Recent content by 73Marauder

Did you sell her yet?

Good to see there are are a few more old boat nits out there. Hope to see pics of your new and reaquired toys.

That is a beautiful example of a well maintained classic. I had some unfortunate luck last august off the Oregon coast and have just today started pulling the left engine so I can replace the complete gimbal housing. A picture of mine on the Columbia river last June

we were off Winchester bay tuna fishing. I am going with Chinese Submarine. and yes we camped for about 24 hours. Just an observation if you ever think of buying a EPIRB do it.

So last month 38 nautical miles off the Oregon coast I hit something that broke the gimbal ring on my left outdrive which immediately swung over and took out the gears and prop on the right outdrive. It was a rather sudden stop and we did a little unplanned camping on the water waiting for the...

After 4 months of hard work rebuilding motor mounts carbs ignition fuel tank seats etc It was a Beautiful day for the first day on the water for our old Autocoast Marauder. My wife says she is so surprised and was so skeptical of my plan to restore this thing but after riding in it she has...

pics aren't making it through I will have to see if I can resize..

Well its been a very busy summer. Both engines are running well with electronic ignition installed. I decided after quite a bit of time in the engine compartment that the front mount was far to rotted to see the water again and have just completed replacement of the mount. Hope to actually be on...

Anything you have Steve would be more than I have now. I got the port engine running seems to run fairly well so far. Needs carb kits and new coils. I am planning to install electronic ignition this week and hope the starboard engine is as easy to resurrect. I hope to at least give it a trial at...

Its a super sport 24 with twin 165 mercruiser's needs some restoration work the deck gel coat is in poor shape and needs upholstery Ill try and get some pics next week when I'm off work.

Looking for anyone that might have information on production boats built by autocoast I recently purchased this 73 marauder super sport 24 with twin 165 mercruiser's. I knew nothing about them when I bought it and am now very intrigued by the lack of info I can dig up. thanks for any insights in...