26 Martini
 

I just bought a 79 26 ft Martini to do some restoring too she has good bones just needs some love 468 blown big block for power she should be fun when i am done any info would be greatly appreciated I am not real familar with the hulls but I am hearing they are great rough water hulls It has K-planes and Hynautic hydro steering like I said good bones just needs a lil love

Nice ride, congrats. Could you post some pics?
Thanks: Matt

What kind of drive?? If your starting from scratch go with a 2" High X Dim (I'd Go 3" but 2 is good for you) and yes thats one he11 of a rough water boat.

The blue/white one on M-29? Nice.:coolcowboy:

Congrats. Very cool boat. I found one on brokerage at a Monroeville,Oh dealer fell in love with it but had no cash.
Now I have the cash but it's gone, so I'm still looking.
Have fun with it.:coolcowboy:

Martini
 

I have a 1980 26' Martini with twin 350 small blocks. Alpha drives, one is counter rotating. Rare i've been told. Sitting on a trailer. Thinking of selling, however not sure of what its worth.

Mines for sale, call me

314-614-3205

Adam

thats a very cool boat. When I was a kid there was a Martini dealer on the river by us I always like there look good luck with it

Schmiddy Can you email me as many pics of yours as possible I love the interior and I want my upholstery person to see yours to have a idea what I want andI love the oval sticker on the side I am looking to build a vintage boat with a lil modern spin I plan on pulling into some old Chris Craft shows around here with her lots of teak mine has but its also LOUD AS HELL Raw hp sound I am really excited to get her going I am just waiting on a bunch of parts and yes it was sitting on M-29 under shrink did you look at it LEE ??

Sure what's your email address? Is yours an S or an SS?

My email is kkacarka692yahoo.com

How do I know if it is a S or a SS

What outdrive is on your Martini ????

TRS with a nose cone

heres some pics

and some parts I just recieved

Good looking boat.

Mark did'nt you have that same exhaust on your 32' Active Cat that was Andy's signiture exhaust system !

I'm used to seeing one 4bbl on a big blower, but not dual quads on a little blower, ive never seen that, Is that a 250?

Right you are. And for back in the day it looked cool, worked, and it didnt leak.

BAD BAD news looks like the tune up is gonna get a bit more extensive oil filter has a lot of metal flakes in it looks like it was coming from the MSD distributor gear so out comes the motor take a look at the cam and such fingers crossed hopefully its just a new cam and gear and some gaskets will see

It is usually just the distibutor gear, hopefully it did not tear up any bearings !

Hopefully he caught it in time. That why I like to put a Oberg oil filter in line, you can find things out before it's to late. Spark, I seem to remember that Jim :eek: [Mr Awsome] when his shop was at 12mile & M97 rigid a blue Martini, it might be this one????? I knew of only two Martini's here the other one was the white 26' [Cocane] :drink::drink:

martiniboat's (Brian K.) 26 was a blue single, but not this boat.

Just hope that TRS is in good shape... You'll really be cryin' the blues if that thing is busted...

actually right before the boat was put in storage the drive was gone thru so hopefully it is

Well looks like it will be at least a new Distributor and a new Cam hopefully the Crank bearings are ok

Is it smart to run the bronze gear in a marine app. to save the cam, or is there some problem with that?

i have no idea

It is a good idea,Performance boat motors usually get torn down often, It's good insurance to put a new one each time or every other time.

Well new cam is going in and the motor is going back in then I will start looking for new distributor and looking for a pair of clean 400-500CFM dual quads

Your boat was built by the Bower Brothers in Miami. They built a rock solid boat all hand laid. They closed after a few years not because of lack of sales but because they were catering to a certain market the Feds were watching. They reopened a few years later under the Corsa name. Same great boat. They also built a 31 and 41 under the Corsa name. You have a rock solid hull and it has a great heritage.

I am really looking forward to running it this damn motor is kinda breaking my budget but I think its gonna be a bad ass rig when I am done so I think it will be worth it

I told ya !

Told me what I just decided to do most of it myself Me and buddy are gonna start putting the motor back together Do you have any carbs or ignition laying around???

Are you still looking for a dual carb setup? I have an extra 750 cfm merc carb, but you're probably looking for something with a little more kick...

Yeah I am looking still really would like a decent set of 600's but a big single may be the way to go really what do you guys think

I'd dump the blower and go with a 496 stroker kit, big hydraulic roller cam and single carb.
But that's just me. I like KISS motors

BINGO!!

I personally prefer a big single carb. They're way easier to tune, you don't gain much by running duals, and it's usually cheaper to buy one good carb than two smaller carbs.

I am assuming this was the plug for the newer 26' with the splash rail around the top of the hull. Bought it from eastern airlines liquidation sight unseen. It had a 1/2 to 3/4 of gel coat faring material on it and a piece of wood with a million screws for the spalsh rail in it. It took a ton of effort to sand it down, but turned out good. It's good point was there was a brand new ls7 motor in it with rotten merc accessories hiding it.