Also Put a 500 efi in there.

Pulling out the 454
 

Cool photo Rocky took looking through one of the bamboo dowels that came off the engine hatch
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Lifting the motor up and out!
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And safely put aside
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pm me your email and ill send you a few pics of my old one. It was actullay stolen last year from the guy I sold it to. I tried to get it back

Ultimately we ended up going with a 496. A donor from RockyS18's Donzi 22 Classic 009.

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Sent them . Check it out. Feel free to post or send them to anyone as someone may have seen it. It was stolen from philly july 4 2012 roughly. I would take it back in any shape.

I am happy to do so!

With the motor finally out, I got to work cleaning out the bilge. It was a mess of wires, spare hardware, and a few bucks in change back there. While I started off trying to keep things intact in the event we may need them in the future, it got to a point where I just had to rip things out. Also noticed a few interesting things, I don't believe the motor was original to the boat. For starters, it had 2 storage units on either side of the motor, while the other bbc 20's I've seen pics of generally had only 1. As a result of this, a previous owner cut the back of the seat out to get the motor in and out. The motor also had a Holley carb installed at some point in its history, and had a very serious aluminum mount. I found more traces of the previous motor in the form of accessories that were just left in the bilge. One such item was an old fuel filter, with the hoses still attached but leading to nowhere. After removing the transmission, had a very fun time trying to remove the old exhaust and TRS transom assembly. Neither wanted to be removed, but with a little elbow grease and creativity in the form of a unique hammer, I emerged victorious.

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Looks nice when its all cleaned up, doesn't it?
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Awesome boat, I'm currently looking for a 20cig for the next project. Keep us updated.

Thank you! And that's great to hear, it has been a fantastic project and I'll certainly be happy to see what you end up doing when you make it happen. Although, just a few months ago, I believe there were as many as 5 20's available at the same time.

very cool project. good luck with it.