worth fixing or not?

[pthfndr801]

I was given a boat it's an early 80's campion 10-20 foot has an omc chevy V8 it is missing the 800 hydro-mechanical leg

the boat seems solid it sat for a while but was running i have to fire it up yet but if it's running decent is it worth looking for a leg or maybe the cost is too much for an older boat?

what kind of hp would the V8 have?

I have a 17 ft with the 165 in it and always wanted a V8 and bigger boat, but have not been around any with the older omc V8 in them to see how they go?

 

[Supersport18]

Re: worth fixing or not?

I'm no expert but if the boat is in good condition you might want to look for a junk boat with a good outdrive to swap on it. Good Luck.

 

[Gary H NC]

Re: worth fixing or not?

Well......the boat was free so i would go over the engine good and make sure it runs with the water hose hooked to it.Then if the floor and transom are solid it may be worth finding a used lower off of Ebay..
I would not invest a ton of money in an old OMC powered boat with a stringer drive.
You could always pull the engine,sell it and sell the trailer..
Plus its really fun to watch the guys at the land fill crush the old boat...

 

[cr2k]

Re: worth fixing or not?

OMC or MC the power plant is not the issue it is the drive. If the engine runs good and you can find a drive cheap enough it might be worth fixing and selling.

 

[Gary H NC]

Re: worth fixing or not?

A little bird told me....

iBoats "vendor 199" is about to release a conversion to change an OMC over to an "industry standard drive" in the very near future. If your not in a big hurry I am told the plan is to have it availble for the "winter project" market.

Interesting Bubba....Will it cover the huge hole left from the Stringer drive?
That i would like to see...

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

Re: worth fixing or not?

A little bird told me....

iBoats "vendor 199" is about to release a conversion to change an OMC over to an "industry standard drive" in the very near future. If your not in a big hurry I am told the plan is to have it availble for the "winter project" market.

I know of one company talking of that, but for a cobra, not stringer mount