Wow!Wow that’s petty.
My dads 74 Hallett from back in the day. View attachment 1499432
I wonder? If a guy found one and splashed it? Would a guy get a cease and desist letter?
Davis owns everything hallett new and OLD. Like everything. whether he builds one or not is his business. He could literally take a chain saw to every mold and say fuck em all, I’ll hold the name and burn it to the ground. He still owns it all. He wouldn’t and clearly has the funds to protect his investment into the brand. What if he was considering making the 240 top as an option?
There is nothing stopping Davis for making a 240 deck for the 255 hull and calling it a 240 by Hallett. What Davis owns is the 240 name, as there was no hull/deck mold for it when Hallett sold to Davis.
Of course there is nothing stopping him from doing what ever the fuck he wants. There is how ever something stopping others from making his boats.
lol
I’m not trying to defend anyone. Selfishly I’m glad someone is building the 240 again. Customers have wanted it ever since it was destroyed and boat company owners have refused to build it lol.
if a boat has a pointy front and a boat tail rear end doesn’t mean anyone can suit anyone for a design.
I bet Randy doesn't give a shit. Deck boats are all the rage. They invest in and build what people want/order. Sadly the custom V market is not what it once was.
Go with the 600. You will not regret it.
Since everyone is a lawyer, what legal action can I take?Going back to the Way back machine didn’t eliminator have a model called the 242? So does that mean eliminator can sue Barron also?
It seems to me the new Hallet had plenty of time to build a new 240 to appease the masses, but decided not to.
Barron took the risk to build a new mold and is hoping it will pay off for them. Is it possible they asked permission before proceeding?
Yep! There’s so many “I’ve never done it, BUT, you’re doing it wrong!” types that come out of the woodwork in these and the restoration threads. Sad really, that there are people so miserable in their own life that it spills over into others. I guess that’s just the way of the interweb.
Not true. Met with him at SCFW.
Thane/New Regime would build a 240 or 300. You’d have to be the 1st to pay for the mold to be built. It was just a phone call or Check away.
They would sell you a 335 with a Plexi wind shield or a 255 before investing the man power. Money isn't the issue. It is manpower. I have talked to Randy many times. He said there is not enough demand for it to make sense.
This I agree with. I’m a fan of the Hallett brand and those that support the owners,. New and old.
Then I don’t think anyone should or would care if someone is making a 240. (242) Me personally I wanted a 240 when we built our boat. I was told it wasn’t possible but I could build a 255. The 255 has grown on me quite a bit but the og 240 reminds me of being a kid on a friends boat and that memory means something to me.
I’m sure they would have but have you heard the saying, “build it and they will come”? If Davis thought it wasn't worth the upfront cost to build a mold to sell one, then this is a moot point. Someone did and guess what, they sold one and who knows how many more from the show.
I’d believe the in Canada in at least part of the summer.
Like with a lot of things, “What’s old is new again”. Retro is cool!
I wish they’d bring back that old 26 foot deck boat. I really liked those things.
That is exactly what they did. They then cut off the backend of the 240 and redesigned it a little bit making making it their own mold
Hallett splashed the 21 RC Schiada hull (bottom) = Hallett Vector
My thoughts exactly. Hallett was kind of like trident in the aspect that they tell you what you want rather than you tell them what you want. I believe that was the deal with the 240 and 255
Makes it a 242 not a 240
That was Jerry. Build you a custom boat the way he wanted to build it. Just a fight to get what you wanted. Nick fought my parents on doing the dash/cockpit white and the flip up on the windshield. Pretty much every Hallett since has a white cockpit and flip up windshield.
So many stories of that kind of mentality from Hallett. Back in the day, I remember a ski race boat that had "special thanks to Oompa Loompa custom boats" painted on the back of the boat after their experience
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Not according to the guys at Schiada. They say it was splashed and then all of the abnormalities were 'fixed" by Hallett. There is an interview on youtube where they talk about it. The interview was posted on this site not that long ago.
So how cheap are they willing to sell it for?
Just trying to understand what Stan was talking about in that recent taped interview. He said it was splashed but significant changes were made to the hull, which ended up being the Vector.
22 Howard would still sell today IMO.
