One more question:
I stumbled across information pertaining to the smartcraft system and there seems to be a lot of variability around the 2000-2002 year ranges as to whether a boat is or isn't smartcraft equipped.
Is the pictured gauge a smartcraft display? It looks a lot like the...
So my wife and I just bought our first house. We now live 20 minutes from lake Raystown (a 26 mile lake in PA). We've been looking at used boats under $20k. Requirements being: fun as a powerboat, relatively maneuverable, capable of pulling a tube etc, roomy for standing and sitting topside...
Hello from Central Pennsylvania! New forum member and new to the boating world.
I picked up a 1988 Sunbird Something (maybe a corsair based on Google pictures) for very little money. It has an OMC (GM)3.0L.
To my inexperienced eyes the hull looks pretty good but there are a couple of small...
1988 OMC Cobra 3.0 in a sunbird 19' open bow. Picked up this boat for next to nothing. Owner said maybe a cracked block. Someone had torn the engine apart in the boat and the cylinders were full of water. We got the pistons freed up, re-assembled, new coil, plugs, plug wires and...
Hello, new member here and first time boat owner. Bought a 1988 Sunbird w/ OMC Cobra 3.0(paid less than the trailer alone was worth).
Preface: I'm pretty mechanically inclined having spent many years working on cars.
The boat was sold on the premise that the owner thought it had a cracked...