I pm'd him within the first couple days of his thread and he insisted on a small block boat. I told him same as everyone else $8500 come get it or $5500 and put your own small blocks in. Part I don't get is he still says there selling for $20,000!!!! Hello????? Is anybody home???? Here's a real nice one that needs about a weekends worth of work to be about perfect for $8500!!!! Lol oh well. Johns buddy will be happy with it I'm sure. Wish it was this nice or cheap the first time I bought it!!!!!

Red...like I told you...if he had not beaten me to the punch by hours...I would have been there yesterday. But hey... there is always another deal and having a friend is worth more to me than the deal if you know what I mean. I will end up in the middle of this any way some how...it's all working out for the best.

In any case...you get a sale and we get a good well cared for Formula "back home" in Miami.:evilb:

Hey! I'm all there red man. Read my reply on the Q & A. Your boat was nice but to be quite honest the colors didn't do it for me either. Yours is the least money I've seen one go for, or list for, in the last month that I've been looking. Folks are wanting around $20 and their nothing great either. I know your not looking to buy another but check around, my friend I'm not lying to ya.

http://www.powerboatlistings.com/view/12051

I just took a look on Craigslist and pbl and was quite surprised to find few for sale and the asking prices!!! Damn I should have got more lol. Here's one maybe worth looking at?

been for sale for a while,you have moved yours twice since taht one went up :lolhit::lolhit:

Lol cuz I price them right! A very happy new owner just went for his first ride in 50* temps. Not sure if his face froze from the temperature or he was that happy with the boat!

Wow, that is a deal. I was wondering if I could have bought it complete for close to $10k. $8,500 is a great deal.

But already having a 272, I really should be watching for a larger boat to make a long term restoration out of. Something with a LARGE cockpit. Like a Scarab III. Saw a Baja one time that had four bolsters and a rear bench, that would give some room to work with. My first exposure to offshore boats was an early 80's scarab that was based in South Haven, MI. It was a 377 scarab but did not have the stagger engines so the cockpit was huge! found a pic online of basically the same thing as if a scarab and sunsport had breeded! that or a CC with egg beaters.....

I should start a thread in old school section asking about boats like this but still based on the standard go fast hull of 8' beam. I doubt my wife and I will ever get out of being foster parents, so I never know how many I will have in the house.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...5380scarab.jpg

HA!!! this made me laugh! Fred is who I bought my boat from in NJ last fall. that add is way old, I think it was gone before I contacted him about my 272 LS. Not sure why it is still up.

Brian

I can set you up a great deal on a 40' excalibur hawk :) won't find a bigger cockpit!

Where were these made in the 80's? As of now, I live within an hour of the factory in Indiana. Drove by it, never stopped before though...... :lolhit: