Burned Cafe Racer @ Certified Sales
 

What a shame. I think this boat was for sale about a year ago.

http://www.certifiedsales.com/listings/YS070239.html

A guy that lives in the town over from me owns that boat. It's too bad. He's a member on here. I saw the boat a couple of time in person and out running. It was real nice!!

That is a real shame. What a nice looking boat. Can the owner comment on whether or not the engines are still in good condition?

Curious if it was the fuel pressure gauges that have fuel plumbed up to them. Always worry about them

you should never run raw fuel to mechanical fuel pressure gauges in any dash, always use an isolater.

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

That looks pretty electrical to me. If there was fuel being pressure-fed to a fire like that, there'd be significantly more damage.

I had a problem this year when I had an oil pressure switch which allows the electric fuel booster pump to turn on went to ground. Burned up the wires under the dash and switch pretty bad. Found out that the electric fuel pumps were not fused from the factory. :eek: They are now. Scared me. If you have these pump I would check to see if they are fused. If they are not I would do it ASAP

Mark

I THINK this is a different one. I called about the one I believe you are talking about and spoke to the guy. He had sold it. If I recall correctly that one didn't have any of the Maroon and Dark red in the color scheme - just the blue, orange, and yellow. It was totally assembled and ready to go - only thing messed up was the cabin. He was using the boat in Poker Runs, including the Hot TODDY run the weekend before I called him.

Nevermind - I found the pictures in my recycling bin of that boat - I do think it is the same boat.....Looks like it has had a long year unless the pictures I have of the boat were dated at that time??!?!?!?

Any ideas on what it will sell for ? What was he asking for it a year ago ?

I think the boat was bought for around 40.....

If it is the same boat it looks worse for wear..... I have about 25 pictures if anyone is interested.

Owner told me that the fuel pressure guage was indeed the cause of the original fire, and that it had originally burned almost immediately after being built. Looks like maybe there was another fire?? Just guessing here.....

geez...that boat is a magnet for fire...

2nd time...

Any ideas on what it would cost now?

Um... 92 miles an hour? that seems like a streach to me. Twin468's ? Those blowers arent exactly small. And I do see dual dbl pumpers on them but I dont think the wieght reduction from the missing interior is going to let you achieve that kind of speed in a cafe'. I do want it though. After seeing that Top Gun go for 25K the other day I'm all fired up to buy something.

That TG wasn't a steal at $25K. Unless you've done a major project on one of these boats, you'll be astonished at how easy it is to underestimate the labor and $$$ that one can swallow up.

Having said that, if the motors and drives are OK and you're knowledgeable at vehicle wiring, this isn't a mega project.

My guess- it will sell for mid-teens.

That is exactly what will happen also. There is always a guy that pays all of the money for one of these projects.

That is how guys end up with $100k in a $45k retail boat that is worth $30k

Not to say that this wouldn't be worth 50k, just an example.

watch the wording "fired up":D

Bidding is reported over 26k all ready.

:Whatever:

In the inimitable words of Forest Gump, "Stupid is as stupid does".

Anybody know where this boat ended up????? My old boat 87 burned in 88 i bought it in 99 fixed it re-rigged, painted,converted to bravos ...ran for 5 years ...ran great too...sold to guy in ct very cheap....who had a spotlight fire in his yard in broad daylight????????