On Dec 4, 9:55*pm, Tim wrote:
On Dec 4, 11:04*pm, Ike wrote:





On Dec 3, 8:06*am, wrote:

On Dec 3, 11:02*am, Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:12:25 -0200, wrote:
I've recently bought an old "Mark Twain Industries" boat
model 162 T I/O. So far I haven't been able to find any
information about it online. I'd like to find out the year it
was manufactured if possible, and how to locate the
hull ID number, and stuff like that. Can anyone tell me
where to find out information about it online, or anywhere
else for that matter?

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http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.htm

I don't think he was able to find the Hull ID number. I don't know
what the laws were back when the boat was manufacturered, but more
recently a manufacturer is supposed to put the one visible hull ID
number on the transom, and hide another one somewhere else on the boat
for recovery reasons. Many times I up the second number under a
gunnel, or a thwart...

Scotty from SmallBoats.com

Mark twain Industries was in Franfort Illinois but went out of
business in 1991. *The HIN should be on the transom in the upper right
hand corner and somewhere else in a hidden location. Where, only the
manufacturer knows. You may be able to get some info from various
price guides . *Try BUChttp://www.bucvalu.com/orNADA Used Boat
Guideshttp://www.nadaguides.com/SectionHome.aspx?LI=1-20-0-5001-502-578-502...

West Frankfort IL.

Seems that a few boat companies have started (and ended there)

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Yes. It's one of those centers of boat building, like Bucyrus Ohio,
Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Greenback TN, and everybodies favorite
Miami. Boat companies come and go like people change their socks. It
used to be part of my job to track who was in biz and who wasn't and
about 400 companies go out of biz every year and about 400 new ones
take their place. Plus that people sell boat companies like mad,
especially during bad economic times like now.