Interesting Craigs List finds

Todd-- Orlando76

Buy the "PURPLE RAIN" my 93 SN and I'll Buy this PURPLE 2000 Pro Air !!

Buy it. I can run up and get it!!! Hour and half from me. ^^^

That golden lion is a beautiful piece of machinery. Bet those dual 4bbls sounds cool when the secondaries open on both carbs.


Edit: John, that 93 is stunning.

Dave and I are patiently watching a wood boat deteriorating around this 325hp Golden Lion.

1985 Sea Nautique? Looked it up in the reference section. The closest I could find was an illustration in the 1984 brochure. If it is legit there can't be many.

1985 Sea Nautique?

Wow, crazy stuff. They still sell the intake manifold (p/n P4510633) here: http://www.mopartsracing.com/parts/hemi.html

Still digging for a picture of an actual production 426 marine hemi installed in a boat- an elusive beast for sure.

2000 Pro Air Nautique for $16,900.00. Has original gauges. Hopefully they are still legible.

2000 Pro Air

What year is that? Interesting how it is rated at 525hp rather than the 425hp that were in cars.

Wow, I wonder what those made it into? I'd never seen any reference to those or to the 340hp and 425hp Ford 427s briefly referred to in the Interceptor manual. It'd be something if that Wildcat actually did have a hemi in it.

Talked to the guy on the super sport this afternoon. He said he got it off an older guy who bought it for his grandkids but then they weren't interested so the boat only has 18.5 hours and has not been registered since 1999 - so the boat has sat for the last16 yrs. he prefaced the hours discussion with "you aren't gonna believe me in a million years but..." He also says it fires up but doesn't idle due to bad gas from being so old but I'd be worried about potential compression issues if the engine wasn't put up correctly. Based on the photos you can't see whether there's a front cushion, and as others have pointed out, photos of the engine hatch are missing. The guy said he will email me photos but we'll see. If it's gone so be it. I believe the low hours story based on the condition of the dash key panel and stereo panel. Those were known to crack at the screws because they are brittle and subject stress as the boat bounces over waves. Notice they are completely in tact and I'm not aware if available replacements. I agree that the cushion skins look a little on the cracked side, but from what little you can tell the back rests look okay, so replacing the bottom cushions wouldn't bee to big of a deal. We'll see if he sends photos. Could be a deal but it's not without a few risks in terms of the engine sitting that long. If you have to put an engine in it the price is off by 1-2g's if you compare to other running boats that are turnkey - but those also have more than 20 hrs on the hull so who knows. Hull also looks a little chalky- well explained by no wax in 16 years? I suppose I'd expect this a little even if kept indoors.

Kyle

Not sure if this was posted yet.

http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/boa/4895658902.html

TRBenj wrote: It looks like they just extended the bunks and slid the bow stop forward, tongue weight be damned! I bet it's 18" too far forward and the tongue weight is 500+ lbs.

I just guessing but maybe he set it up that way so it would fit in the garage. It looks like from one of the photo's with the garage door down that this just may be the case. I hope he is close to the ramp.

Tough call on that one,hasn't been used in years,low hours but no pictures of that or the engine,no way to watertest,carefully posed pictures of the interior etc---

marlo14 wrote: Super Sport trailer is right. It does have a prop guard and the axle is further back because the v-drive. It looks like a good price, wondering what may be the issues, as the pictures don't look too bad?

HW was referring to the 79.

http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/boa/4904735919.html

It looks like they just extended the bunks and slid the bow stop forward, tongue weight be damned! I bet it's 18" too far forward and the tongue weight is 500+ lbs. Between that and the graphics (agreed- color match is poor, though it was unlikely the light blue originally), he sure did a bang up job. The thing I like most about it (original vinyl) he points out as a minus!

That SS won't last long at all.

mark c wrote: Don't know what they did to them to marinize them, but the engine alone is worth more than the price of the boat, even as a wedge version.

Not so much - if it's a 66 with a 426 it's likely a 290 hp - relatively tame version - a marinized max wedge setup would be big money but other than it being a relatively rare block that is sometimes sought out to produce a max wedge clone there is nothing exciting to command a premium with the marine 426. Other than badging or casting marks it is indistinguishable from a 440. Would be nice of there were motor pics - either way the rest looks dead on original to a 1966 wildcat and running with salvageable gel it would be a very nice boat for someone. I'm in Atlanta now but I doubt they will let me add it to my checked luggage.