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PANTERA 24 hardest working man on the boards !

Good looking boat!

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What an awesome boat! Thats an ominous paint job. Would blend right into the everglades...Perhaps a DEA Pursuit boat? Good luck bad guys!!

This 28 footer was going to be a race boat for me originally and was laid up with the Vinylester resin and top materials at the time.The deck has a full pleasure cockpit.

I sold the hull and deck to Bill Dahl from Performance Marine in Peoria, Illinois who did the rigging and installation.The graphics were sprayed by a local painter that owns a 24 Pantera in Peoria, Illinois that got the design idea from me.

If you look in my website you will a 2001 28 with a single 500 efi that was featured in Powerboat Magazine with a similar style design done by us.

From what I have been told this 28 runs in the 78 MPH range in fresh water with a 575-600 HP big block.

The cockpit interior was finished in flourescent green. :cool:


JO

Bill Dahl from Performance Marine, is he not the one that sold Too Old his Pantera a while back?? If he is still in possession of the boat I would contact Too Old prior to buying.

Jan

I have Freds 28 that Bill had. Although the boat itself is 100% Pantera, Bills rigging is not up to Pantera standards.

Some things on my boat:
Instruments not mounted like Pantera
Steering wheel off center...to the right a bit
Sloppy wiring
Hook (or is it rocker?) in the hull from being stored on the blocks so long.
Engine mounting. The engines sit high. I put in 502MPI's. JO said they'd fit fine without a raised hatch. They didn't:mad: We thought the X was high, but I measured and it's at 16. I either have to cut holes in the hatch or have a raised one made.


The price should reflect that the rigging is not 100% Pantera.

I sense a little bit of BUYERS REMORSE. All problems with Thirsty Turtles boat should have been realized at the time of purchase.

I WILL BE THE ONE HANDLING THIS 28 PANTERA!

Look this boat over. Drive it! Survey it! Whatever you want to do until your heart's content. I will stand behind it!

Thank-You

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Battle Cry
[B]I sense a little bit of BUYERS REMORSE. All problems with Thirsty Turtles boat should have been realized at the time of purchase.

No buyers remorse Battle Cry. I LOVE THIS BOAT! Some items were noted at purchase, others became apparent after seat time.

I'm saying that the quality of Panteras rigging is worth something. If it's done by someone else, the purchase price should reflect that.

Bruce