What year did Champion go to twin rear livewells ?
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What year did Champion go to twin rear livewells ?
Hi Jim....welcome to the Champion forum...
Do you mean as opposed to only fore and aft wells? My 88 brochure shows a diagram with the rear wells as "new for 88", although it doesn't show any models with them... http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emhammer.gif . I don't have an 89 brochure, but the 90 one shows models with rear wells and models with the fore & aft wells. Some models continued to have fore and aft wells for a year or 2, but they stopped that around early 90s.
I have dual rears in my 1989 201.
My 1988 super v has dual rear livewells
My first boat was an 87 champ and it had one in the front and one in back.
Yep..as I mentioned, the 88 brochure says "new for 88..dual rear livewells".... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/smile.gif
My 90 Super Champ 176 had front and rear, but non-Super Champ models had dual rear wells.
Newer Champs have one large well with a divider....
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My 93 201 has one large livewell with divider & dual lids.
my 92 livewell has an aluminnum divider in it
My 87 186 has the front and rear, my buddies 89 has a divided rear.
Glad you joined us!!!
There was no 186 in 1987. There was however, a 184... a great rig!!!! One of the nimblest..... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/bows.gif
The 186 was introduced in 1995.... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/smile.gif
Hey Lea, the 1987 champ I had said 17'6" on the title but did not say what model it was, I just always thought it was a 176, would that be right?
Yes...that would be right. That is the model. The models are called by numbers. 176 is 17'6". I had a great one from 1990... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/smile.gif
Thank's Lea, that's what I thought but it did not even say anything on the side of the boat, just champion, so was just wondering.
Thanks guys! I found a 86 184 with a mariner 150 i am going to look at tomorrow, i was hoping that champion had started with the twin rear livewells then, but it don't sound like it. Are champions front livewells worth a darn i know my old 84 rangers front livewell was pretty sorry!
Most folks I know, have plugged them and use them for storage....
thats what i mint 184
I have a 86' 184 F/S it has front and rear but they both work well after some tweaking.
my 84 201 has fron and rear livewells and the front sux. but if i ever catch a limit i will put the smaller fish up there
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