Looks like Sidewider to me too. If it had a jacked XS150 SS on it, I been on it in a second! I just bought ANOTHER boat myself...I post it in a new thread...going back to my roots on this one .
I'll bet it needed that tail just to get up on plane. And that's probably just about all the faster it will go with that 80/85. But if you live on a 10Hp lake, it certainly would qualify as a race boat.
Seller should sell motor separate from boat. Would sell easier that way and get more $$$. That reminds me of a Ford Mustang with a 4-cylinder. What's the point?
But the seller is sorta right. It would be rare for a boater to consider that a race boat. He must've run out of allotted description space and had to leave out a few words.
Hey Scaaty, used to have one of them, it's a Marlin ours had a 115. Didn't know it would qualify as a rade boat kids had a lot of fun with it. About 45 in a 8" chop most A runabouts with a KG-4 would blow it in the weeds. Did you ever see so many much junk pasted of for vintage, collectable or race equipment as they do on the net
Hey Scaaty, used to have one of them, it's a Marlin ours had a 115. Didn't know it would qualify as a rade boat kids had a lot of fun with it. About 45 in a 8" chop most A runabouts with a KG-4 would blow it in the weeds. Did you ever see so many much junk pasted of for vintage, collectable or race equipment as they do on the net
YEAH! A Marlin! A friend had one moons ago. Only an inboard Jet. Ran pretty good, but the high gunwale thingys, well, like sitting in a bathtub with the water outside instead!
Had a boat traded in once with one of those old 50Hp V-4 Johnsons. Owner put 90 on the hood because he figured that he nearly doubled the horsepower by boring it to the max piston size.
