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Old 09-21-2004 | 03:15 PM
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I'm on the way to buy a 1989 Scarab II with a RS-Drive. I thought that the last Scarab II was build in 1987. Also I can't find something about the RS-Drive - it should be a performance drive. Can someone help me?

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Old 09-21-2004 | 03:28 PM
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You must mean TRS drives.
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Old 09-21-2004 | 03:29 PM
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It should propably read TRS and not RS
I am in Denmark are there many powerboats in your area ?

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Old 09-21-2004 | 03:31 PM
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You must mean TRS drives.
You sure beat me to it 38KV. How are you doing ? Did you find any headders yet ? If you have them on already we need pictures.

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Old 09-21-2004 | 03:36 PM
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I'm on the way to buy a 1989 Scarab II with a RS-Drive. I thought that the last Scarab II was build in 1987. Also I can't find something about the RS-Drive - it should be a performance drive. Can someone help me?

Thank's, Gerhard
The TRS came before the Bravo. It has a transmission for shifting between forward and reverse. I would not call it a performance drive but it is a good drive in my opinion.

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Old 09-21-2004 | 03:46 PM
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I also think that the seller could mean TRS - I know them, but they are heavy and horsepowereating. But did Wellcraft use in 1989 TRS-Drives and not Bravo 1? What do you think about the Scarab II from 1989?

Hy Cigaretteman,
in Austria powerboats are very rare because we have about 400 km to the sea! But for me that's no reason to buy one.

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Old 09-21-2004 | 03:50 PM
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You sure beat me to it 38KV. How are you doing ? Did you find any headders yet ? If you have them on already we need pictures.

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Hi Jesper,

I've only found garbage-headers this far, I was actually thinking of contact you in a near future and buy yours if you still have them.

Sorry to hijack your thread Gerhard, back to topic.

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Old 09-21-2004 | 03:56 PM
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I also think that the seller could mean TRS - I know them, but they are heavy and horsepowereating. But did Wellcraft use in 1989 TRS-Drives and not Bravo 1? What do you think about the Scarab II from 1989?

Hy Cigaretteman,
in Austria powerboats are very rare because we have about 400 km to the sea! But for me that's no reason to buy one.

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Gerhard

You are right they take some horses to run but the trans makes them shift much nicer than Bravos. I also belive they are stronger than bravoīs and if they break you can swap them with the new Conrad drives.

I donīt have any first hand expirence with the Scarab II but it is not my favorite boat. What size are you looking at ?

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Old 09-21-2004 | 04:02 PM
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It is a 30' one and has two 350 / 260 HP

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Old 09-21-2004 | 04:03 PM
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Hi Jesper,

I've only found garbage-headers this far, I was actually thinking of contact you in a near future and buy yours if you still have them.

Sorry to hijack your tread Gerhard, back to topic.

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Hi Jonas

I still have them fell free to contact me anytime !
Do you know of anyone in Sweden that could be interested in a 1992 Cigarette Top Gun with Hawk 525 SCīs ? asking 76.000 Euro or even lower on a fast deal. Nice boat with many new parts.

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