough data.
Thanking all you Spectra owners in advance, if anything it will actually show us how collectable these boats actually are. And not just because they are the sexy
Mine is 20'#943 built Sept 79
CC's is 20'#451 Built April 75
Found 20'#004 built 71. Owner so far will not give up full HIN to narrow down date, but at least it's more data.
Found 20'#004 built 71. Owner so far will not give up full HIN to narrow down date, but at least it's more data.
By the way what is the M for? Marine?
I have a 1979 24'. SPE24313M79C
I have a 32 made in 79. Can't get to the title or hi right now. Sorry.
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Will do.Whenever you get a chance, just gathering data so we can make some decent assumptions about total production for each model.
I have a 1971 Spectra 24 which only has 3 numbers #101 for the hull ID. We have owned it since 1976 . It had a wooden trailer when we got it. The color was baby blue with white window stripe. The boat was set up for offshore fishing. Had a live bait well and outriggers. Has a 427 Chevrolet with a mercruiser III outdrive. We took it deep sea fishing for many years to the Channel islands. View attachment 642607
Put up some pics man!Ha,
Looks like my 32 was built just before 3279? 32119M78L.
I have a 1978 24XS HID SPE24293M78HNow I'm curious, anyone know the production totals?
Mine is a 79 32". I don't have the other numbers the boat is stored at our lake house. I was told by the original owner who I bought it from it was a show boat for spectra. My brother-in-law also has a 32 it's a 78.
spectra32bob,
Would be cool to get the numbers from the boats. Could have some consecutive production survivors? (mine & 3279 are 119&120)
In fact I'm curious how many of the original 32's are still around?
Are you sure the grey one wasn't the Srico made by Racey Ind. in Boulder City? I think Racey has the mold for the 32.I know of 2 more for sure that I've seen boating at Mead, one is grey that one has been completely redone and an orange & white one that's all original like mine.
Are you sure the grey one wasn't the Srico made by Racey Ind. in Boulder City? I think Racey has the mold for the 32. View attachment 665847
Racey has the 32 mold, not Hallett.
The other Spectra molds went to the following boat company's:
Spectra 18 went to Southwind before Spectra went out of business
Spectra 19 went to Gilbreath ( GMT)
Spectra 20 went to Miller
Spectra 24 went to Sanger
Spectra 32 went to Racey
Brent
I stand corrected on the grey one .... that's the boat in the picture, see him all the time out there.Are you sure the grey one wasn't the Srico made by Racey Ind. in Boulder City? I think Racey has the mold for the 32. View attachment 665847
Then at some point Shane acquired it from Hallett.
SPE19122M75K
Before and after buffing out pics? WOW it came back super nice! I have not seen your boat around on this site, but maybe others have, it does have a pretty unique gel!
SPE (MIC-Manufacturer Identification Code- issued by the Coast Guard-Spectra Marine Manufacturer) 19 (size) 122 (boat # 122) M75K (built June 1975).
EARLY HIN TYPES, November 1, 1972 through July 30, 1984
The manufacturer had the option of giving either the model year or date of manufacture. As with cars, a model year can be several months different from the date of manufacture.
A. Straight date HIN: Example: ABC123451272 (December, 1972)
The 9th and 10th characters give the month and the 11th and 12th characters denote the year of manufacture.
B. Model Year HIN: Example: ABC12345M67J (May, 1967)
The 9th digit is an "M", which stands for model year.
The 10th and 11th characters are numeric and denote the model year.
The 12th and final digit gives the month of manufacture using letters of the alphabet.
Because some months have the same beginning letters (March and May, January, June and July) it is understandable that one can't use the first letter of each month, so inventors of the system decided to use letters of the alphabet consecutively (A through L). Here comes the stupid part! "A" stands for August, but not because the month's name begins with an "A". The government officials simply decided to start lettering months with August and end with July! In order to figure out your HIN you may need to check the following chart:
A=August, B=September, C=October, D=November, E=December,
F=January, G=February, H=March, I=April, J=May, K=June, L=July
Racey has the 32 mold, not Hallett.
The other Spectra molds went to the following boat company's:
Spectra 18 went to Southwind before Spectra went out of business
Spectra 19 went to Gilbreath ( GMT)
Spectra 20 went to Miller
Spectra 24 went to Sanger
Spectra 32 went to Racey
Brent