John H. wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:22:30 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 9, 6:33 pm, "JimH" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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On Jan 3, 7:11?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:20:08 -0800 (PST), wrote:
That's exactly the $ range I was thinking, Tom. And I know that the
electronics aren't up to snuff, especially the paper chart! I'll be
using my stuff if I buy it. I'll look at the problem areas you
suggested, like the rear deck, and like you, I'm a little (more than a
little!) leery of the motor, that's the main reason I was asking. I'd
heard of those vintage unEvinrudes blowing up. I like my very old
Evinrude, but in that year range, I'd really rather have a Merc.
Thanks for the input.
The base engine is fine - it's the VRO that is flaky. I replaced one
of mine on the 393V I owned, but never had another problem. Other guys
who ran them went through two or three of them. ?It just depended.
Oh, with respect to the hot foot - give it a chance - you can always
remove it if you decide you don't like it. ?Personally, I'm ambivilent
about them. I had one once and it didn't really annoy me as much as I
thought it would.
Good luck with it.
Went up and looked at it last night. Besides the hotfoot, the
hillbilly did quite a lot of..... let's say.... customizing that I
didn't care for. Then he told me that he had replaced the VRO system,
but when it failed it didn't do any harm "as far as he could tell".
The battery/electrical wiring looked like my 8 year old did it. Now
all of this wouldn't have been bad, I love having a project, but he
wouldn't come down to anywhere near 3 grand so I passed!
The more I looked at it, the more disgusted I was:
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...l/CIMG0341.jpg
Yes, you would certianly thinkt hat if a person was wanting to get a
NADA like value out of it, they would at least have the energy to
clean the thing up and make it presentable. and I see from that red
wire what you're talking about. it does look "patch 'n go" . Yeah,
like I said, if it's good enough for him, then it's good enough for
anybody. Yeah, the validity of the engine would be a huge concern.
especially after reading the comment:
"Then he told me that he had replaced the VRO system, but when it
failed it didn't do any harm "as far as he could tell".
i believe you were wise to balk 'n walk.
The bottom line is that the fact that Booger was interested in it shows his
taste in and knowledge of boats. I would think the boat would look nice
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Yeah, and your sissy red boat that needs work from a qualified
mechanic your first season tells alot about you.....

When you see a post like that, you should be thinking, "....worthless as
tits on a boar hog" and keep on chuckin'.

I do remember when JimH purchased that boat. He was absolutely positive
that he had purchased a cherry of a boat, maintained perfectly, that he
found the perfect marina and the best mechanic on Lake Erie.

Opps.