New to me 26 is getting close
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New to me 26 is getting close
Well, I promissed I wouldn't do another restore after the Trouble Maker was finished but I just couldn't pass this one up. She was pretty rough when I got her back to Texas but the worst part was in the engine compartment. The rest of the boat was in good shape so this one won't be a complete redo. Here's some before and after pics. Sorry for the quality but it was from a camera phone. Bilge cleaned and repainted, engines are back from the machine shop with some slight modifications, and I'm about to start tackling some wiring issues and then it should be off to the lake....."should be".
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A little here, a little there. They went to the machine shop stock 260 hp's and came back right around 350hp. I couldn't go much more than that though because she's got Alpha drives. I'll just have to be easy on planing.
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Thats a sweet little ride.
I wish I wasn't sleeping when C, emailed me on it. She was right in my back yard too.
The price was right thats for sure.
At least its got a good home.
I am sure you will have some fun with that, but why did you sell the 30 just to get another?
race boslters not right for you?
I wish I wasn't sleeping when C, emailed me on it. She was right in my back yard too.
The price was right thats for sure.
At least its got a good home.
I am sure you will have some fun with that, but why did you sell the 30 just to get another?
race boslters not right for you?
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Thats a sweet little ride.
I wish I wasn't sleeping when C, emailed me on it. She was right in my back yard too.
The price was right thats for sure.
At least its got a good home.
I am sure you will have some fun with that, but why did you sell the 30 just to get another?
race boslters not right for you?
I wish I wasn't sleeping when C, emailed me on it. She was right in my back yard too.
The price was right thats for sure.
At least its got a good home.
I am sure you will have some fun with that, but why did you sell the 30 just to get another?
race boslters not right for you?
I do regret selling the 30 but what the hell, it's gone. These damn Sutphens are just addictive and they really don't exist in Texas. I'm real tired of seeing people let these boats go to $hit. I can't stand to see them in the shape they're in when I get them so I have to redo everything and make it right. This 26 should be fun but you'll probably see it in the classifieds right around the time I get it finished.
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Looks good! I love the lines of the 26'. I'm dying to get my boat back together. It's like running through peanut butter this time of year.
I used to have an '87 Merc 454 "magnum" with Alpha drive, the one year they mated the big block with the Alpha and called the 330 hp engine a magnum. I had lots of air time and never broke it, although I heard lots of stories about them breaking.
I used to have an '87 Merc 454 "magnum" with Alpha drive, the one year they mated the big block with the Alpha and called the 330 hp engine a magnum. I had lots of air time and never broke it, although I heard lots of stories about them breaking.
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