hazmat5760
Seaman
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2009
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Hello all. Glad I stumbled on this site!
GF tells me that she'd like a boat that we can take on the Miss, so I start cruising craigslist. Came upon a 1988 Stingray SVS220 for $500. It was a theft recovery, but for some reason still in decent shape. All they took from the boat are three cleats, tilt/trim pump and the bilge blower. Thankfully, they took the stuff off gently, so I have no repairs to do from that.
The guy that owned it had a cornary, so when it was recovered he wasn't able to fix it up himself. He told me at the time that the engine was siezed up.
I was able to get it to turn over by hand, so that's good. The starter is shot though. I'll be ordering one of the mini starters off ebay today.
The upholstery is all shot and she was covered in moss. I didn't think to get a picture of all the moss. It's gone now thanks to my GF. She's also working on the teak right now and slowly going crazy from it.
I haven't had a chance to float it yet, but I do know that it holds water when it rains.![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Spent a good bit of time looking for a new bench seat, but I haven't been able to find anything that will work. Guess I'll be doing that myself.
The following pics are from my cell phone. I'll get more up as we go along.
GF tells me that she'd like a boat that we can take on the Miss, so I start cruising craigslist. Came upon a 1988 Stingray SVS220 for $500. It was a theft recovery, but for some reason still in decent shape. All they took from the boat are three cleats, tilt/trim pump and the bilge blower. Thankfully, they took the stuff off gently, so I have no repairs to do from that.
The guy that owned it had a cornary, so when it was recovered he wasn't able to fix it up himself. He told me at the time that the engine was siezed up.
I was able to get it to turn over by hand, so that's good. The starter is shot though. I'll be ordering one of the mini starters off ebay today.
The upholstery is all shot and she was covered in moss. I didn't think to get a picture of all the moss. It's gone now thanks to my GF. She's also working on the teak right now and slowly going crazy from it.
I haven't had a chance to float it yet, but I do know that it holds water when it rains.
Spent a good bit of time looking for a new bench seat, but I haven't been able to find anything that will work. Guess I'll be doing that myself.
The following pics are from my cell phone. I'll get more up as we go along.
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