I have always felt that owning a unique classic and originality was more important than performance, not to say that performance is not important to me . I sold my donzi 16 to purchase a very rare donzi benchseat hornet. it is a 1968 with a ford small block and a volvo 280t. it by no means is fast but you don't see many of them at all and it is a big attention getter at the docks. I get outrun by all of the go fasts on my lake I am going to re power but there will always be someone faster but there won't be another boat like it on my lake.

this boat will be a turn key boat and is very unique with the lh helm it is going to take alot of power to get that volvo up into the upper 60's maybe more of a headache too, once you tweak it to that extreme.

I like the boat looks like a solid clean classic.

My thoughts exactly.

Now for some bench wrenching...

From what I've read the 280T is rated for 4600 rpm.

I know 400 horse is attainable with a sbc, but is it possible at 4500-4600 rpm?

you can spin the volvo drive a bit quicker. I ran mine to 4800-5000 rpm with the 1.6 gear ratio. there are guys spinning them to 5500 on a regular basis for years.

The 280t will handle 5300 easily. Nice to see it has trim aready, thats a huge help.with the Volvo drive. Also has the early style windshield with the "eyebrows" which are a nice addition if your tall. Dash pic is crappy, but looks original. Beautiful color scheme, and as mentioned not a common one.

good luck with the purchase, if you need any info on the drive I have some digital manuals on the volvo stuff. they are pretty easy to maintain.

Well that was a total waste of time. The boat was completely hacked. The keel was completely raw. Tons of dock rash. Rigged electronics. Hacked out foot well. Hacked stereo installation. Missing hatch cylinder, and a busted windshield. But other than that it was great.

That sucks.

Bummer!