Second Vin location mid 90s 35 Fountain
 

A friend fixed a guys truck about 5 years ago,the bill was 10k. He did not have the money so he left his boat for collateral....well guy never came back. Its a 35 EX but the may have been called lightnings back then flat bottom no step. He wants to sell the boat but he does not have the title for it or the trailer.Here is were it gets interesting there is no Vin on the right rear corner,there are some decent scratches on the rub rail so it might have been a repair. Any other places to look for a vin?

If he can find the VIN he can apply for a title under the past due bill. But he needs a VIN number. Oh and it will be a killer deal for someone to go through or part out.

Let me know I might be interested. THANKS

Mine have been located in the underneath side of the gunnel in the engine compartment on the port side or the underneath side of the dash. Just a simple 1/2"x 2" piece of PVC engraved with numbers, then glued in. J

Same here I found it when I was painting

Ok thanks I will look under the dash and in the engine compartment when I see him on Thurs. If its not stolen its a deal only has one engine but both drives are there and its on an aluminum Nextral tri axle trailer. I pulled the cover up a little and the interior looks decent but I did not go into the cabin.

I would also be interested in the boat and trailer. Thanks John 610-299-3598

Fountain also stamped the HIN on the passenger side of the cockpit. He will have to take out the front bolster and take off the side pannel, but that is where mine was was I redid my interior.

Good luck.

Deal doesnt sound shady but for 10k it might be worth it. Man would that be fun to get registered in your name. I know mechanics can seize property and put in there name I would suggest the seller do this first or him and I would be creating a nice memo with all the details and signed by both.

I have seen a few fountains where it looked like someone took a dremel tool and engraved the HID numbers into the glass...always wondered about that...

I bet every one you saw looked like that...

they are all like that ! I could not believe it, and still can't as of today... apparently it's made that way, so if they have a boat made, let's say in 2010, but only sells in... 2012, they then put a 2012 serial number....

If only we could do that on left over new vehicules !!! LOL!!!

The first one i came across like that, i was considering buying and walked away cause i felt it was "shady" since every boat i seen to that point had them molded into the glass....the second one i saw like that was just out of repair and happened to have some glass work on the back corner so i figured it may have been done like that during repair...then the 3rd one i came across it just seemed weird that 3 in a row were like that so i figured they must be doing it at the factory. Still kinda weird since i thought the Coasties require it molded in but im probably wrong on that since they have been doing it for a while...

i detailed about 300 of them back in the day they were all that way, skater still is, as well as mti...

Fountain has always hand engraved their HIN numbers in the back of the transom. Looks like a little kid did it or something and I was skeptical on my first one but I know it's normal and "their signature" now.