If your trading something something you got cheap ,you could get your foot in the door in jet boat land ,at 1000$ you could roll the dice ,learn the ropes and decide if its for you or not.

Yeah still kicking it around. I have a quad that's worth about 1500 realistically and I like toys that float much more lol

Here , 1500 buys a kona ,sj , ect rigged hull with a set back pump on a tandem trailer ,install a proper BBC with headers and you have a 70+ mph boat with resale value

For 1500 I would try it. After seeing the pictures my previous price range was high I would say 2000 max.

http://www.riverdavesplace.com/forum...y.php?31-Jets&

$1500-2000 max

Thanks for the input. I was about to drive 7 hours for the trade so I think I'll pass on it and try to find something closer

Had to park my butt and scan Michigan craigslist for jet boat players ,only saw one contendor , the white one with the blown olds 455 .unless your into funky colors .

Yeah I'm in nj and there really isnt much here. That one was in Ohio happened to stumble across it.

This is a 1975 Wriedt Stinger. I paid $2500 for it. 460 Ford, Berkeley 12jc. Boat was in great shape. All I did was clean it up a bit run run the heck out of it. Jet boats are all over the place in the West. You may want to make a road trip.[ATTACH=CONFIG]532413[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]532412[/ATTACH]