Going to look at this Scarab III, your thoughts?
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Going to look at this Scarab III, your thoughts?
Hey guys, long time no see but im back for summer LOL. Does this boat seem priced low? I cant find an 86 Scarab III for near this price. Anything to look for on this model and year?
http://yachtworld.com/core/listing/p..._id=65251&url=
http://yachtworld.com/core/listing/p..._id=65251&url=
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Watch for stringer and transom rot. These are notorious for poorly finished limber holes and fittings which allow water to soak into the wood coring. Otherwise it is just a big slowish performance boat, good in the rough stuff, needs big power to see anything over 65 or so.
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My first thought clean yes / cheap no. Its 20 years old, a really heavy 1986 with TRS drives - if you wanted speed and upgraded power you'd end up destroying the drives and wanting Konrads(takes a lot to get speed out of it, a friend had same boat) If you kept it a couple years whats it going to be worth with Scarabs being no-more? Also check the add revision date at bottom - 8/05, its been for sale that long at least - offer him 16k and its a good deal. Theres an awful lot of boats out there in that price range - Good luck!
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Re: Going to look at this Scarab III, your thoughts?
Originally Posted by woody1
Hey guys, long time no see but im back for summer LOL. Does this boat seem priced low? I cant find an 86 Scarab III for near this price. Anything to look for on this model and year?
http://yachtworld.com/core/listing/p..._id=65251&url=
http://yachtworld.com/core/listing/p..._id=65251&url=
Be careful with this one, it has been up for 6 months.
'spoke to them some time ago and asked some questions about servicing - especially the dries and they were very vague.
Suggest you also try making some silly offers on others too. I got a $10K reduction!
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Re: Going to look at this Scarab III, your thoughts?
The boat is 20 years old! The motors have been messed with. Those look like car intakes. 530 hours probably not on them. If they are over 500 hours they are probably tired. The guages and dash are old and busted looking. I hate those morse controls. Not much more money would move you up a decade but what the heck do I know , I pimp rides for a living.
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Wow. Thanks for the confidence guys. I guess I'll never sell my 1980 Flatdeck. It's 26 years old and is rock solid and has been up for six months also. It is winter ya know.
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Originally Posted by kaama377
Wow. Thanks for the confidence guys. I guess I'll never sell my 1980 Flatdeck. It's 26 years old and is rock solid and has been up for six months also. It is winter ya know.
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The valve covers look like the old Magnum or 425 HP models.
The intake looks like the HP Dual Plane, which is a high rise daul plane intake, they worked well with a spacer under the carb.
My old boat had those same guages. I swapped them out for some white guages and replaced the morse controls.
The intake looks like the HP Dual Plane, which is a high rise daul plane intake, they worked well with a spacer under the carb.
My old boat had those same guages. I swapped them out for some white guages and replaced the morse controls.
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