http://www.seriousoffshore.com/forum...8&d=1271722181
does the bow in this pic look ok? seems like it humps up in the middle when all the other seem like they have a flat deck.
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04-19-2010 08:33 PM
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04-19-2010 09:18 PMI say buy it, its not that bad for an old boat and 8 K is a deal !!
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04-19-2010 10:18 PM"Keep the bottle on the bar Ira, I won't be long".
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04-19-2010 11:55 PMworth,,
steering and drive 2500, trailer 1000, hull and deck 3-5 K, engine ...block 1000
carb 300 min heads and valvetrain 1000 intake 250 pumps 100 each all chit around the engine 500 easy and on and on !!!!!!!
8 K,,,a steal
if i had 8K, i would do it again.....
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04-20-2010 12:54 AM
I hate to be the pessimist, but afterall, it is my nature...
Scott, you just put together a list of what it would be worth to part it out, not to put it back on the water, and certainly not what it would take to make it competitive again.
Steering and drive are going to cost at least $1500 to be gone through.
I actually see less than the 3-5K in Hull/Deck work. Maybe $2k if you can do a bit of work yourself.
Carb, junk it and just buy a new one, you'll save money.
By the time you start adding it all up, plus time and labor, you're gonna be into it for for close to 20K
On top of that, the boat needs paint and a rub-rail.
It needs all new interior, and all new controls and gauges, (full deal, cables and wiring). And, you need someone to put it together.
I don't mean to be farting in church, but, If SLP wants to do this, I'd rather he knows what he's getting into."Keep the bottle on the bar Ira, I won't be long".
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04-20-2010 07:28 AMI agree,,,with the a lot of work part....., BUT NO WAY 20K !!!!
To go true drive, maybe 500 ,
gauges NEW, 300-800
Seats NEW , 1000 for real nice ones
Fiberglass work ( don't see anything, would have to check )
Rebuild engine , 2-3 K MAX....(if needed), but u would have a good engine
small stuff and rigging with cables , 1500 MAX
And then i go boating and do little and cosmetic stuff down the road step by step.....
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04-20-2010 08:34 AMDeck is normal, they are not flatdecks, they all have that Bow to them, not as evident in my pics, due to the different angle, but it is there, just make sure the bow is even all the way across, the deck is cored, and could be wet.
I agree, and this comes from experience, you will spend another approx. $8,000-$10,000 to get that boat completed, if you want it done right, and reliable. I chose to go that route, and do it a little at a time as I had the $$, rather than buying an expensive 24 upfront and making payments, But I went 3 years on the side of my house working almost every weekend on it, used it for 2 years, and am now doing the stuff I didnt have the $$ for before. If you have the talent, and desire to do it yourself, you can save some $$. I wouldnt worry too much about the little things(like all of those loose wires dangling) as you want to change all of that anyway, and have a clean slate, there is not one original wire in my boatI gutted it, and replaced all, and I have a few extra wires in mine, for all the bling look at the last few pictures, and ask yourself if you are ready to do this
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04-20-2010 03:26 PM
or....he could buy that sweet Avenger in the first pic of post #92 in the mid $20Ks with recently completely rebuilt 565 (race built) motor, and be boating immediately...........see it here
http://www.boattrader.com/listing/20...er-25-96639941
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04-20-2010 04:01 PM
the avenger is a cool boat, are'nt the based off the martini?
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04-20-2010 07:09 PM
Well im very good with mechanic things was a tech in dealer for 8 years now service engineer, but only think i can for see that i would have problems with is fiberglass.... But we will see on this boat some new info on the boat was it was a 2man boat. not 3. so this is new info.
Motor is 468. Seller is hard to track down never home on weekend. so dont know how im going to see this thing. just wait it out i guess.
Just some more info from PP is boat has been a totally rework.... PP, noticed that the bilge is tatally stripped down to the glass. PP said that he gel coated all 24ft bilge.
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04-20-2010 09:17 PM
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04-20-2010 10:13 PM
You guys are like my drug dealers trying to get me hooked. haha. LOVE IT