42' lightning w/ twin SC 500's for under $100K that doesn't need alot of work. Hmmm...............Good luck!

 

Early 90's
They are out there
Just have to dig and dig
Or Sonic as well, not ruling that out .
Trenton has an 89 with twin 750 sc's and #3a's on the back for 89 no trailer
I asked them to pull it down out of the racks, they cant, too much stuff in front of it
BUt I want to take a look at it,
If not that one, one will come up

 

HP 500s didn't show up till the late 90s. Earlier boats will probably have 525 sc's or HP 465s. With the 525s I would think an early 42 Fountain would run around 70.

 

Twins or triples?
some have been retro fitted with HP 500's and 502 MPI's

Really did not want to start getting involved with triples so I might be in for a long wait for that right boat to come along
Jason

 

Early 90's
They are out there
Just have to dig and dig
Or Sonic as well, not ruling that out .
Trenton has an 89 with twin 750 sc's and #3a's on the back for 89 no trailer
I asked them to pull it down out of the racks, they cant, too much stuff in front of it
BUt I want to take a look at it,
If not that one, one will come up

PINK FLOYD WAS THAT BOAT I WAS IN IT WHEN I WAS 11 IT WAS NASTY!

 

nasty how?
I think trenton is way overpriced myself but that is my opinion.
That thing does not have a trailer either so add 10 g's for a myco or manning ect on there.
Jason

 

Jay,

Have you seen this one:

http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/1/8/49389818.htm

 

Yep
Nice huh?
They are out there, just have to look
CA might be a little far
Might put up a post to see if anyone knows this boat

 

If it were me I'd take a look at this 38. I never thought the 38s looked good till I saw one in person. I think they're a great looking boat.

http://adcache.boattraderonline.com/6/9/4/47912594.htm

 

it was a fast boat back in 1989 so it was nasty its worth between 75k to 95 k depending on shape

 

YOu dont remember the cabin in that thing do you sling?
Wife wants the upgraded cabin in the thing.
ONce with the sink, enclosed head ect?
the lower cabin was just the sofa things facing each other with an anchor locker on the right nothing else and a pad v berth
Any help would be appreciated, cause that will tell me if I should even persue it or not.
89 with no trailer for an 89 is sort of high dont you think?
Jason

 

yeah but it has 3's

 

I think not sure it has 3a's on it
(not sure the difference between 3 and 3a either)
but you can get 3's rebuilt for like 7-8 grand each on the internet.

What is the big to do about 3's anyway?
I realize they can handle more power ect but still, Is there an advantage or parts dont wear out on 3's?
I know props are more expensive so dont ding em up!
anything else?
THanks man

Jason

 

WELL BRAVOS BLOW! SO 3'S ARE THE WAY TO GO, PROPR WELL PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE YOU GO, HAVE THE BOAT SURVEYED, A DETAIL OR EVEN NEW INTERIOR SHOULDNT KILL THE DEAL AS LONG AS ITS SOUND.

 

Sling, Talked to Timmy...Said you should have your carbs this week

 

Sling, Talked to Timmy...Said you should have your carbs this week

THANKS

 

she liked the fever 38
Jason

Your wife has EXCEPTIONAL taste. :yeah: :winker: :jeff:

 

the only thing I dont love about the fevers is the windshield.
Needs that lightning windshild that comes to a point.
That is the only gripe I have with that boat,
that is a personal observation is all
The 38 fever we looked at had twin 650 sc's in it but no trailer for 139 thou
Little high plus 10 grand for trailer
OUCH
cant go that high
it was a 1996
Pretty boat though, loved the white and purple interior too
Jason

 

Hard to beat a 42' apache named Warparty. Went for a little rip on that 2 weekends ago. Very nice ride, nice trailer, #3s the works. The graphics are unfreakinreal.

BT

 

thats just low BT
Thats just really REALLY Low!
I spoke to Oh Holy One today
My baja is coming along he has the one drive on it now and just needs some hoses and is ready to fire up the one
#2 should be ready to fire later this week if the weather holds out.

Do me a favor, Im trying to get War party out of my head, and the pics of Jelly Fish Joels are not heling either there pal!

That hurts

Thats low!
LOL
Jason

 

Your wife has good taste! Something else that is nice about the Lightning's is the side walk way. It's very easy to get on the deck. If you want to run fast then I think the Speed Masters are the way to go. If 80 will make you happy then you can get away with Bravos.

Dan

 

Aren't you tired of working on boats yet??????

You should SERIOUSLY look at the '98 35 Lightning that Too OLD has for sale. Newer boat with STOCK reliable power that will run 85mph for 100k with trailer.

Upgrade to Whipple SC's or a bigger boat after you actually drive one and get some seat time.

Sorry to sound like a d***, but from everything you have said and done, you don't have the experience needed to drive the boats you're looking at or the resources to maintain them. Heck, you complained that you couldn't afford $200 starters for your Baja. How are you going to afford burning 40-80 gallons of fuel per hour--and thats with stock power twins.

I know I'm sounding like an a**, but what I'm really hoping for is that you think about this seriously in making your decision. I would really like to see you posting some threads titled "Had a great weekend out on the water with the wife" and "Boat ran perfect as usual"

 

Its not the money, just I saw the expense or investment being way more than what the thing is worth
If it was a 2000 apache, yeah then I would do what it takes to get the stuff done.
But at one point I had literally just shovels full of loot going out the door in every direction and getting back broken bull$hit and crap in return coming in, motors with no oil pressure, valves stuck, backfiring out the carbs, no power ect.
It was a frusteration
And Yes I have driven larger boats than I have now
Hell I was a marine mechanic for a while
Ask any of my friends, I can drive my *** off and dock as well if not better.
But anytime you jump up in size, it is always something new.
someone that has a 16 ft and jumped to a 28 you going to tell them the same thing?
im 30 ft now
granted I have about 3-4 hrs seat time in this thing which in average seasons is not alot.
but still does not change the fact that anytime you get a new boat you need to spend some time with it to feel comfortable. Anyone on this board will tell you that.
No im not tired of working on them either, I love to do it but as listed in the other post, people like to do stuff when they want to play, this is the I HAVE TO DO THIS STUFF type of thing which makes it more aggervating when you find out on a friday night after Mercruiser parts.com is closed and or doller offshore is closed you need something like riser bolts or whatever and you just blew another weekend cause something else went wrong.
I have the means to take care of these things but when you are installing a fuel pump and it crumbles in your hand, or when you go to change your oil and you find yoohoo in there, (how this whole thing started)
I decided to do BOTH, one motor was just fine, but I decided to do both
I was doing it right
not half a$$ed like some people that might just get one engine redone and the second one has 450 hrs on it
I complained that too much money was going out too fast and I was getting back crap (engines the first time with no oil pressure)

Let me as you something

If you paid for 2 engines to be redone and only NEEDED to do one, and they came back BOTH with no oil pressure, missing, popping out the carbs ect
How would you feel?
What would you do?
Sorry im defensive but hell man, just slash me with a knife why dont you?
We ALL had to learn boating at some point, so I have never OWNED a 41 apache or 42 fountain
So what?
and to boot even though it was a bay liner and a stephens drag boat that I have owned in my day I have about 18 years experience driving boats and that is not counting anything like friends boats or customers boats at the marina

 

The fountain that Too Old has is SWEET!

 

Where is it advertised?