'75 24'5" Slickcraft Cabin Crusier

[Lakeshadow]

Hi, can someone tell me what model boat this is? Just picked it up the other day. Has a 351 Windsor 4 barrel engine with OMV outlive.

Is there a service manual available for these boats?

Taking my chances with it, supposed to of been winterized??

 

[mr 88]

Hope you got it for free , hate to be the bearer of bad news . Everything is wrong , out drive - engine - winterized ? - outside uncovered for , from the looks of it a decade . Trailer is your only asset in this . Sorry again . On the other hand you could put 10 - 15 G into it , motor- outdrive - stringers - transom and maybe it might be worth 1 G a year later . Cut your losses now , scrap boat and sell trailer. Again sorry ,maybe should of posted up info before acquiring.

 

[Faztbullet]

Hasnt been registered in 5 years...buyer beware

 

[Scott Danforth]

the paperwork should tell you what you have. (Title/registration/Bill of Sale)

in most cases, without paperwork, you have a yard planter

the engine is obsolete. the drive is most likely a stringer drive being its OMC which stands for "Obsolete Marine Company" for the past few decades.

on top of that, its been exposed to the elements for a long long time

boats do not come with manuals (with 12 exceptions out of 150,000 manufacturers over the past 100 years)

if you plan on restoring it. its going to take quite a few thousand dollars and a more than a few hundred hours of your time.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Hope you got it for free , hate to be the bearer of bad news . Everything is wrong , out drive - engine - winterized ? - outside uncovered for , from the looks of it a decade . Trailer is your only asset in this . Sorry again . On the other hand you could put 10 - 15 G into it , motor- outdrive - stringers - transom and maybe it might be worth 1 G a year later . Cut your losses now , scrap boat and sell trailer. Again sorry ,maybe should of posted up info before acquiring.

Always seems to be some envy floating around ... I have recieved this craft as pretty much salvage. I will see how it runs after I put my magic touch on the Holley carb. Bad news is what I am used to... ain't no thang...

This boat does not have the original head, you know that toilet thing. Do you have a pic of the one that is supposed to be in it?

 

[Lakeshadow]

Waiting all this time for all these positive comments, how about a few more.....?

 

[Lakeshadow]

Can anyone advise as to what head these boats were equipped with?

 

[docmirror]

The old toilet was of the 'pump and dump' kind. Several mfgs, Jabsco, Rule, etc. You don't have a vac-u-flush, so you can use any type of older marine toilet you want. The only good news I have for you is Slickcraft built a pretty stout boat in the 70s.

However, I would guess like others that the transom will need to be rebuilt, and the outdrive is useless. There is a kit that can attach to some of the old OMC transom plates and mount an early Mercrusier Alpha outdrive. Suggest you check transom at the bottom first, then run water through the engine jacket second. If you are handy, the materials list will be fairly small, but the labor will be exceptionally high.

After all that repair is completed, you will have a $1000 boat sitting on a $1500 trailer. But, maybe it'll do what you want.

 

[Scott Danforth]

There is a kit that can attach to some of the old OMC transom plates and mount an early Mercrusier Alpha outdrive.

doesnt exist for a stringer. it does exist for the old volvo AQ series, however is NLA and if you find it, about $3k