something doesn't seem right...
 

Looking for a new boat and found an "83 formula 31se" boat looks clean and the price is right.. Only problem is I can't find a such boat... It looks to me like an 86 302... Did they make a boat that even looked like this in 83??? Thanks!

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Thats a 302

But doesn't it look newer than an 83?? Looks like an 86??

Do you have the HSN - Hull Serial # ? With that, some people (including Formula of course) could decipher it for you.

The 302 was available in'83. The 31SC Express was a cruiser style boat.

That really looks like a boat a friend of mine owned back in 1998 or 1999. Color and name, low profile is the same. It was in Western NY.

Padraig

yes it must be it cause this one is in elba NY do you happen to know if was an 83?? cause to me this looks like an 84-86... he said there was a problem with the title due to a repo but its been fixed but im thinking he got a reg from an 83 and hes trying to pass it off as an 83 cause he doesn't have a title for the actual boat...? I texted him last night asking for a picture of the transom numbers when he gets a second but haven't heard back. I would hate to drive 6 hours to find out hes trying to pull a scam

I haven't talked with him in quite a while. I think I can get of him and I'll see what I can find out. He sold it a long time ago.

Padraig

That would be great! If you can't get alhold of him it's no big deal but thank you!

Just talked to my friend. Unfortunately he can't remember the year. He bought it used ran it for a while then sold it. The guy who bought it trimmed it to the moon and blew an engine. He put it up for sale at a local marina and my friend bought it back rebuilt the motor and eventually resold it. A salesman from a local car dealership then had it for a while but after that he lost track of it. There was talk of sometime kind of trouble so that may be where a repo happened.

He may have some info on it at his office and will check it out on Monday, if so he will let me know.

You might want to give a shout out on the Lake Erie section and maybe someone in the Buffalo or Rochester area can check it out for you.

Padraig