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Been thinking about buying an old boat to restore...

Check this one out, youd guys would probably appreciate it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ANTIQ...WDVWQQtcZphoto

That's pretty neat seeing a flathead in a boat

You know what the say about boats, don't you? They make a giant hole in the water that you constantly try to fill with money!!! Every boat owner has two favorite days with his boat, the day he buys it and the day he sells it!!!!

PS--Please don't ask me how I discovered these things!!!!!!

I've seen them with flathead 6's in them (Gray Marine and others) but never a flathead V8. Really a nice little boat.

Don

there are some guy here in bay city that rebuild the old barrel back rum runners they used alot of old air plane engines .the car quest machine shops do alot of them .they do my line boring. when i am in there shop there working on something old like a v12 allison a lot of the old boats had the flat heads gray marine .they have one they were working on that was as big as a small car call a v12 scripps i think

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

You know what the say about boats, don't you? They make a giant hole in the water that you constantly try to fill with money!!! Every boat owner has two favorite days with his boat, the day he buys it and the day he sells it!!!!

PS--Please don't ask me how I discovered these things!!!!!!

This is true.
I have a jet ski that I bought new in 2000 with less then 20 hours on it.L.O.L.

i work at a boat yard . they allways said.... NO CASH ..NO SPLASH

I like the boat, looks cool!

I guess we had the good boats, I had a 18' Sagner flat bottom with a carb'd 454 with V-drive, my brother had a custom painted 18' Sagner Pickle fork with a blown (overdriv'n) and injected 454 1400hp, 15% overdrive V-drive, we did normal maintenance on his motor and never broke anything in 3yrs, then he ripped the wrist pin out of a piston, fixed his, drove them another 3yrs then I sold mine, and bought a house, his burned in a fire parked in his yard. these were everyday boats, and pulled skiers with both.
Use to scare the pi.. out of some passengers, I would just release the cavitation plate, and start doing 30 ft leaps out of the water and then pull full pate in air and stick like glue and go! with my flat bottom I could turn at full throttle and slid the rear around and come off on the tail and go. It was a blast the whole time I owned it.
We were band, but never ticketed on 3 lakes around here, but that left 9997 lakes left in Mn.
Darn, Now I miss it again!

Pat

Originally Posted by erik erikson

This is true.
I have a jet ski that I bought new in 2000 with less then 20 hours on it.L.O.L.

My condolences..........

Had a blown Big Block Ford, got thrown off Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River for life!!!! Didn't see any speed limit signs, how was I to know?????

Boats can be fun as long as you don't own them! When I was younger my dad owned a 1954 55 foot Chris Craft. Three screws and enough power to pull three skiers. Of course gas was cheap then, and even if you were a good mechanic yourself they weren't cheap to own or maintain. We got rid of it after he passed. As sad as it was to see it go, it had to go, it made a big hole in the water.

Dave, I'm with you there. I've had my 2 great boating days.

I dream about the 38 foot twin cruiser but reality sinks in when I consider that it wouldn't be at all hard to burn $900 worth of diesel on a weekend cruise.

Although the streetrod is fast approaching the black hole in the garage. A couple weeks ago I spent hundred bucks at the auto parts store and I can't remember what I got. At least that's what the bank statment says.