So at the end of the season last year I bought a 1989 sea ray 160 with a soft floor and a "good" merc 100hp outboard for real cheap just under $300 with trailer. I stored it in the garage for the winter and worked on the engine a little. New water pump, fuel pump rebuild, filters, replaced some lines, new plugs etc. IO got the motor just about running. It had a hard time staying running and im pretty sure all 4 carbs were gunked up. So that was the next step. I posted the thing for sale and it couldnt have left my driveway faster! Selling boats at the begging of the season is easy as pie! The guy that bought it paid my asking price and paid extra for the parts that I installed. No labor charge of course just cost for me. So I made a decent profit on it.
I used the profit (a little less actually) and bought this new boat which seems to be a really nice package. I think the deal was pretty good too. Either way the boat was bought on profit capitol and the trailer alone is worth what I paid for it if not more! I like wheeling and dealing as you may have guessed.
Thats the back story and now onto the boat!
-1981 Glastron SSV177
-Merc 165 L6 engine (79 hours on hobbs meter?)
-Ezloader trailer in damn near mint condition
- complete storage cover
-bow cover
-bimini top
- looks like a camper top is included as well
- I have all origional manuals for the boat etc etc. sweeet..
Hasnt been run in a few years i imagine but oil is clean and seems to have been winterized (has antifreeze in block) and coolant hoses have clamps removed from someone pouring coolant down them as well.
Just about all of the wood on this boat seems dry and solid. Under all of the seats is dry and looks like new wood but factory new not replaced new. Right in the center of the boat slightly forward of the dog house to the ski locker (right above the fuel tank it seems) is soft and will need to be replaced. However in the bilge I can get my hand underneath and feel the floor right in front and all around and the wood is dry solid and not even dark!. Same with the ski locker I can open that up and feel all the way around solid and dry!. The transom is visable in the bilge especially when the rear cover/cowl is removed (in the pics its slightly off and detached from the rub rail for easy removal) Looking at the wood from the inside its all solid and dry. Tapping from the outside all sounds solid with a small mallet. putting a slight load on the drive yields no felxing in transom and there are no stress cracks etc. The front motor mount traverses the boat in a parallel fashion and the wood can be felt underneath it feels like a brand new 2x6! It looks to me like this boat really hasnt been used much. It was just stored outside and probably had some water sitting and gathering in the middle of the floor at one point.
A few pics:
I used the profit (a little less actually) and bought this new boat which seems to be a really nice package. I think the deal was pretty good too. Either way the boat was bought on profit capitol and the trailer alone is worth what I paid for it if not more! I like wheeling and dealing as you may have guessed.
Thats the back story and now onto the boat!
-1981 Glastron SSV177
-Merc 165 L6 engine (79 hours on hobbs meter?)
-Ezloader trailer in damn near mint condition
- complete storage cover
-bow cover
-bimini top
- looks like a camper top is included as well
- I have all origional manuals for the boat etc etc. sweeet..
Hasnt been run in a few years i imagine but oil is clean and seems to have been winterized (has antifreeze in block) and coolant hoses have clamps removed from someone pouring coolant down them as well.
Just about all of the wood on this boat seems dry and solid. Under all of the seats is dry and looks like new wood but factory new not replaced new. Right in the center of the boat slightly forward of the dog house to the ski locker (right above the fuel tank it seems) is soft and will need to be replaced. However in the bilge I can get my hand underneath and feel the floor right in front and all around and the wood is dry solid and not even dark!. Same with the ski locker I can open that up and feel all the way around solid and dry!. The transom is visable in the bilge especially when the rear cover/cowl is removed (in the pics its slightly off and detached from the rub rail for easy removal) Looking at the wood from the inside its all solid and dry. Tapping from the outside all sounds solid with a small mallet. putting a slight load on the drive yields no felxing in transom and there are no stress cracks etc. The front motor mount traverses the boat in a parallel fashion and the wood can be felt underneath it feels like a brand new 2x6! It looks to me like this boat really hasnt been used much. It was just stored outside and probably had some water sitting and gathering in the middle of the floor at one point.
A few pics:
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