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Hello all, offshoreonly newbie and couldn't help but notice the talk about LOTO. I grew up there, still party there every weekend in the summer. Just bought a Stinger 260, that I'm slowly restoring/customizing. Figured I'd drop a line and see if I might run into someone to talk boats with or better yet, party with at the lake next summer. Only 5 more months until warm weather :drink:

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Welcome to OSO :drink: There are several on here from LOTO, and we Okies make it up there several times a year. I am sure we will run in to you at one of the parties next year :evilb:

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Welcome to the OSO family. I am sure you find a wealth of knowledge and some great people here. Let's see some pics of that Stinger your working on. :drink: :drink:

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Welcome to OSO. Hint.... Belive half what you hear and a quater of what you read. :D I live at LOTO should see ya here.

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Welcome!

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Right on. Sounds like some good advice! I'll get some pics of the project posted tomorrow. I've got so much I want to do to it and so little $ to do it with, story of my life...

Sea-Dated...if I had $30K, I'd buy that boat in a heart beat...I'v always wanted a fountain. But, I decided that I also wanted a Ranger bassboat. Since I can't afford both, I bought the Stinger instead...ahh someday. But until then, the stinger is great.

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How about $26K? :D :evilb:

Get some pictures of that Stinger up tomorrow. We all love a good resto.

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Welcome :D

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Just remember, it is like Vegas, what goes on at the lake stays at the lake, until you tell us on OSO and then we let everyone know lol. Welcome. A bunch of our boating clan are at the lake all this week. They said they had a great dinner at the Toad on Saturday and hit a lot of establishments over the weekend.

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Welcome, see you when the weater warms up. :drink:

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Now that Christmas is over...might as well be summer. I swear I think this website and working on the boat are the only things that keep me going through the winter. Sorry i haven't got the pics posted yet, too much family stuff the past few days. I think I may have found a garage big enough to put the boat in to really start hammering down with paint and other things. Going to fabricate a custom windshield, mold some fiberglass sub boxes into the side compartments, and spray the boat completely white for now...pics coming tonight.

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Well I promised pics, so here goes, I have quite a few. I buffed the boat out about as good as the gelcoat would allow for now. I'm going to paint because I'm tired of waxing every 2 weeks! Most of the interior are before pics, haven't taken any afters yet. The boat is spotless now... :D

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More pics...

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More Pics...

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Pics at the lake

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Last few pics. The boat name became very appropriate because 2 months after I bought the boat, it sunk in about 4 feet of water. My drives were pushed into the mud, but held the boat up high enough that the motors didn't get water in them.
I've since replaced alternators and have two starters sitting in the garage waiting. It took about 3 hours to get the boat floating again and turns out it was a dry-rotted shift cable boot that caused it. APPARENTLY my float was faulty, hahaha. I tore the outdrives down and replaced all of the boots, gimbles, bellows, etc, and had it going by Labor Day.

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Looks good. Love the koozies in post 15 . :evilb:

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nice stinger!

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Welcome to the board. That's a good looking Stinger. When you paint it, make sure to re-do the Stinger logo. I love the way that looks on the hull!