anybody know this 25 A/T in RI
 

I am trying to join the cult. I am not trying to advertise this, I am trying to buy it!!!!!! i found this for sale on boat trader. this is the second owner and his story is. He bought it from a guy in West VA, who took out the HP 500 and put it in his new baja, and put the baja's 454 in the A/T. The current owner changed out the 454 for a 572. and just recently put that 454 back in the boat, but hasn't sea trialed it with the 454.
I am seriously interested so if anybody knows anything, please, do tell.
Are pass. guages and kill switch common or am i not far off in thinking this may have been raced?
here it is,
http://www.boattrader.com/listing/19...ntrum-94278694

It was our first F1 factory race boat.

A friend of mine is also interested in this boat.

We should be looking at it shortly.

Will post after we check it out.

[QUOTE=ActiveThunder;2770577]It was our first F1 factory race boat.[/QUOTE

WOULD BEING AN OLD RACE BOAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OR VALUE ANY. how does the extension box help?

there is a 25AT in Vero Beach,FL no power, 10k in the classifieds! check it out...

Rob Camara's boat.Had a 7.4L,then went to a 572 but I think the noise got him in trouble on Lake Winni.We sold a drive to him for that boat.

Don't see it. Link?

Yup, I was there when the boat was built! Seen it run and run it does!!!

380 K Planes on a 25' Wow :party-smiley-004:

Are you the guys he says are looking at it on Saturday? How serious is your friend about buying it?:o

Yes.

Dont:party-smiley-004: quote anything that sounds like speculation

yeh, he said it probably has 600 hrs on the hull, let me know what you find out.[/QUOTE]

Just to set the record straight I did not buy this boat new, but I have owned it for 9 years. I have taken very good care of it. It was my baby (until I started snowmobiling, and I refused to pay $4.00 a gallon to make some people super rich so I can go boating). I have done 82 mph through some 3 and 4 foot chop on many occasions and have never had any stress cracks appear due to "structural damage". So if there ever was - which I don't believe there ever was "structural damage" - who ever fixed it did a damn good job !! I will say that the boat had a bunch of air voids down the side that Thunder would not warranty because I was the second owner, understood. I did spend some big money to have the side stripped and repaired properly. The glass man who did it didn't find any old repairs, I made sure to ask him since it was a race boat. He said it looked better than most Fountains that only have one season on them. Go figure !!
Pete, if you read this, What's up how and are you doing ?? Pete, do you think I would be so fussy with a beat up piece of **** ?? I wouldn't even put it in salt water to do the Regatta Poker Run, remember !! Pete I'll be calling soon, I'm building some carb 500's for a buddy. Won't say any names on here because people might think he "beat his boat to death". But I'm looking for some cyl heads. He broke a roller lifter and had some broken valve springs.
Hope this info helps the people who may be interested in the boat. By the way, the hour meter reads 265hrs !!

How fast is it as currently configured? What kind of power?

snowmobiling!!!! You trader!! Put that 572 back in and run around in RI.

If I don't sell it I'll see you this summer.I sold the 572 Thinking of building something with less torque if I end up keeping Chaos. For now the 7.4 will do the trick. What are you runnin these days ??

Do a 468 or a 509 motor for it,either are great motors.I'm runnin a mild GM big block(call me for details).

Yeah, I was thinkin of a 509 with a charger maybe. we'll see. You say trader about the whole snowmobile thing but try 200 hp on a 500 lb machine. Can you say adrenaline !! Can get in some trouble pretty quick on that thing too, but the sound police haven't caught me yet !!! lol
Hey you want a laugh. Before I put mufflers on Chaos the marine patrol got to the point that they would beat me to the boat ramp. They would actually sit and wait for me to show !! I used to have to trailer to a different ramp each day. Finally broke down and put mufflers on it. I show up at the ramp back it down and fire it up nice and quit !! Boy were they pissed they never got to write me a ticket. I'll call you in the next couple of days to catch up.

deal in the works, it will soon be mine:Score-101010:

already done. that is one of the three 10's.

Congrats you will be very happy. Have a great summer!!!!! I know you will:ernaehrung004:

Yep, left Sat at 2:30 am, got back to southern MD 7:00pm. Took her out today, on the Potomac, it was 65 deg. here. The boat ran great, it was real windy and if I was in my Baja it would have been rough, but not in MY NEW AT:D
With the current 300hp 454, I got up to 56mph, so when I put my 500hp 489ci, thats in the Baja, in the AT, it should be sweeeeeeeet.

Hey My Addiction, I see you are from southern MD. We boat out of the susquehanna on the upper chesapeake. Are you going to do the Jammin Run?:cool:

Its a picture of a picture:rolleyes:
Got these shots from a run we did down the bay in great water. Tons of air time! Paid big $$$ for them 2 days before I found out I was going to be unemployed:angry-smiley-038:

Just secured The Rivers Rest and the Renaissance for the JOTJ 2009:evilb:

Right now i doubt it. I would really like to but i have two young girls(10 mo. and 4) and a sitter for the weekend is hard to come by these days. But I will keep workin on it.
Do you ever come down to the Potomac? I think there are three different Poker Runs planned this year. Not as big as JOTJ though.

Congrats on your new boat! I almost bought that instead of my velocity last spring, can't wait to see it in person. Do you ever boat south of the 301 bridge?

Not a whole lot in the past, Colonial Beach for fireworks and Tims Poker Run, I hear there are some nice spots but it seemed rougher on that side the few times i have been there. But with the AT i do plan on checkin out that side a little more this season. I hear there is a real nice sand bar spot, i think near St. Clement, but not sure. Let me know whats good, maybe Ill see ya.:ernaehrung004:

My Add., Its a great run see what you can do.:ernaehrung004: Have yet to get to the Potomac. Someday....:rolleyes:

Don't worry about the rough water....she'll eat it up:cool-smiley-027:

Show off.

Not me.....

Not even a little bit....

OK, Well maybe a teenie lil bit...Peace Out!!!

Me either....

:boat: ....

One of MY favorites

I figured you'd post that up. I almost did myself.

Your does sound a whole lot better...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1e2F...e=channel_page

We were going slow that day. :D