just a guy in mass trying to keep tabs on machine shops not to use or deal with. right now i have one that i use and dont want to try or get involved with any others because of horror stories

Benjen, I'm dying to through in my 2cents if you don't mind. In terms of the boat... keep it you'll regret it for ever if you dump it for cheap . I differ in opinion with Bri as if you got sixes, even wet ones. they will last forever. When the trannies are right they will too with minimal maintainence. To me, if you run big power you need big drives to go boating reliably. Imco is great but when you break them you're out for a while, and they will break they all do.
Stick with it, its a cool boat! And don't cut corners they come back later. B

Yep, thanks. I already told Brian as nicely as I could there was no way I would get rid of the 6's. This was as much an exploritory thread as it was anything else. Honestly have not had one person say I would give you "X" or at least ask what price I may be thinking. Kind of surprising I must say. Considering we are talking about a 39' boat with 6's. I would have thought regardless of year and make that would have been tempting to a lot of people. When you come right down to it other than Outerlimits, there are not a lot of V bottom 6 boats out there.

What color is the boat?

There is a link on page 2 to pics in another thread.

Wow, gorgeous boat. You don't see too many 39s out there.

Thanks

Ben, I know you've been through a lot of aggravation but I'd
keep the boat. 1st, Nopper trannys a must, 2nd take 454 bowtie
blocks and bore to .040 over with new 427 steel cranks, this will
give you 440 cubes, roller rockers, roller cams, decent direct port
intakes, 850 carbs, 10.5 JE pistons. This should give you a good
600-650 HP. It won't have great torque out of the hole but once
you get going, the engines will start to sing with the shorter
stroke. Back in the early 60's, the 427's that ran in the Nascar
circuit both Fords and Chevys ran 7,000 rpm all day long. My
idea is that if you can twist some good rpms out of an engine
that will last, at least you can enjoy the boat without blowers,
big cubes and BIG money. You may not end up with the fastest
39' but at least it will stay together. George.

George, thanks. Judging from the response to this thread or lack of. I will be most likely be keeping the boat. As I said previously the error with the transmissions was found and they are fine. As for the power. Although I hear what you are saying, it would be like starting over, not to mention taking a major step backwards. The parts needed to repair my engines are a third of what it would cost to do what you are saying. My engines have brand new parts now. And although your point about 600 hp motors lasting longer than 1100 hp motors is certainly valid, it is a non issue for me. My idea of a perfect boating season is to go out a few times, run around a bit with no set plan. As well as doing the few poker runs we have around us. When all is said and done I do about 15 hours a season. I don't care how much horsepower I put in there it should last several seasons with that usage.

I hear you Ben. Maybe I'm on the side of practical and conservative with the thought of running many hours over the long haul. I guess if running the low amount of hours that you're
planning, it doesn't make a whole lot of difference at this point.
The amount of fuel these beasts consume does limit most of us
to the amount of time in the water. Good luck with what you do
and hope to see you at Walters sometime soon.