does anyone know if Don Aronow built boats for Imperial?

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07-29-2018, 12:48 PM

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Nothing to do with anything Don did. The Imperial was just another hull copy of many. Know the boat you are referencing.

wrong ed.

07-29-2018, 12:51 PM

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I was wondering with all the non-competes Don Aronow had. If the 86 Imperial that seems to be the same boat as the cigarette Squadron had anything to do with I Aronow.

yes Don knew about all the boats being finished by imperial . They were all finished in Fla.(not the home of imperial) so they could keep a close eye on the finished product. Yes Don died while these boats were being finished.. but nonethe less they were finished... and I also have one.

07-29-2018, 12:53 PM

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False. Don did not make them. Imperial copied the 27 Magnum/28 Cigarette hull themselves, as many companies did, and are still doing. And for the record, Don Aronow didn't "design" any of his hulls. He paid someone else to design & build the original tooling.

ed... the hull we are referencing looks nothing likethe 28 cigarette... it is a 27ss!

07-29-2018, 12:57 PM

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Not true!!

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Nothing to do with anything Don did. The Imperial was just another hull copy of many. Know the boat you are referencing.

That statementis not true! They had everything to do with Don... he collected the hulls from hawk.. and they were finished in Fla...by "imperial " but hull identification shows origin of the boat as "ASLP" build was "W".. next was the production # for that year ( mine happens to be "006"). Next two digits were internal to imperial(build specifics, month of build etc ) And last two are the year( mine is "88). Build more solidly than any of you want to admit! They were heavily inspected by Cigarette for accuracy and build quality... mine will go toe to toe with any built before Don died!! And fyi it's also for sale!

Bravo one.. and working shotguns.

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07-29-2018, 02:44 PM

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The internet is flooded with people so desperate to believe that Don had something to do with their boat they'll claim or believe anything .
I had a relative who used an Imperial Squadron 27 clone to move a load of herb many years ago.
I'm very familiar with the boat and it was a POS compared to a genuine Aronow boat . He knew a good boat better than 90% of the people on this site and he burned it after it had done its job .

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07-29-2018, 06:54 PM

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don't believe your story... sounds made up just to suppress the acknowledgment of some pretty fine boats. Have a neighbor who owned a cig manufacturer 27ss and has told me this is everything his was and more... just saying..keep believing that b.s. that wasin the news years ago just to keepthe dollars moving in cigarettes way... it's the real deal down to the keel!

07-30-2018, 10:59 AM

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I've owned several Magnum's and Cigarette over the years 27's and 28's the quality of the Imperial was the same 6 to 8 inch thick transom zero stress cracks.... Built in Jupiter Florida not Indiana.