Need Help Running Hull No. On 2000 Xpress Boat

hsi111

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I have a 2000 express 17 to 17.5 ft aluminum bass boat that I am restoring. It is 6 ft wide in the back. Before I stripped the paint off of it, I remember that on the decal in said Express and in small letters it said (By ??????). Am pretty sure it said by Lowe, Lund or AlumaCraft. The reason why I want to know is that every 2000 Express boat that I find listed online shows 400-500 lb boats. I am pretty sure that this is a 1000 plus lb boat and I cant find one listed anywhere. The Hull number is JBC364541900 but it shows up nowhere that I have found that runs hull numbers. Any help running this hull no. would be greatly appreciated.
 

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jbcurt00

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According the HIN decoder here, your HIN is invalid (it's 12 digits, like it should be, so not sure why it's invalid)

The 1st the digits: JBC, id it as a boat built by Xpress boats, out of Arkansas (from the MICs listed w/ the USCG) so perhaps you just dropped a digit when you posted the HIN. Not sure what sticker may have been on the side of the boat, but if it was labeled Lund, Alumacraft or Lowe, and has an invalid HIN stamped on the hull, I'd be wary of the boats history and legal ownership.

Did it come w/ any paperwork? How's Missouri to deal w/ when you don't have a paper trail confirming you own it now, and the guy you bought it from had legal ownership and right to sell it to you when you bought it?

The correct HIN should be on the title/registration paperwork.

Are you asking about the weight of the bare hull? 400-500lbs seems about right, if you think it weighs twice that much, I suspect you're hefting a significant about water weight.

I thought you were planning to keep a project topic running over in your is it worth it topic? Looks like you've done some work beyond just stripping the paint.

If you want it renamed, just post a 2nd request in that topic, and I'll change the title for you to rebuilding a bass boat, or whatever the specific title rename you requested is. I missed you asking the title to be changed back in April.
 
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