This boat is going to either be a home run or a biggest headache. Follow your gut i guess.

Holy Chit....

419 formula
 

this boat sold ! blocks busted nothing worth having, everything filled with water & left to freeze last winter. just talked to frank at national boat brought close to 20,000 ?

:angry-smiley-038::angry-smiley-038:someone wasted 20k

Sad what some people are capable of. How many stepped 419's did they make? Can't be too many out there.

IS THIS FACT?

Someone hopping to get lucky

Please let us know how it turns out.

I got out bid

If you sold every single nut and bolt out of that boat and turned in the wire for recycling, I still don't think you'd get your "close to 20k" out of it.. Drives, gauges, interior parts, misc switches and rigging, etc. It'd take you a lifetime to craigslist it all out! Best of luck to the new owner but man I hope you got a stockpile of parts already!

Whoever does that to a boat is a complete loser, I hope he never is able to afford another boat....would hope the bank files charges....

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Unreal !!!! I wonder what could possibly make someone do something like that.

Take it out on an inanimate object. :greenchainsaw:

Boy oh boy what a mess, hard to belive someone would go to that level of destruction. To bring it back to a nice boat is attainable but at what cost. Filling the motors with water now that is for sure a MORTAL SIN ! He is going to hell for that one. What did it finally go for?
Thanks in advance for the reply !
Brian

Guy should have killed himself, not the boat. He was the one that failed and couldn't pay his bills.

I hope whoever bought it didn't really pay 20K for it, drop a zero from that and it might be worth it, barely.

Hopefully the bank pursues the guy. Imho, that's nothing less than aggravated criminal damage to property, a felony.

If you know how to do ALL the work yourself... 20,000 is not that bad really...

I have bought piles of said "junk" parts from boats before and made some good money selling what I didn't want... people thpught I was nuts... proved EVERYONE wrong... parts add up fast when selling small stuff...

If I bought it, I would redo transom.... and put in twin 1000HP engines and some 6's and have a sweet ass 419!!!

the guy should be locked up in solitary and get his next non-cat crap meal when the loan's satisfied!

Anyone can go and buy a new boat, BUT NOT JUST ANYONE CAN MAKE AN OLD BOAT LOOK LIKE NEW.
That boat all dolled up is an empressive package.
And many people on this web site love working on huge projects and that is a huge project. Good luck to whom ever buys it.
You could call it ANGER MANAGEMENT!
I make Joke !

I went through the picasa album. That boat was sitting in a lot in Elkhart, IN. I have a pole barn not more than 200 yards away from it. Saw it first hand and it was real rough... sucks that this douche bag would do it... I'm guessing he's not too smart!!!

look what popped up on ebay!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/00-Fo...c1a8717c#v4-40

HA :poopoo:



Even though the boat is "lake ready" as far as mechanically, there are also minor issues (cosmetic & electric) that needs addressed:



1. All gauges are operable excluded speedometers


2. Switches are missing to operated drop out bolster seats


3. GPS is inoperable

4. Switch panel for blower and accessories is missing

5. Light scratches are in the red and blue striping on both the port and starboard side

6. Generator is inoperable and needs a wiring harness


7. Stereo speakers are missing
https://picasaweb.google.com/1007834...ulaF419SR2000#

:lolhit:

Ohh boy.... this should be good. Heck, maybe I should bid on this one....lol

He already is making money. But hes probably gunna have a hard time making the new buyer happy

:eekdrop::eekdrop::eekdrop::eekdrop:



http://loz.craigslist.org/bod/2826963689.html

Rediculous!

No close up picture to the big hole in the side?

In the pictures you cant even tell there is holes in the upholstery.

Someone is going to be really unhappy with this one.

obviously the upholstery and many other things have been fixed/repaired. probably put $10k into the boat and looking to make a nice score. can't blame them.

I surely hope so. I don't see how they can justify selling the boat in the first pics with the second pics... But, if the dealer did the repairs himself, I hope for his sake that he did them properly. That's a lawsuit waiting to happen, especially given the first set of pics on this post.

I wonder if he will try to explain the 4th NEGATIVE after selling this disaster??? :eekdrop::eekdrop::eekdrop:

I've seen it yesterday night but did not do the connection between the add and this tread... looks much better on ebay !

i want to buy the stelling boxes

Up to 45k now.

:eekdrop::eekdrop::eekdrop::eekdrop::eekdrop::eekd rop:

Wait till the new buyer takes it home > if it get's that far !!!!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ies/gomer2.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...rise-thumb.jpg

For the most part, it seems as though everybody knows about that boat. Shame on any bidder not doing due diligence. The buyer will certainly feel screwed after the auction ends.

The big issue in my mind are the engines, earlier in this thread it was stated that the guy actually filled the motors with water. Man this guy was out for the banks blood. Often when water is introduced into a motor and is it not removed and someone trys to start it they bend the rods trying to compress the water in the cylinders. And another major concern is the rust of the cylinder bores lifter bores etc and what about freezing and cracking the blocks and heads and manifolds ???? I wonder if they just tossed in three new motors long blocks or what?
Now the fix it costs are really climbing up.
I can't see how the dealer can make any money if they are paying employees to work on it.
That is why people buy stuff like that as individuals, and put sweat equity into the project. There are a lot of really brilliant people on this web site that take pride in their projects to the point of showing the entire job with descriptions as they go through the re conditioning. Does anyone know if they put in new motors ???

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=260947079548

Anyone here bidding??? $55K

I would think most here know better. :lolhit:

56k now....some poor guy thinks he is getting a deal.