MTI passblocker
 

How does a boat of this caliber get to a liquidator? Does anyone know the story?

Super exclusive market made even more so by the ridiculous graphics. Been for sale for years it seems.

They really must have loved football. That does narrow the market quickly. They are definitely not giving it away.

If memory serves me right, I think I remember reading an article that It belonged to a former Giants offensive lineman.

Brad Benson,former offensive lineman for the New York Giants, has put his notorious Pass Blocker MTI up for sale

Boat was built by NY Giant ex offensive lineman Brad Benson. The helmet portion is not painted on. It's vinyl.

if that was true it would have been pulled off a long time ago

Boat was in Ohio a few years ago and I believe it sold at the time unless the deal fell through at the last minute. I don't believe it was owned by the ball player at the time. Had a neat seating arrangement up front where one of the bolsters lifted out to give access to the cabin.

edit- just looked at the boat in this thread. Definitely not the same boat. He must've had an older "passblocker" before this one.

That must be the one I saw. Lots of blue and yellow I think. I took pics of the interior because I liked that removable seat back. Was still called pass blocker. This was about 3 years ago roughly

Brad Benson Hyundai Sold Ends His Business | AutoMosys

Article says the dealership was in bankruptcy. If the boat was owned by the dealership then it was an easy out for him.

That article reads like it was written by a Nigerian scammer during his coffee break.

Never thought I would say this about a MTI but that thing is FUGLY!

Padraig

someone should ask Bernie out of Jersey, he had the boat listed and seems to know everything about everything in the boating world

Remember this boat had that weird story where it took on some water during the Key West PR. The escape hatch popped open on the bottom of the boat and they beached the boat vs. letting it sit in the water. Then it was lifted off the beach with a crane onto its trailer.

Yep, I remember seeing the pics of the boat beached. This is a tough sell. I can see the boat itself being sellable, but w/ 1650s? Tall power with really tall upkeep and short life expectancy. Take the stickers off, put sensible power in it and someone might grab it.

$699k suggested bid? :bong:

good looking boat but they'll be lucky to bring half that... these boats are terrible investments. :champs:

That boat is a pretty good deal when you are talking about that size boat and that kind of money.

You can buy that boat for $600K (original listing had dropped to $629K), take it to MTI to have the roof cut off and boat repainted ($100K), have the engines and drives gone through ($100K), and you could be in a "new" custom to you 180mph+ 52' MTI for about half of what it cost to build a new one.

As for me, I don't have that money nor do I want a boat like that.

I don't want any 6 yr old big boat with expensive big power...... but your math looks pretty good and the boat would be like new!

Seriously?? Does it really cost $1.6 mil to build a boat like this? I think the warranty for the motors reads, :"close your eyes; what do you see?" I know merc has advanced big power, but this kind of power from this type of motor would mean they have a short fuse and must be maintenance monsters. no? I get the entire "if you have to ask" thing, but think about the cost of just owning this thing. It could be like new with the exception of being slightly dunked in salt water. Looks like an enormous pain in the azz........... even if the money doesn't matter.

Bad news for all you guys about to place your bids... Those helmets and graphics are painted on. It wouldn't be hard for a Class A painter to run the lines through the helmet area, and redo the chine area where the roman numerals are... Aside from that, the paint job on the boat is incredibly nice in person. Yes, a tough sell, but its a very fast boat. Need to teach someone a lesson... This is the weapon you need.

certainly not everything about everything however i do know a little about a little... and the boat has been sold ;)

we certainly will not have to worry about this happening as the boat has been sold

guess we were lucky then...because it brought well more than half ;) SOLD !

SOLD ! Hope alls well buddy

rough was an understatement. not to mention both bullets needing rebuilds

Being he is in the strip club business I wonder if he could tweak the "pass blocker" theme:

@ss locker
@ss shocker