by 77viper » Jul 13, 2010 11:25 pm
I now have a promax block sitting on my kitchen floor, 2 more 2.5 200 in the shop but all need to go to ruck so I was kind of looking for a running motor just to get me by for now. I went to a side job where I was just doing a impeller and fixing a oil leak on a motor that had sat for a while. Once I got there I was amazed what this thing that once was a boat looked like. The boat was a 1980 imperial that looked like it sat outside since 1970 without a cover. The top of the transom was pulled out a good 5". I told him I wouldn't work on it because it would be unsafe to tow it let alone try and put it in the water. So I ended up buying it off him tonight and it's now on the vegas. To give you a idea how rotted it was we only removed the top bolts and used a skid loader to pull the bottom bolts and washers through the transom. The motor is a 1985 2.4 so it will end up as a back up powerhead for the viper.
I lost my phone but I took some pictures of the rotted mess.
I now have a promax block sitting on my kitchen floor, 2 more 2.5 200 in the shop but all need to go to ruck so I was kind of looking for a running motor just to get me by for now. I went to a side job where I was just doing a impeller and fixing a oil leak on a motor that had sat for a while. Once I got there I was amazed what this thing that once was a boat looked like. The boat was a 1980 imperial that looked like it sat outside since 1970 without a cover. The top of the transom was pulled out a good 5". I told him I wouldn't work on it because it would be unsafe to tow it let alone try and put it in the water. So I ended up buying it off him tonight and it's now on the vegas. To give you a idea how rotted it was we only removed the top bolts and used a skid loader to pull the bottom bolts and washers through the transom. The motor is a 1985 2.4 so it will end up as a back up powerhead for the viper.
I lost my phone but I took some pictures of the rotted mess.