Pics of your classic Wellcraft

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Just stumbled onto this forum & thread. Got my first boat this past summer. A 78 Nova 210. 5.7L Runs & drives great. Needs some interior work (all cosmetic), which I'm doing this winter. Just finished half the dash, working on rewiring a new switch panel now. She's covered up in the driveway for the winter, so I have plenty of time to work.
 

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dexter999 said:
Just stumbled onto this forum & thread. Got my first boat this past summer. A 78 Nova 210. 5.7L Runs & drives great. Needs some interior work (all cosmetic), which I'm doing this winter. Just finished half the dash, working on rewiring a new switch panel now. She's covered up in the driveway for the winter, so I have plenty of time to work.
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Nice! My 78 is an Xl, but otherwise a twin! I am very interested in your panel, I want to do something similar.
 
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Nice! My 78 is an Xl, but otherwise a twin! I am very interested in your panel, I want to do something similar.
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Cool, mine is an XL also. I'm still waiting for UPS to deliver my switch panels before I can finish rewiring the dash, but this is what it looked like when I bought it. Everything worked, it was just ugly ;)
Trim controls/gauge are getting moved down next to the shifter (found a vintage original switch on ebay for 5 bucks). After the dash is done I'm going to tackle the engine cover, right now it's basically just a plywood box.

Got any pics of your interior? It would be cool to see her sister.
 

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dexter999 said:
Cool, mine is an XL also. I'm still waiting for UPS to deliver my switch panels before I can finish rewiring the dash, but this is what it looked like when I bought it. Everything worked, it was just ugly ;)
Trim controls/gauge are getting moved down next to the shifter (found a vintage original switch on ebay for 5 bucks). After the dash is done I'm going to tackle the engine cover, right now it's basically just a plywood box.

Got any pics of your interior? It would be cool to see her sister.
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That is pretty much my dash! I want to put my chartplotter in dash and tidy up the switches. Here's an album of mine when I bought it,. I have tons more on my facebook too.

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That is pretty much my dash! I want to put my chartplotter in dash and tidy up the switches. Here's an album of mine when I bought it,. I have tons more on my facebook too.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.172369845651.240090.554955651&type=1&l=5cd601d435
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Wow, that's one helluva clean boat for it's age, great find!!! Nice to see the original seating setup. I need to do something about seating in mine for the kids, but I like it open for fishing.

Finished the 2nd half of the dash project tonight, and got all the trim panels re covered in new vinyl.

I'm curious.. I'm trying to figure out what I have for an outdrive (I believe it's original). Looking at the Mercruiser docs, I think it's an MC-1 (pre-alpha?).. Does that sound right?
 

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That looks great!
I have an alpha one gen one, but obviously it's not original. I just replaced the original 350 this year. Is you're fresh water cooled?
Here's mine,
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That looks great!
Is you're fresh water cooled?
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I wish.. Mine is raw water cooled. I'm sure that'll cause more work down the road (it lives in salt water, in season). But for now, there are no problems, so I can concentrate on making it look a little prettier. I'm trying to do what needs to be done mechanically, but I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I have.
 
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Here is video of my friends scarab 400 for u y all to joy.
Anonymous person took video and added to youtube.
Location is porvoo city in Finland europe.

rare and most beatifull boat.

enjoy everyone and good new year 2012 everyone.
 
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91' 233 Wellcraft Eclipse out on Higgins Lake, MI :) I have had her for a year now and have been loving every minute of it!233Welcraft.jpg
 
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Looks very nice. What are the details? Make and model, year, how long have you owned it. We love details and pictures!

Thanks for sharing!
 
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After enjoying boating as a kid with my parents boat, and after buying and running a SeaDoo for two season just after college, here is my first "new-to-me" boat. It's a nicely maintained 1979 Wellcraft 196 Sunhatch.

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The Merc 228 setup should push her along very nicely, and the kids and wife will enjoy the cuddy and factory bimini top when it's time to get out of the sun for a bit. She is great mechanincally, and the floor, stringers, transom and motorboxes are solid and dry (I core sampled). There are numerous upgrades throughout (gauges, remote control, electronics, SS prop, etc.), and all the original canvas (bimini top, side windows and stern cover) are all in excellent shape and still look and work as they did 30 years ago! The interior will get some attention from me over the course of enjoying her this summer, and maybe a more extensive interior re-do will happen over next winter. The gelcoat is in great shape, very little to no oxidation and only a handful of deeper scratches that will need attention. I removed the topside black stripe and also the white stripe on the hull, it now has a cleaner look and is ready for gelcoat resto (fill scratches, buff out, polish, etc.).

I purchased the complete package will all the ski/tube/safety equipment included, all of which was 3 years old or newer. Overall, I couldnt be more thrilled and can't wait to splash her soon! Name suggestions??????
 
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Love seeing these older wellcraft things online. Not real old, but extinct, so worth a post. Just re-powered and rebuilding the trims for the drive just in time for this early spring !!

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Here is my '88 210 Classic. Under full restoration. I love this boat.

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