I'm still looking myself. The search is pretty much becoming a deisiavue type of thing. Alot of the boats in the OSO classifieds are also in the other websites. Found a handfull of panteras that arent.
Pretty much set on a mid to upper 90's 28 with twins. Ive done checked, backchecked, rechecked and double checked so much, I need a break and a drink so I can go over all this stuff to make a desicion before the season ends.

Does anybody have any thoughts as to where this boat came from. Does it look familiar to anyobody.

Search this forum for "Cherry Bomb" ton of infor regarding the history of the boat.

Now what would you do w/a pair of tired 500efi?

That saber would be tits with a pair of 500EFIs - I bet it run 95+

Try to trade them for a pair of 650's & put the boat back up to running 104-105 on the GPS once again. j/k

You would think that with as many people looking for 28s that one in RI (http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/0/9/89638909.htm) and the one in MD (http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/7/5/87507875.htm) would alredy be gone. The prices don't seem way too high. I know they don't have typical pleasure setups, but really how much time do people spend below decks? Both of them have a cabin of some sort and seats can be modified for a few thousand dollars. Well now that I look at that one in RI, it's a little more than I remembered...

What's keeping people from buying them? What is it, the blower motors?

And that one in IL (http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/6/3/88945463.htm). I wonder if they would sell it without the motor? That boat is less than 1/2 what a new one is...

Funny, i thought sonic boom was asking around 35 too.
These non pleasure 28s are a tough sell. I think its the no cabin, rear bench that kills it.
Blower motors? if well taken care of would be a better buy than a shot rusty pair of 502s imo.

What's been keeping me from buying the one at Shogren's is waiting to close on my new house, ...that and a wedding ring... . I'm about 3-4 months away from looking more seriously at buying a 28. I didn't see the other one's you posted. I going to check on them a little more, 39900 does seem to bad for the 99 28 footer. Thanks for posting. Actually I prefer the poker run/race set ups with single blower motors. I'm hoping to put my 24 back together so I can finish this season and then start shopping around this winter.

Anyone see the one in MD/PA? Looks like a candidate to go back to the plant for a dash/cockpit interior and paint removal.
That would be about $10k.
Not bad if bought for under 27k.
Nice set of sparcos.