Wow, that sux, but i'm sure you'll pull it off.

But all this is not shocking and nothing new, as most guys run into this situation. Me included.
As I've said to andy... if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

As someone said recently on this site...
"The purchase price is just one piece of the equation. It's a much more active relationship with a boat. When you see a beautiful old boat out on the water doing 70, someone's been spending some money."

Btw, a nice pair of 496HOs would be a decent package.
They should get you into the 70s w/ 5yr warranty.

Here are some updated pics, I am still working on it even though I am not sure what to do, sell it or keep it??

more pics

Well I found out who built the motors in my boat, They were built and tuned by C & G Marine in N Miami FL. Question is are they still in business? I would like to find out some more about the motors.

here are some motor pics, they will be running by Thursday!!!!

Bill, What are you doing to them?

John I am just going to run them, I found my motor noise last night, a loose Roller rocker!!, I feel stupid, I am going to clean up the head, and install 2 piece valve covers, but I am going to run them, I did a bunch of thing to the boat today, I want to have it ready for the O.C. Boat race. The compression and leak down test came back great, it is nice to know what kind of motors they are!!

I also started repainting the bildge on the Apache today, here is a pic of the engine hatch. I should have taken a before pic, it turned out great!!

Boat is for sale, I have some very interested buyers. I have decided to sell the boat as is and not finish it!