![]() Five switch control panel under accelerate black handle, with starter button. It won't stay in reverse unless operator applies pressure. Pulling back with steady pressure gives reverse. Chrome handle sticking up in bottom center is shift lever. Looking down on boat you see no screws except those holding chrome fittings. United screwed into wood then latched in place with wing nuts Through support braces. All held from under neither with special stainless fixture. Rear hatch cover, chrome exhaust port and tie down cleat. Four glass wine rack, cheese board on under side of hatch cover. Lattice work floor covering lets you see drive shaft and bilge. Cover unlatches and pivots up to expose motor and bilge. Carpeted Pockets on side hold mooring bouys and fire extinguishers. Fully adjustable Blue rod on right is shift lever. Seat covered by blue tuck and roll seat pad. Seat panel upper middle of picture slides forward to access battery. Main electrical junction box behind smoke colored plastic cover upper right of picture. Blue paint in bilge covers 1/4" epoxy over wood. Back of front seat panel removes to access fly wheel and drive belt. ![]() 1950 Graymarine motor completely rebuilt by Graymarine/Vanness engineering with only 4 hours.Custom aluminum fuel tank, transmission rebuilt, custom curved plexiglass windshield, anchor, bilge pump, Coast Guard pack, interior lights, grille style wooden flooring, dockside water, custom wine rack & cheese board, custom mooring cover, Documented cost of over 50k new Custom 4 wheel trailer with breakaway hitch for storing in 20' garage. Included in the sale is the trailer seen in the pictures.Best Offer Available2012 Glen L Misty Miss Top Line InformationYear:2012VIN:X2533Make:Glen LStock:RS293Model:Misty MissCondition:Pre-OwnedHull:WoodLength:18 ftExterior:BrownInterior:BlueEngine:1950 Other Rebuilt Other 110 HPHours:4Additional Photos* * * Click Photos to Enlarge * * ** * * Click Photos to Enlarge * * *Phone: 8778539037Description 2012 Glen L Misty Miss Hand built, five years of construction photos avail. We are trying to preserve the history Jim Street has created with this boat. We also had the super charger rebuilt and the engine gone through. In the more recent years the boat has had the bottom refastened, interior redone and a new wiring harness installed. This is the boat seen in the iconic "Beach Photo" staged with the Golden Sahara and was the featured attraction at the 2nd annual Bakersfield Motor and Boat Show in 1959 alongside the Golden Sahara II. The Interior featured an array of added instruments, a port-side dash and a Batmobile-style twin-grip yoke steering control. The hull modifications included painting the hull sides and iconic fin gloss black, blonde-stained covering boards, eight Buick porthole ventilators and quad exhaust tips. Soon after, a blower was installed to make the boat even faster. This enabled him to install a Henry Meyer-built Cadillac V-8. Since even the top-option Cadillac V-8 was not powerful enough for Street, he ordered the boat without an engine. BR-21-010 custom from Chris-Craft through his local dealer. Prior to Street’s passing in 2017, he was known as the only original Cobra owner left, having purchased the boat new in 1955 at the age of 21. ![]() This boat is believed to come about as a collaboration between Jim Street and his friend, George Barris. This 1955 Chris-Craft 21’ Black Cobra is perhaps the first-and-only true vintage Hot Rod boat in the classic-boating hobby. ![]()
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