Have not opened gas tanks yet... I'm sure things are pretty ripe....

10 posts, lets see if pics go through

Baja 220 Sport pics
 

Lets see if the pics go through after my 10th post! Pic of boat in local Tractor Supply parking lot. Actually made is 3.4 miles on the rotted tires!!! Had to pull of 10 miles up the road (luckily at a Walmart) because we lost one old one and put 2 new tires on the old rims for the trip home. :)

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Boat has been setting out in elements for a number of years. A tap on the stringers sounded ok and the engine oil looked like oil, so I took a chance. 2 soft spots in the floor so we'll pull the carpet and start the rot investigation. Only thing missing is the engine hatch....

If I have time this next week I'll pull the plugs and check out the motor some more. This is all new to me so my boat guy is helping out. Did start searching for 383 stroker kits and will get the Van Norman out of the rack at the shop!
H

I’d go thru the boat 1st, before building a motor. Imho

Friend had a Baja like that years ago.
It was a little faster than some of the other comparable models that were popular then.
Good luck with the investigation.

Started pulling carpet and seat pedistals / boxes. Floor is pretty rough. Will try and get a section cut out today and see whats going on. Floor appears to be very thin plywood coated with resin.
H

The floors were notorious for having issues, the stringers were/are usually less susceptible to rot but still need to be checked thoroughly. And of course make sure the transom is sound.

Bad floor
 

Floor is gone, and not having done this in person before, taking note of what I do find. Pulled out the remnants of the battery box, getting fuel tanks unhooked. seat bases out, and started peeling off the loose glass on the floor.
Will probably take it to the shop and pull the motor out to make more room and do better inspection of engine bay and transom.
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Battery box
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Yuk
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yikes
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Rutt row...
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Hatch Mount
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tank wires
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Tank

Cutting floor out
 

Took a saw and cut out the back half of the fiberglass floor, what a mess. Definitely going to have to take out more up into the "cuddy" area which means pulling out the bulkhead / wall. I'll take a look at that this afternoon. Any suggestions please let me know. It looks like two layers of 3/8 or 1/2" plywood that might have had a layer of glass between them. You can see the holes where they cut out to fill in with foam. I'm going to pull the carpet off the sides and see what the cuddy wall looks like so I can pull that out or "gasp" start learning about cutting the deck off....

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Section 1
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Section 2
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Rot
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More rot
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Need to get more cut out