New (to me) 22
 

Just showing off my new toy.https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...54992d672f.jpg
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Give us the details. I love the lines. How fast, how many hours, what condition? How about some interior shots, engine compartment.

[QUOTE=Mightyhardlivin;4703862]Just showing off my new toy./QUOTE]

Why not ? they are great looking boats .

Well, its lived a hard life. I am the 3rd owner. The first owner was docking it right after buying it and caught a bold with the hull. It was traded in on another one, repaired and sold to my co-worker who bought it with 4 hours on it. He put 220 hours on it over the next 19 years until it was hit in a boat yard by a skid steer. It broke the bell housing and gimbal ring. I was paid by the owner to fix it with all new parts, then as soon as it was done he decided he didn't want it and sold it to me. He was not easy on the interior ( left it uncovered a lot) so it needs some interior work, but it is far from shot. It has a Merc 330HP 454 with a bravo 1 running a Hydromotive prop and will do 60 all day long. I need to get the trim tabs working and the helm strait before I try to go faster. The plan is to redo the interior, get some spider cracks filled and then redo the vinyl. New gauge panel as well. Not bad for $4500 ....

Congrats!
Great boat!

Padraig

Honestly it has been a reliable boat. It has never left me sitting anywhere and has always been quick to start. It does have its gremlins, but for the price I paid and the lack of maintenance up until this point I have no regrets in buying it. It will be a nicer boat than I would have ever been able to afford at this point in my life ( I'm 28) and still turns heads when I pull up to the dock.

That's more than I can say for mine. It looks great, but discovered the fuel gauge is only accurate on the trailer (in the middle of Lake Huron). Blew the drive twice, again in the middle of Lake Huron. I have tow insurance paid up. But if your not breaking something you're not having fun.

Well, a 22 with stock power on inland lakes has a pretty easy life lol.

Wow boat looks great considering what you say its been through. The 22s are a lot of fun. Good luck with it.

What year is your boat? The lines are very nice. I'm currently looking for a 22 and I was thinking 85-90, but i wouldn't have a problem with that year. Very nice.

It is a 1997, the first year of Steve owning the company again. If you're not on the Velocity FB page you should join there, always something up for sale. An acquaintance of mine has/had an older 22 for sale with a (I think) 436 small block that would do a little over 110, not sure how fast you're lookin to go lol.

Thanks for the reply. I belong to a couple of Velocity FB pages, but I haven't seen anything for sale like what I'm looking for. Could you post a link to that page please? After reading up on what Regal did with the Velocity I would much rather have one built while Steve was in control of things.

For the 85 - 90 model years, Steve built all the 85's and many 86's for Regal during the transition. Not sure how to distinguish Steve's 86's but the older style, lack of a cut-out dash for cabin entry may be a viable clue. From your other post, there weren't many older BBC/Bravo boats built. The SBC/Alpha boats were much better balanced than with a heavier BBC. Steve worked with a SBC engine builder (Hercules if memory serves me) to produce his fastest 22's during the Thoroughbred era. When the deck was enlarged in the later 90's, a BBC would at least fit better.

I believe before 90 all had Alpha one drives. Some with SS lower units. It's been a long time since I've fooled with any boats. Been doing the classic car thing, but now ready to get back into another boat. It's looking like I should narrow my search for a 22 Velocity from 85-86 and then 97 and later. I'm not a huge fan of the raised decks but Mightyhardlivins 97 sure looks good to me. Thanks for the info.