96 Concord LS-7 (HP500) ? Anyone familiar?
03-06-2015 | 11:21 PM
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96 Concord LS-7 (HP500) ? Anyone familiar?
Hi all,
Just picked up a MINT 1996 Concord LS-7 w/ a HP500, Bravo 1.50
Factory original with 163 hours.
Factory Blueprinted hull
Has anyone had any experience with this hull?
Wondering how it handles and what type of speed to expect.
Just picked up a MINT 1996 Concord LS-7 w/ a HP500, Bravo 1.50
Factory original with 163 hours.
Factory Blueprinted hull
Has anyone had any experience with this hull?
Wondering how it handles and what type of speed to expect.
03-06-2015 | 11:39 PM
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man that things a time capsule, nice find.
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03-07-2015 | 05:54 PM
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03-07-2015 | 08:59 PM
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Not that I followed every boat from Concord but I really do not remember them with a HP 500 in anything 24 ft and down. Anyways the boats use to be built in Sherwood Arkansas but now have a Mississippi phone #.
Checkmate many years ago as to however Baja was founded and then the guy at Concord had something to do with all of it also - short of story not knowing the depth of it - all 3 persons went their own way - really do not know the details but Concord boats were from 80's Baja molds and I think a couple of older Checkmates.
I believe the LS-7 is a 23 ft boat not counting swim platform and around 93 inch beam. It was built with an outboard as well and was 4 sure from a Baja mold but it could as well been from the birth of Checkmate mold first then a Baja, then off to Concord ..
Your boat is very clean and well kept - keep water out of the boat as in the past when I did see some of these Concord's they had wood rot more so than the Checkmates did. A lot of it has to do with the boat - the way it is stored.
www.concordboats.com
Checkmate many years ago as to however Baja was founded and then the guy at Concord had something to do with all of it also - short of story not knowing the depth of it - all 3 persons went their own way - really do not know the details but Concord boats were from 80's Baja molds and I think a couple of older Checkmates.
I believe the LS-7 is a 23 ft boat not counting swim platform and around 93 inch beam. It was built with an outboard as well and was 4 sure from a Baja mold but it could as well been from the birth of Checkmate mold first then a Baja, then off to Concord ..
Your boat is very clean and well kept - keep water out of the boat as in the past when I did see some of these Concord's they had wood rot more so than the Checkmates did. A lot of it has to do with the boat - the way it is stored.
www.concordboats.com
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03-08-2015 | 07:29 PM
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Not that I followed every boat from Concord but I really do not remember them with a HP 500 in anything 24 ft and down. Anyways the boats use to be built in Sherwood Arkansas but now have a Mississippi phone #.
Checkmate many years ago as to however Baja was founded and then the guy at Concord had something to do with all of it also - short of story not knowing the depth of it - all 3 persons went their own way - really do not know the details but Concord boats were from 80's Baja molds and I think a couple of older Checkmates.
I believe the LS-7 is a 23 ft boat not counting swim platform and around 93 inch beam. It was built with an outboard as well and was 4 sure from a Baja mold but it could as well been from the birth of Checkmate mold first then a Baja, then off to Concord ..
Your boat is very clean and well kept - keep water out of the boat as in the past when I did see some of these Concord's they had wood rot more so than the Checkmates did. A lot of it has to do with the boat - the way it is stored.
www.concordboats.com
Checkmate many years ago as to however Baja was founded and then the guy at Concord had something to do with all of it also - short of story not knowing the depth of it - all 3 persons went their own way - really do not know the details but Concord boats were from 80's Baja molds and I think a couple of older Checkmates.
I believe the LS-7 is a 23 ft boat not counting swim platform and around 93 inch beam. It was built with an outboard as well and was 4 sure from a Baja mold but it could as well been from the birth of Checkmate mold first then a Baja, then off to Concord ..
Your boat is very clean and well kept - keep water out of the boat as in the past when I did see some of these Concord's they had wood rot more so than the Checkmates did. A lot of it has to do with the boat - the way it is stored.
www.concordboats.com
Have a new custom cover being made before I start using it just so it stays that way. It was custom ordered with the HP500.
03-08-2015 | 07:44 PM
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Nice super clean well kept boat!!!, as said by a previous poster, the exhaust thru the swim platform is a nice touch.
May want to look into replacing the valve springs in that early HP500 in the near future.
May want to look into replacing the valve springs in that early HP500 in the near future.
03-08-2015 | 08:15 PM
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I like your boat and is one of the cleanest used boats I have seen in long awhile. Surely a guy keeping his boat in great shape winterized properly as not knowing if you even ran it before buying it. Either way hopefully it was done before U bought it and after if needed again. Just asking that's it.
