Project Black 24 From Miami
10-28-2011, 08:38 AM
#13
JC Performance Engines
Gold Member
Yea... its tough trying to buy a boat on the cheap.
The other thread in here w/ the guy who bought the '77, and is re-doing it. If doing it for the love of the project, and that is what you are buying it for, that's one thing...
When i bought my 24 in 2004, it thought it to be in nice shape, even knowing the compression was low in a few cylinders. Barbie Nunez was w/ me when i went to look at it... and she had her dad and bro on the phone during the look through. Boat went back to pantera for a clean up and go-over. Still, after the 1st season, i had to build a new engine, rebuild the drive to handle the new power, and fix the weak floor(which jeff had done again, since the job i had done was lame).
I continuously look at the classifieds, thinking of a way to get back into a boat... a 1970 sutphen project asking $2000, or a finished 1979/2005 sutphen in CL asking $10500. Probably by the time i'm done w/ the project i'd have 10-12into it. And for another 6-8k i could be back in my old 24 pantera, that i know, but would rather be in a 28 pantera for another 6, which would be more $ cause it will need something!
Sorry for the rant... now back to the project at hand...
The other thread in here w/ the guy who bought the '77, and is re-doing it. If doing it for the love of the project, and that is what you are buying it for, that's one thing...
When i bought my 24 in 2004, it thought it to be in nice shape, even knowing the compression was low in a few cylinders. Barbie Nunez was w/ me when i went to look at it... and she had her dad and bro on the phone during the look through. Boat went back to pantera for a clean up and go-over. Still, after the 1st season, i had to build a new engine, rebuild the drive to handle the new power, and fix the weak floor(which jeff had done again, since the job i had done was lame).
I continuously look at the classifieds, thinking of a way to get back into a boat... a 1970 sutphen project asking $2000, or a finished 1979/2005 sutphen in CL asking $10500. Probably by the time i'm done w/ the project i'd have 10-12into it. And for another 6-8k i could be back in my old 24 pantera, that i know, but would rather be in a 28 pantera for another 6, which would be more $ cause it will need something!
Sorry for the rant... now back to the project at hand...
gonna b a long winter
