Tnstratofam
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Ok sports fans here we go!!
A little history first. My wife and I decided to buy a boat last year so we could have some fun on the water with our friends and our 14 year old boy. We did some looking at pontoons, bowriders, and cuddy cabins and runabouts. We decided on a bowrider and looked for something that would seat 6 to 8 people so we could have room for our friends in one boat. Anyway we started checking cl and found a couple of boats that we liked. So we called the owner up and headed over. We took my truck and the cash to buy it with us. Rookie mistake number 1 for those keeping count. This is what we found and came home with. This is her sitting in the driveway the day after we brought her home.
She is a 1988 Stratos 2000xls with a 350 chevy engine OMC cobra outdrive and through hull exhaust. Offcourse at the time I had no idea how much trouble just the brand of the boat and the outdrive would be.:facepalm: To make matters worse the two soft spots in the floor that seemed like an easy fix would after I did some research turn out to be one big a** can of worms.:faint2: She did run and in my zeal for pleasing the admiral I thought well we'll run her for the summer and then do a mild restore this fall and winter.
A little history first. My wife and I decided to buy a boat last year so we could have some fun on the water with our friends and our 14 year old boy. We did some looking at pontoons, bowriders, and cuddy cabins and runabouts. We decided on a bowrider and looked for something that would seat 6 to 8 people so we could have room for our friends in one boat. Anyway we started checking cl and found a couple of boats that we liked. So we called the owner up and headed over. We took my truck and the cash to buy it with us. Rookie mistake number 1 for those keeping count. This is what we found and came home with. This is her sitting in the driveway the day after we brought her home.
She is a 1988 Stratos 2000xls with a 350 chevy engine OMC cobra outdrive and through hull exhaust. Offcourse at the time I had no idea how much trouble just the brand of the boat and the outdrive would be.:facepalm: To make matters worse the two soft spots in the floor that seemed like an easy fix would after I did some research turn out to be one big a** can of worms.:faint2: She did run and in my zeal for pleasing the admiral I thought well we'll run her for the summer and then do a mild restore this fall and winter.
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