I was stuck on the first part..........$14,000 for a boat resting in the yard. Not like it was 10K for the boat and 4K for the trailer (there is no trailer). No doubt the "yard drop" likely damaged the straight shaft/rudder when it got dropped there.

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It looks to me like they dropped it in a perfect spot to start stacking the wood for the bonfire ,

and it will only cost $60 k to restore! Then you can experience the pleasure of having $74k into a boat that's (doubtfully) worth $50k!

1979 Sea Ray Sportsfisherman- 27' - $1400

1979 Sea Ray Sportsfisherman, 27' for sale.
Engine is dismantled.
Outdrive is gaulded.
$1,400 OBO
https://wheeling.craigslist.org/boa/...972558847.html
The silos behind it may rust out and fall on this POS before someone buys it.
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That has to be his buddies posting a fake ad to break his balls! Funny he didn't know that Fountains only attract skanks? :D

the 30K price makes me think it is a scam ad, I know its 20 years old but have they really gotten that cheap?

I always wonder if they really believed that boat would ever get put in the water again when they put it there. Imagine looking at that eyesore for years thinking it was either going to get repaired (for $$$$) or sold at the end for $1400? Lets say it sells for $500 and it sat for 10 years. So you look at that knowing after 10 years that baby was accruing $1 a week towards the final sale price!

Maybe it was a great boat for 10 years prior, then you have 10 years worth of stories, trophy catches that you can relive when someone asks about that turd in the yard......

Nothing that a wire brush and little paint won't fix.......hahahahahah

Gorgeous 233 Formula!
 

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Just a little TLC and a wax job and it will be ready to go (maybe change the oil).

im more interested in restoring the silos lol

Seen on my travels in Ohio.

Id guess blue one was military and inside one a 30’ Scarab??
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The one against the building wall looks like a Mirage 9M-SS. Used to own a staggered version of this.

the blue boat is an HSB Military boat have restored a couple of them

Were at in Ohio I need that blue trailer and those old drives for a project lol

The Myco under the other boat appears to be in way better condition than the Eagle. And a word of caution on older Eagles from somebody who knows, check the cross members for rot.

Wharton

Appears to be a closed down shop.
Not sure what else is inside.
I heard there is a wood cruiser rotting away.

In a tiny farm town.
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Wonder if Pete knows about those..lol

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boden...89615534404144

Google satellite shows the Mirage but not the hsb. also at least 1 of some other boat... small rural town in Ohio. ghost boats that will never live again... Sunkin???

Agree, theres a guy on here looking for that bow rail for his boat

I don’t think it’s owned by a Boden anymore.

I call on an auto repair shop a mile away who says the buildings full of crap and the owner does no more biz out of it.

Ive been passed it a dozen times in the last few mnths and seen no sign of life.
And yes I watch for it.
Curious to what’s inside the bldg.

He has a cruiser on the other side of building.

I looked at that mirage 4 years ago when it was for sale outside a of delta Ohio. Was rough then.
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I stopped close enough to take those pics and from what I saw from 30’ away......, I’d say their ain’t much there.
Some hardware maybe....

Cougar
 

W/surface drives.

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1980 377 flatdeck Kaama S.E. Kevlar - $20000 (Edgewood)
 

Another overpriced pile of golden ****
38' Wellcraft Scarab less motors and drives. This boat is a rare "muscle boat" A true Kaama hull that solid. No soft spots. Stripes were stripped off and bottom is sanded for refinish. floor was cut out to be replaced.
I don't have the space or time anymore to complete my dream boat.

I also, for sale, have two 500 hp Blue motors, Stelling headers, CMI exaust silencers with air piston baffles. Arneson 16" drop boxes. second effort surface drives with transmissions.
All were collected to build this boat, price is negotible for the drive parts.

These boats are near impossible to find. they dominated the racing scene late 70's and 80's
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I bet this idiot thinks the leaves preserve the gel on the dash.
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extra couple of zeros there...

Yeah, 20k is a "bit" optimistic. Unfortunately that thing needs to be stripped completely down to the stringers, tear the whole cabin out, all the way down to a bare hull and start over. Turn it into this! With that said...OAF, that's gonna take a lot of coin.
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If that is a LS Scarab (which it looks like from the width of the hatch vents) you'll never turn a Wellcraft into a LS Scarab. The person who will come the closest is Heath with the rebuild he is doing on his Scarab.

Craigslist Dallas

https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/bo...056726704.html

Yes, that's what the ticket said. Even the judge couldn't believe it ran 97 MPH, so the charges were dropped.

He must have one hell of a truck to pull that thing 97.... Or the boat has those fancy 454 corvette engines, like the guy at the gas stations brother inlaw's uncle has

Marketing at its best. Such an intriguing ad... When he says “this boat was clocked at 97”, I think he means the picture of the boat was taken at 3:57pm

NO, NO,,, he meant 97 MPH ON the trailer !

I think it was measured by radar, mounted on a boat coming in the opposite direction at 50 mph. The combined speed was 97, so he was doing 47. :)

I think y'all are a little hasty! those look like TRS drives with CLEVERS! 97 mph may be conservative! LOL!

1979 Scarab 29.9, with TRS drives, that flies.
 

The most famous 29'9" Scarab runs close to 100 mph at sea level. Now this is in Liberal California, but it's verified GPS recording at 2,000' elevation is 93 mph. It's the 1979 National Performance Class champion boat P-38 Pure Insanity. Jeff Brown of Hawthorn, CA was the 1979 champ in this Team Scarab 9 Meter Kevlar49 boat. The last 20 years it's been running twin Richie Zul 383s a' 775 hp and appro. 625 ft.lb of torque due to 6-71 blowers. Got modified Mobech TRS drives and CLEAVERS!

Back to the Craigslist Scarab in Dallas. The rumor has it that the owner is an old buddy, since the 1950s, of the late Carroll Shelby, so he knows a thing or two about marketing. However my guts tells me it's got some serious power and if I was a Texan and in the market for a project? Well, he at least would have made me curious. All that glitters is NOT gold, but there are diamonds in the rough and he who seeks finds. ;)

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Here’s something...
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Looks like a college kid with too much time made a play dough mold of what he thought an offshore boat was.
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^^ Looks like that could be fun if you had an OB hanging around to put on it.