The Cigarette Top Gun 39 makes a speed run off Miami. You can almost hear the “Miami Vice” soundtrack …
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Senior Editor Kevin Koenig gets the lowdown from Phil Lipschutz of Lip-Ship Performance, Miami’s Cigarette dealer.
Twin Mercury V-8s are staggered fore-and-aft to get them closer together and lower in the hull.
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“It felt like I was driving a rocket-powered steak knife across the bay,” Koenig noted.
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The Cigarette Top Gun 39 uses a stepped hull.
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The helm looks like it’s ready to break the century mark.
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The Cigarette Top Gun 39 does her thing.
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And there is a cabin forward on the Cigarette Top Gun 39.
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Another view of the interior—looking forward on the Cigarette Top Gun 39.
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Feeling the need for speed?
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Companion seating in the cockpit on the Cigarette Top Gun 39.
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The companion seat’s dashboard has gauges as well.
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One doesn’t even feel the chop at speed, according to Koenig.
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Cigarette founder Don Aronow.
The view most of us see of a Cigarette Top Gun 39 as she leaves us in her wake.
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