i need some more help,the twin 200 black maxes on my excalibur have serial #'s 5045518-5045520,i called every boat shop around and no one can tell me the year.they say those #,s dont exist.one said they may be special order motors. they say 2000v on them,and i was told they were original motors,but i still want to know,any one?

knarf try Screamandfly.com they are the outboard experts on the web. Hey do you have an email address I can email you at.?

my email is [email protected] i found out my motors are 1978-1979,first year for the black max..speacial order

I've just seen this post (talk about better late than never!) and I'd be very interested in seeing that old Powerboat Magazine test if it's not too much trouble.

It looks like my 1980 24 might finally hit the water in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks very much fobes for faxing that article from Powerboat. It makes for some very interesting reading.

I have finally put together some pics of my 24. The first 3 are from before I owned it. I bought from MrExcal in Feb of 08 and had some engine work done. We finally tested it in August of 08 and found that the fuel tank was leaking and needed to be replaced. It hasn't hit the water yet this season but with any luck it should be done in the next few weeks.

The on water video is from our one and only test session on the James River.

http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p...xcalibur%2024/