Starcraft on C-list/ebay!

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does that look like a 4.3 in that baby? :)

looks like we have a place to park and stay the night in torrance... not to far...

just don't know if I want to haul that thing through the canyons going to nevada with my S10...
it's probably full of water too.
 
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so? donor glassers are just as cheap in the 19'-with-v8 size as they are in the 16'-with-4cyl size.

if it weren't on the other end of the country from me, i'd risk the ire of SWMBO for that one.
 
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Gibbles said:
does that look like a 4.3 in that baby? :)

looks like we have a place to park and stay the night in torrance... not to far...

just don't know if I want to haul that thing through the canyons going to nevada with my S10...
it's probably full of water too.
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Torrance to Orange isnt far...If the motor is toast, Id take some tools, go to the scrap yard, have them lift the motor with a forklift, get your scrap $$$$ and then tow a much lighter rig home..

Just a thought
 
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If not full of water its prob. only about 32-34 hundred # Not a bad tow esp. with the dual axel trailer. Also depends on how highway safe the tires are . Worth a call to the seller.
 
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I would not be towing a 3000 + # set up with an S10. Especially through hill country:eek: That's just me though:)
 
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My main worry is there is this massive hill you have to go up at the border of California, many cars broken down on the side of the road trying to make it up...

Going up is one thing... back down scares me lol

I may just hold off and wait, if the engine looked better I may go for it...
But there is this one islander I have seen for sale for the last 2 summers in a row, has a running engine.

Borrowing that F350 would get $$ and I hate borrowing peoples tools, trucks, and boats... :)

And the oil cap and vent missing has me thinking the engine may not be any good
 
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That motor is a V8, looks like a ford, eight wires on the dist cap.
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The hull and trailer have to be worth a grand. Wow a 25' aluminum hull. It's definitely a Ford. 302 or 351??? I liked the idea of pulling the motor and selling it for scrap. What about the drive. I'd say toss it as well. Buy a donor glass boat and I think you could get away pretty cheaply with a 25' cuddy.
 
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978...29157?pt=Power_Motorboats&hash=item35b85648c5

I was in California in September and looked at this one, my old stomping grounds. The hull is in good shape but the interior needs to be redone. the motor is a Ford 351, 233 hp and is not working. It needs to be rebuilt according to the owner however, he told me the outdrive was ok. The person that owned this boat had just lost his houswe in a foreclosure and had his boat sitting out on the street. The Orange police department must have towed it away and I would venture to say the owner probably couldn't afford to get it out of the impound yard . To bad he was a nice guy. The boat would be a great project and is worth the money.


Here are some more pictures I have of the boat from my Starcraft photo library.


CheapboatKev where did you used to live in California? I lived in Fullerton.
 

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mccurtis said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978...29157?pt=Power_Motorboats&hash=item35b85648c5

I was in California in September and looked at this one, my old stomping grounds. The hull is in good shape but the interior needs to be redone. the motor is a Ford 351, 233 hp and is not working. It needs to be rebuilt according to the owner however, he told me the outdrive was ok. The person that owned this boat had just lost his houswe in a foreclosure and had his boat sitting out on the street. The Orange police department must have towed it away and I would venture to say the owner probably couldn't afford to get it out of the impound yard . To bad he was a nice guy. The boat would be a great project and is worth the money.


Here are some more pictures I have of the boat from my Starcraft photo library.


CheapboatKev where did you used to live in California? I lived in Fullerton.
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Thanks for the info :)

I think it would be perfect for what I have envisioned with the wife and future family, I would love to be able to go camping out on the lake, and it would be perfect to go fishing and camping with the same trailer :)

If that boat was closer, I would pick it up this weekend...
Main issue is distance, taking time off, and that darn canyon.
After my wife?s grandma passed I had to drive a massive uhaul back to Utah from Torrance, going up that hill was a chore, going back down required concentration...

Thinking about it, I would want my brother in laws F350.
He has been hauling a trailer that weighs around 10k empty, does pretty darn well
I think it would handle that boat without any issues...
Price of diesel fuel + I think it was about a 1400 mile round trip last time I checked, his truck gets about 10mpg or less...
Rough estimate would be around $400-$500 just for fuel in that thing :(

Great idea about scrapping the engine though!

There is another boat that is not nearly as nice as that one looks, 18 or 19ft starchief, it runs and apparently the guy is trying to get a down payment for a house going and is selling off all of his toys (bike, boat, tv, and a bunch of other crap)...

Right now he is asking 1700 and lowers his price every other week, I'm keeping an eye on it; I want to spend around 1k on it.

The one I really want is a 22ft islander, I saved his ad from this last summer.
He has listed it in the past 2 summers in a row, and put one listing and then gave up, next year, he did the same thing.

I searched his phone number and got an address, google earth shows what looks to be a large white boat in his backyard :)
Says it runs and just needs floors and stuff...
Thats the one that really interests me, but its up north a bit, and only about an hour drive...
I may just give him a call out of the blue before I think about grabbing anything else, his ad said it has a good engine and I/O

man the crap my wife puts up with :p
 
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mccurtis said:
CheapboatKev where did you used to live in California? I lived in Fullerton.
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I was born in Gardena, lived there as a kid, then San Pedro, lived in Lomita/Redondo Beach till I moved out here to Fl. My corp office is in Cerritos, Katella & Walker area. Right behind Los Alamitos race track
 
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