I just received a 1988 buyers guide that I bought on eBay for less than $20. It is 94 pages of everything you want to know about Cajun boats (how they were built, lifetime transom, whats in the paint, etc) I mean everything, there is even a picture of the plant. Let me know if I can provide you any information.
who published the book ????can acopy be made and would you sell a copy?????
The book is straight form Mastercrafters corporation, the company that built cajun boats, and Samuel L. Davidson, the president of the company at the time.
It will take some time, but I will see how much it will cost to make a copy at Kinkos.
I have the same book/ catalog. Let me get some pictures of it. I have some other literature as well.
I have a 89 1950 Espirit and would love to have a copy of the buyers guide. Let me know what it would cost. Good Cajun litature is hard to find!
CajunCopper
1990 Cajun 1950 Espirit Fish and Ski
1989 Johnson GT200
You should be able to buy a trailer from another manufacturer, that will work on your boat. I'd go to a local bassboat dealer, and see about them ordering just a trailer for you! Might even be able to go direct to the manuf?
Sorry that I have not gotten back with images, i have had a newborn since my last post on this topic and work is going wide open. Thanks for your patience.
Awww yes. That was the "brochure" that Cajun used to put out. It wasn't a pamplet, it was a book. It didn't have babes in bikini's to sell boats. It had sections on the glass to rosin ratio in the hull. It told how the transom made. What kind of valves went into the livewells and why. How the deck lids were made, and what kind of insulation was on them. ('88 was the first year for the yellow insulation on the deck lids IIRC.) There was never a better "how to buy a boat" book than those.
I met Sam at a boat show once. He actually sold me my first Cajun.
I am working on getting the book scanned and burned on a cd. It will be cheaper and easier to copy and mail.
CajunCopper
1990 Cajun 1950 Espirit Fish and Ski
1989 Johnson GT200
Burning the candle at both ends.
Hi! send me a copy too thanks in advance .............bluegill
Please put me down for book on CD. Happy to pay reasonable fee in advance. please reply to wlbutts@aol.com
I would love to buy a disc of that brochure. I was the other bider on ebay but was out of town at the end of the auction and missed making a higher bid. I felt bad that I had missed the opportuniy. But I am glad that it went to some one who is willing to share. Hope you may even have the opportunity to profit from this. I am an art director in an advertising agency in Houston. If you have any problems with getting it scanned I would be glad to do so and make a pdf of the brochure. But hopefully you already have a disc I could buy. Thanks
Mark Self
Owner 1986 Rick Green Fishing Machine 200 hp Merc
Just saw your post on the 1988 buyers guide. I would be interested getting a copy. Let me know how much. I purchased a 1988 Ricky Greene Fishing Machine, with a 150 Mariner. I would love to know more about the boat. Let me know the cost.
Steve
Steve Walters
Chester VA
'97 Bass Cat Eyra
175 Mercury EFI
2010 Wilderness Tarpon 120: For Kayak Fishing!
Say Steve. What color is your RGFM? I used to help out at the local dealer who sold them back then. We sold Mariner motors too, so the boat may have come out of "The Boat Center." Who knows. I might have sold it originally.
Wayne,
The boat is red/silver/black. It came from the boat center. The guy I bought it from is a Volvo mechanic. His dad owns Paul's Volvo in Richmond. He told me he bought it off the showroom floor. You may have sold it!
Steve
Steve Walters
Chester VA
'97 Bass Cat Eyra
175 Mercury EFI
2010 Wilderness Tarpon 120: For Kayak Fishing!
Nope. I didn't sell it, but I do remember it being at The Boat Center.
I just bought a Rajin' Cajun. Any chance of getting a copy of the guide you have?
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