need help on this 38 fountain 1999..
 

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please guys, look at the pictures and tell me if the cabin is original like that ? seems to me that they are usually white leather / vinyl ..

anything else those pics reveal..

i am flying there on monday morning to inspect....

Looks like the boat was a former F2 boat converted to pleasure. That is definatley not a factory cabin

how can i confirm this? can u call fountain ? they keep a registry ?

was JUST told now... by the fountain dealer selling the boat.he says it was send back to fountain and converted ...why would fountain use such a cheap carpet-like material...

i also thought for a moment that the motors are 454..weired valve covers... is there an engine code on them to confirm they are 500 hps ?

The boat looks like a hack! My 99 38 Fever is still for sale. Indy paint, Race fairing, Fresh 500hps, 2007 Manning triaxle trailer with drive guard and boxes. Lots of goodies and mint! Great looking! 109k


RAF

Pics are at www.thomasclassics.com New trailer not shown yet.

The valve covers are the real old Merc Perf ones, back in the day of the old HP 450's n' such. The arestors have a builders name and says they are the perf 600 somethings, all kinds of non Merc stuf jumps out with just a quick look. Where would you get stock Merc out of that. It's priced way below the market if it's a clean straight up boat, which looks somewhat questionable. Dosen't mean it's not worth buying, just means you gotta know what you're doing and how much you're going to spend to get it where you think it needs to be for you.

Axa Powell mentioned mine to you a few days ago in your thread, if you want to persue that send me a PM on here and I will get back to you. It is exceptionally clean, as close to new as one could hope to find.

I would definately look at Raggeds boat or another one. THat boat will take too much time and $$$ to make right.

Beautiful boat Raf..

Thanks- Somebody on the board needs to own this one