Can you help identify this craft?

MStokes

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Okay, I dont have a camera, but I could use some help in identifying a boat I am looking at buying...and some advice as well.<br />Its a '73 model offshore type cabin boat. (dont know the maker) Approx. 25' with single cabin with full windows forward and a single berth. The captains seat is a single pole mount with windshields in front of it overlooking the cabin.<br />Heres the thing, its been sitting for at least ten years since a widows husband passed away. It was used regularly till then, but been sitting ever since. It has an OMC drive, with a V-8 that says 225 on it. What size is that? The spark plugs were removed several years back, so the engine is siezed. The tires are all flat allowing the outdrive to perch into the mud about 8 inches or so, so I cant turn the prop at all. In general would this be a good outdrive? Is this worth trying to fix with the engine siezed? I can get the whole rig, trailer and all for around $500 so I was thinking it might be worth a chance. The hull seems very solid, along with all flooring. All windows are intact although the cabin is a wreck...moldy and all.<br />Whaddya think?
 

rickdb1boat

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Re: Can you help identify this craft?

Mstokes <br />Try borrowing a digital cam and post a pic. It's gonna be hard to tell without one. Or just take a regular pic and scan it. Surley something on there is worth at least $500.00, so you might give it a try for that small amount.
 

MStokes

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Re: Can you help identify this craft?

Yeah, I guess something would be worth it...but the wife already has a problem with my other 'projects' so I have to be careful. It seems as if the much older OMC drives had serious problems, which is most of my concern...also the engine, whether or not it would even be worth trying to fix...
 

rickdb1boat

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Re: Can you help identify this craft?

Mstokes <br />If you're on a budget, I'd let it ride! Something that has sat that long, especially with the outdrive in the mud,Frozen Motor, is gonna cost some serious bucks to get right again. I'd Pass! Some project boats are just better than the others.
 

golfer

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Re: Can you help identify this craft?

Is the boat in a titled state? In Michigan there are titles for boats...The boat may have a title, and where you are from, may require a title if you want to register it...Or try looking up the hull ID # on the backside of the boat just below the rub rail, or close to that point...That number will solve your question...You can get the history on the boat from that hull ID number, good luck...And as far as restoring it goes, just do what most people do with a project like that, when you give up, use it as a kids playground, lawn ornament, or flower bed, lol....
 
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