Diamond in the rough or turd in a pasture?
 

Check this out 1988 Bullet left for dead.

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Judging by your name you already have "2manyprojects" & this is gonna be a big one!! :lolhit: Keep us posted if you do though, could be nice with a lot of time, $ & effort.:popcorn:

Not at all......I think those trim tabs can be restored :D

wow looks like it's been laying in the weeds for awhile

whats the story on that hull?

had cockpit cover on, should be good to go

For what I have been told the boat has been in two auctions one in florida and one in NY the last one theowner baught it and left it for storage 9 yrs ago and never picked it up it. Since then it has been removed of all the rigging except the k planes.

all stringers and transome rock solid and no moisture

here is some more

Depending on the price. A grand or less and I say diamond :party-smiley-004:

If you decide to take that on, if bought right I certainly would, and need a dash for the Bullet let me know. I have an original one, it is far from perfect but might give you something to work with temporarily, or for mock-ups or even use as a template.

Price is free, just let me know.

Dave

thanks Dave but I have one for it
Keith

the problem with older bullets is the balsa coring in the hull.... if water gets down there and then it freezes with the balsa core and then it thaws the balsa core crystallizes and becomes structurally useless

Looks like a fun project

You are welcome, just wanted to check in case.

Best of luck with this project and please keep us posted on the progress!

Dave

if if has a good title, and hull is solid....do it..and post all the restore pics :)

Buy it.
Pull the deck off.
Bury it in the ground.
Hollow out the internal structure.
Spray it will pool liner concrete.
Waalaa! Fish Pond Racing Team! :D

Hmmm... I say Diamond... better get movin, it would look sweet nxt to the Mistress you sold me...lol

Most likely there is a reason it's laying there stipped of everything.

Even if you got it for free, that's like getting a bill for $40,000 on the low estimate.

I would try to get the k-planes cheap and leave the rest of it.

well, my .02 since I have done it for years..... with lots of wheeling and dealing you can put a boat together cheap, 9/10 people can't....

I did it a few times, do it with cars all the time and a couple boats... it can be done right if your smart about it...

I bought a huge pile of boat parts a few years ago, everyone said it was all garbage, I more then doubled my money, kept 8000+ worth of parts for myself to build my own boat, so for me that was making money and free parts.....its all about the deals!!

If they pay you to haul it off it's a diamond!

With a free boat you'll only be into that thing for like 50k!!:lolhit::lolhit:

Rebuilding boats is my absolute favorite thing to do next to running them I have been all over the country buying boats and parts for my projects. I have completed some and sold some in different stages. I have made money and lost a little. Still I never regretted doing them its what keeps me going. If some one builds a 57 chevy and sinks 100 grand into it every one thinks its cool but whats it worth to any one but him maybe half? or builds a race car for 50.000 whats it worth when he sells it?
If I put 50,000 into this Bullet most would say im crazy why? It is what I love to do and to me its my 57 chevy or my race car. I like to call it my water hot rod but im not going to sit at a parking lot in a lawn chair waiting for people to look at it or wait all day at a race track to make maybe 3 passes even though I have done both its what I want to do and spend my money on.
Its funny how people will make comments on how much you spend on a boat I dont know why.
just my 2 cents no offence to anyone.

Tim your so right You have one of the coolest boats around for 1 tenth of what most people spend. you still owe me a ride LOL

ok here is how she looks after two days of scrubbing with bleach.

this boat dont even need painted just some buff and touch up

I agree, I can spend little by little as I want to, and even with mine now, I can spend whatever I want, taking a loan and buying one someone else did is easy, its building them the way you want them is the fun!!

I see people buy older Cigs and such for 30-50,000 and then restore them to their liking, and now they have 100,000 in it, so hows that any different...??

I cant wait to see this boat done, I have crawled all over that bullet at the shop, its rock solid all over... better platform then most boat projects from the 80's!!

And I am in my Mistress for less then what I can buy one for thats for sure...

are you gonna mail back the trailer plate??

I have a very similar take...i don't play golf, softball, nor hunt. working on boats/ and using them is my stress relief "most of the time" good luck with the project. I look forward to following the progress. Tom

dayum!!! That's night and day difference already!

Dude, seriously, if you love to work on your stuff and have the skill set to do so then why the hell not do it!

Me? I have no patience or skills for it.

so, what'd you pay for the hull? :whistle:

Night and day difference for sure, looks great! Can't wait to see the restoration unfold. It would be interesting to know the full history of the boat from new. Wish I was able to control my OCD enough to tackle projects like this!

Looks like the turd is polishing up to be the diamond!!! :coolcowboy:
Cool find.

Looks great.

I would have grabbed it, that wont take much $$$ to get it together .... working on your own stuff makes the world of difference on the price (investment)

Looks 100% better already!!! What power and drives are you thinking?
Brett

I have a pair of 509's making 570hp and I just picked up some bravo x with bigger xr prop shafts with only 40 hrs. What I realy need is a nice pair of hp transoms might have to just buy new.

heres some more pictures. New dash panel and some used controls I got from a member on here

jbraun2828 made the dash pannel for he did a great job thanks Jason

still on the trailer will mail it today sorry forgot about it. Did you or kevin ever find that trim panel?

which one are you looking for? got a pic of one? most of the parts for that boat were taken off by a sh!t bag that lives in town and were used on his boats. might be something in the velocity or formula sitting over at the other yard you could use

its one of the triange shaped vents on the side of the hacth the funny thing is I had it in my hand when I first saw the boat and now I cant find it any where. its the one missing on the left