Looking at 38 Top Gun 2007
 

I am looking at a 2007 Top Gun in Palm Beach area, I guess thats where the boat is from a boat broker has it. It is on Boat trader and I was wondering if anyone knows the boat. Has
525s with 200 hours.clean looking boat,what should I look for
any help would be great.And any insight on the boat would be great to.

Im sure Jupiter Sunsation will chime in. It's the old OSO boat and it has to have over 200hrs on it!!

a buddy of mine has one for sale as well, same year same power, with 90 hours,,,if you need more info let me know...just came off oso classifieds

Ironically he bashes every cig out there EXCEPT the one his friend owns...go figure, that's the only one worth asking price :rolleyes:

So is that a bad thing or what that it was the old OSO boat?
I guess it got used alot and has more hours on it.Might have 240 hours.Any other info?

no it was taken care of at and by the factory when Steve had it, I cant say about the new owner. It looks to have been taken care of, but that's just pics. 525's are good motors, but at ??? ish hours the headers need to be checked. I wont bad mouth anyone's boat but just make sure you do your due diligence. :)

Yeah, what are the odds of that!!:D:D

is it the one with no swim platform? blue? it has 325 hrs!

Thats the one, thats alot of hours.

Boat looks geat, just not sure I would take JS word on it!! I am in the market, and still looking, that boat looks like a gear deal.

That boat was kind of a base boat with no additional extras.

in all seriousness... they're 525's, headers and drives. have the major components gone thru before you agree to purchase. if it all turns out fine, you pick-up the mechanic bill. otherwise, have the seller pay --- as it was not disclosed prior.

no big deal. ...and, it's amazing what the seller will often 'then' share with you...

when steve owned it, i can not remember seeing him run it in excess of 70, or so, MPH. he drove it quite easily.

however, as previously stated, i do not know the new owner, nor the history since it was sold to him.


hope that helps,

joe

The boat was at Hideaway Marina in Pompano over Christmas. It looked like it was in great shape on the exterior. I did NOT see the interior of the boat (it was covered on the trailer). No dings, scratches, etc on the boat. Again, looked to be in real nice condition. Outdrives, tabs, etc looked perfect.

With a lot of hours on the 525's like 350 to 400 they need to be rebuilt,what is the coast of that 7 to 9k a side?

A good rebuild including new pistons,new valves,liters,re-balance etc with new couplers,starters filters,tune-up ,re-paint dyno test and break in usually comes in around 10-12k depending on what parts get re-used,of course some shops will be a little more or less,the big expense is the headers 5700 dealer cost from merc,can be bought for a little less sometimes thru different outlets,I am re-doing 4 at my shop now all had low hours(around 100) and took a beating from exhaust leaking water into engine,cmi claims the exhaust are holding up well in fresh water but people running in salt aren't flushing and salt build up causing the problems,they have made several changes over the past years to improve life.So if you do a major rebuild with new headers 15-17k could easily be spent on each engine