Another FCT question

[sperbet]

I just found a used 03 FCT at a local dealer. I want to install it on my 95' ss and I am not sure if it will fit. I have contacted 2 of the regulars from this site who have converted SS to SAN and got conflicting answers. Does anyone out there know if it will fit on my 95'. The feet on the tower are round and the dealer brought up the point of the cup holders in the bow of my boat which the SANs do not have. It's a great deal so I would love to take advantage but unfortunately I cannot take my boat to where it is located(it has now been put away in storage and is over 2 hrs away) to see if it fits. Does anyone know if it will fit for sure? Thanks.

[crotchrocket]

My 2000 SAN has cupholders on the bow. They are useless since the tower legs block you from putting any drinks in it. I am pretty sure that tower will work.

[sperbet]

c'mon, nobody else out there knows. Please help!!!

[skinautique]

We don't know for sure because the towers aren't precisely made (they don't have a really good jig to make it from). If I were you, I would get some measurements from your dealer and go from there.

[mike-d]

03 tower

Scott,
buy the tower, if you dont, I will!!!! :lol:

[sperbet]

Thanks Mike, I am pretty sure I am going to buy it, I was just hoping to get some reassurance. I'd hate to buy it and not have it fit. Any luck with the boat sale???

[JWAT]

Just to maybe start conversation on this. . .I am the person that told sperbet that the tower wouldn't fit. I know for a FACT that the feet on the FCT towers made from '02 and after are different than the feet on the FCT towers that were made from '01 and before. The width on the gunnels on the boats made from '01 and before were wider than the gunnels on the newer boats. Because of this, the feet on the '01 and earlier towers were bigger than the newer towers.

I don't know for a fact this tower won't work on sperbet's boat, but I would definitely take some measurements because I know that the '01 and earlier towers did not come out of the same molds that the '02 and newer towers did.

Just my 2 cents.

[mike-d]

tower

Justin,
if you were to put an older fct pre 02 on a o2 and up boat, wouldnt fit, the traingle base would overlap the gunnel. Not the same for the narrow base 02 tower on up on the wider base gunnel boats, IE: 95-2001. Fits fine, in fact, someone on the board, put a 04 tower on there older supersport.

fyi
Mike
Scott,
buy the tower and get it on your boat!, or sell yours and buy mine. :lol:

[Laptom]

The gunnels are different but I've seen pics of a 2002 FCT on a SS (pre 2001). As a matter of fact, I even seen pics of 2004 FCT on a SS (pre 2001). So I guess they would fit, but if possible, go with the 2000-2001 FCT. They are made for those upper decks...