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Another facet of the Riva Connection

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Another facet of the Riva Connection

Post by Bill Basler » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:03 am

When we think of Chris-Craft's very early connection to Riva, most would cite Chris-Craft power in the Riva Chris-Crafts as an example.

Here is interesting back and forth correspondence between Carlo Riva and A.W. MacKerer....read on. Pretty interesting.

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Post by mattwells » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:24 pm

Riva's plywood was and is a work of art.

Very interesting letter. Carlos Riva must be Carlo's Spanish cousin....

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