new 07 hull
 

Anyone seen this....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-...item2a0b8b4ec8

is that cheap for a new hull? What would be approx cost to finish it up?

It's pretty cheap. The trailer is probably worth 4500-5000. It would take a lot of cash to finish it. Really depends on what power and how much work you have to pay to have done. I would guess at $50K if you were carefull and used black motors. Take out 496's run around 12K each.

Alot more that 50K but you can finish it for less than building a new one!

looks like a nice project......hell of a lot better then starting with a beat up junk hull........if I didn't have my boat I would be all over that.........nice find........

That's a pretty good deal.

I agree except that the 2003 trailer isn't worth 4500-5000 now. I bought a brand new aluminum Nextrail 10,500 triple axle in 2005 for $4500 from the factory in Ocala.

I think the shocker with this project will be the small stuff that really adds up quick. 10K bolsters/vinyl, 30K used power/drives then you need gauges/paint/misc hardware/exhaust/tabs....this boat could easily tap you for 75K and you still have a 4 year old hull w/used power and a 8 year old trailer.

Buy ICBM's 35 Motion and you would have an awesome turn key 100+ mph boat for less than you would have into this Sonic.

Exactly. Rigging get real expensive real fast. It is still a used boat. Even for free I would not take it if forced to finish it. Too much to rig it and then you are upside down on it. Just like restoring old cars it is always cheaper to buy one than to restore one. If it had interior and some rigging I say go for it.

I see your guys point..$$... but for someone who can't finance or buy a new condition boat can take their time piecing this together and have a nice boat in the end.......especially someone with the talent to do most of the work themselves......it's a good buy for the right guy.......

Ideal situation would be to buy a twin engine boat that had a fresh water wreck or trailer accident; and transfer all the parts over.

+1.........similar sized 30 ft boat +/-

Those guys get hurt the worst....If the guy dumps 10K into buying/transporting the boat home he then has to come up with 5 times that amount to get it ready for the water! So he is buying pieces with spare money, parts that can't be made so he is getting hassled by the wife that he keeps spending more money on a boat that has never gotten wet. 1/2 way through he has 25-35K into a project and it still needs more money......We have seen this countless times on here the Excalibur guy in Cali, Jay13 Apache rebuild and the burnt TG guy in the midwest.....all have spent money and have unfinished projects no where near water or getting 50 cents on the dollar back anytime soon......

If a guy is tight on funds, full on projects are definitely the wrong way to get into boating. Now if it needed just motors and the guy was a mechanic they that might be a good starter boat but this is a total rigging job with lots of parts to buy....

Atleast the payment guy knows what the payment will be every month, this type of project will be full of surprises.....:eek:

Sold for $8500

Would love to have had the time and money to pick that up, hopefully whoever got it does right by it.

Oops. I thought the trailer was 07 also.

A donor boat would be the only way to do it cheap, sort of.

its back on ebay.....10,500

the high bid is only 6,300... would be a nice projcect boat at that price.