Spotted on the side of the road!!

Smithfamily wrote: Good job Tom! What did you think? ANy other intel gathered? Has an engine. Rebuild possible. Cost just went down. Four blade prop. Any other observations? Contact with any of the locals?

Hey Jerry,
I did go by and I found it pretty easily. I noticed the rudder trim was missing, but it appeared to have a full dash.
The trailer was an EZ Loader and may work to move the project, but it has a torsion style suspension that was pretty salt waterized. The guys at the shop next store were pretty cryptic about the situation, and they would love to see the boat gone! They would only say that the boat was not on their property. I checked the tax map, and the corner piece of land that the boat is sitting on is titled to an individual that seems to also own the land the shop is sitting on. The shop could possibly be leased from the owner of the property, and the shop guy may not realize the land the boat is sitting on is owned by the same guy that he rents from, because a small segment of the land seems to break the contiguous property line and is owned by a advertising company, and that is where the billboard sign sits near the boat. I did some backwards sleuthing by google searching the owners name and phone, and I ended up with his home phone listed under his wife's name. I left a message with no return call. I think with the registration number someone could track down the last owner. PM me if you need more. I will stay out of it from here if Rod wants to keep it in tact.
I think it could be done at a price break that would not exceed what you could get for a solid used example, I am just wondering if you would ever recoup the time! I think the pride of saving the thing would be the motivation for me if I were to keep it whole.
Tom    

get after it rod

velde99 wrote: I'd be interested in saving her, but only if I'm not stepping on anyone toes- sounds like lot of interest by people- but not sure if that will translate into actual results. I have a friend who builds boats and he offered to help me. He does labor for free and parts at cost as long as I take him skiing. Has anyone starts the process on this? I will look into it if no one has made official moves with anyone.

Hey Rod,
I would only pursue the parting out process if there was not someone like you who wanted to save her, so please, do what you can.
Tom

IAughtNaut wrote: Tom, if you're willing to do the legwork and take on part storage responsibility I would gladly contribute to the research fund to know that somebody had access to it for when I inevitably need one of those parts, windshield, strut, dash pieces, etc. even knowing the hull, stringers and floor are good it wouldn't be worth it to me to try to bring it back, but somebody ambitious with time for a project could definitely pull it off and have a really nice boat when they're done. the 99 and 2000 hulls are the same

Hey guys, I have plenty of room to store it on my farm during and after the part out. So don't let storage stop you. Tom, my wife never goes there so she can't complain.


Bobby

I'd be interested in saving her, but only if I'm not stepping on anyone toes- sounds like lot of interest by people- but not sure if that will translate into actual results. I have a friend who builds boats and he offered to help me. He does labor for free and parts at cost as long as I take him skiing. Has anyone starts the process on this? I will look into it if no one has made official moves with anyone.

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seacamper wrote: So would it be sacrilegious to part this boat out? Would it be worth to to store the windshield, running gear, interior panels, doghouse, all the hatches, prop, rudder, GT40 heads,transmission, trailer, until a ccfan individual needed them? Adam wants a side panel, Hollywood wants a larger pole, I want the tower, anyone else? By the way, is the 2000 hull that much different than a 99? Would it not be a shame to haul that hull off to the dump? Is there anyone that actually wants the boat as a project?

That's Hollywood for you!

I don't think it would be cost prohibitive to save it, certainly not worth cutting it up and sending to the landfill. Expensive, yes, but could be a decent boat with a new interior and rebuilt motor/trans. Being a 2000, there's hardly any wood in it so the stringers and floor shouldn't be a factor. Figure $500 for some due diligence and acquisition costs, $4500 or so for a new interior, then evaluate the motor and trans situation. It's a lefty motor, so parts are easy to come by. Sand and buff the hull and deck and it'll look new. If the total investment is under $10k I think it'd be great. Too bad the trailer is terrible.

Velde99 was looking for a project. He pm'd me, he is in Tampa. I think it would be cost prohibitive to restore. The hull could be used as a bar? Planter? A couch? Keep us posted.

Very cool story here. Kinda similar to the '77 I bought.

To make a long story short...I found it in an old barn with vines growing in it. Track down the owner (who actually had possession of it) and worked a deal out. When it came time to get paper work together, they stated that they had so many problems with the boat they never transferred any ownership. I was like wow, so where do I start. I wanted the boat and didn't have any reason not to believe them. I got a notarized bill of sale from them and started the search for the last owner on record.

I finally located and talked with the PO and said he had sold that boat about 7 years prior. He was nice and we applied to the state for a duplicate title and he then signed it over to me. This took about 8 months to get worked out. It was worth it in the end, but surely a hassle.

Good luck. Allen

So after talking with Jerry today, I looked at the tax maps, and I think I may have left a message with who I think may be the property owner. Who knows? I will keep everyone updated.
Tom

If we can get an address or contact for the actual property owner off the tax map, we could ask the property owner if they know the story. If there are registration numbers on the boat,we could work it that way. I would drive up and check it out if we could figure out those details.
Tom

Shouldn't be a big deal to look up the owner through registration.

Worth investigating for parts.

seascamper, if I was you I would grab my screwdriver and take a ride...sounds like a free tower to me

I didn't see the exhaust manifolds laying on the floor the first time I looked at the pics. Is part of it broken off where it mounts to the head?