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Old 03-06-2015, 11:21 PM
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Default 96 Concord LS-7 (HP500) ? Anyone familiar?

Hi all,
Just picked up a MINT 1996 Concord LS-7 w/ a HP500, Bravo 1.50
Factory original with 163 hours.
Factory Blueprinted hull
Has anyone had any experience with this hull?
Wondering how it handles and what type of speed to expect.











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Old 03-06-2015, 11:39 PM
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man that things a time capsule, nice find.
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really nice boat , looks alot like a 240 baja , no affence
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Originally Posted by tim brown
really nice boat , looks alot like a 240 baja , no affence
That's a pretty accurate statement actually. I believe the owner of Concord used to be an owner of Baja. I used to own 23 ls7 with a 300xs it was a great boat! Enjoy it!!
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Real nice looking boat
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Not that I followed every boat from Concord but I really do not remember them with a HP 500 in anything 24 ft and down. Anyways the boats use to be built in Sherwood Arkansas but now have a Mississippi phone #.

Checkmate many years ago as to however Baja was founded and then the guy at Concord had something to do with all of it also - short of story not knowing the depth of it - all 3 persons went their own way - really do not know the details but Concord boats were from 80's Baja molds and I think a couple of older Checkmates.

I believe the LS-7 is a 23 ft boat not counting swim platform and around 93 inch beam. It was built with an outboard as well and was 4 sure from a Baja mold but it could as well been from the birth of Checkmate mold first then a Baja, then off to Concord ..

Your boat is very clean and well kept - keep water out of the boat as in the past when I did see some of these Concord's they had wood rot more so than the Checkmates did. A lot of it has to do with the boat - the way it is stored.

www.concordboats.com

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immaculate, i really like the exhaust out of the swim platform.
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Originally Posted by BUP
Not that I followed every boat from Concord but I really do not remember them with a HP 500 in anything 24 ft and down. Anyways the boats use to be built in Sherwood Arkansas but now have a Mississippi phone #.

Checkmate many years ago as to however Baja was founded and then the guy at Concord had something to do with all of it also - short of story not knowing the depth of it - all 3 persons went their own way - really do not know the details but Concord boats were from 80's Baja molds and I think a couple of older Checkmates.

I believe the LS-7 is a 23 ft boat not counting swim platform and around 93 inch beam. It was built with an outboard as well and was 4 sure from a Baja mold but it could as well been from the birth of Checkmate mold first then a Baja, then off to Concord ..

Your boat is very clean and well kept - keep water out of the boat as in the past when I did see some of these Concord's they had wood rot more so than the Checkmates did. A lot of it has to do with the boat - the way it is stored.

www.concordboats.com
This boat has been garage kept since day 1. Its dry as a bone, original owner said it never got rained on. Can't even find a water stain on any of the wood anywhere.
Have a new custom cover being made before I start using it just so it stays that way. It was custom ordered with the HP500.
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Nice super clean well kept boat!!!, as said by a previous poster, the exhaust thru the swim platform is a nice touch.
May want to look into replacing the valve springs in that early HP500 in the near future.
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I like your boat and is one of the cleanest used boats I have seen in long awhile. Surely a guy keeping his boat in great shape winterized properly as not knowing if you even ran it before buying it. Either way hopefully it was done before U bought it and after if needed again. Just asking that's it.
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