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08-10-2010, 10:23 AM
Long story and I know: UWOP.
Buddy is working in Hawaii and it'll be a couple months before he's back stateside. Last night he asked me if I want (or know of anybody) wanting a MC project boat. Apparently he has an '86 22-foot Tristar with the 351 Windsor.
The original owner hit a sand bar with it in the river and bent the shaft and damaged the prop and then never did anything with it other than let it sit for 14-years before selling it to my friend. According to my buddy it needs a new interior, shaft, prop fixed, and some trailer work. It's in his dad's tractor yard somewhere in the San Diego area and his dad is gonna see about getting me some photos.
I'm up to my eyeballs in 4x4 projects and don't really want a boat. If it's a relatively easy fix I may grab it. If not, maybe somebody here will want it. I'll post up some pics when I get 'em, but for my question:
I realize interior, trailer, and prop are easy, but what about the rest of the boat? Shaft, strut, rudder parts still available? Dealer-only, luck into 'em used, or other source?
Buddy is working in Hawaii and it'll be a couple months before he's back stateside. Last night he asked me if I want (or know of anybody) wanting a MC project boat. Apparently he has an '86 22-foot Tristar with the 351 Windsor.
The original owner hit a sand bar with it in the river and bent the shaft and damaged the prop and then never did anything with it other than let it sit for 14-years before selling it to my friend. According to my buddy it needs a new interior, shaft, prop fixed, and some trailer work. It's in his dad's tractor yard somewhere in the San Diego area and his dad is gonna see about getting me some photos.
I'm up to my eyeballs in 4x4 projects and don't really want a boat. If it's a relatively easy fix I may grab it. If not, maybe somebody here will want it. I'll post up some pics when I get 'em, but for my question:
I realize interior, trailer, and prop are easy, but what about the rest of the boat? Shaft, strut, rudder parts still available? Dealer-only, luck into 'em used, or other source?