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Al's 83 Enforcer 300X Powered

I still have this boat and am still loving it..I've only had to replace the alternator on my 300X and this is my 4th season with it. I receive compliments everywhere I take it..Everyone thinks its new..Coop is right about the 24 Pulse being born from an Enforcer..I found a old Enforcer hull in Ct for Kip at Checkmate, they hauled it back to Ohio and they used that to design the plug for the new 24...Thanks for the compliments on my rig..I will post some fresh pics on this thread in the next week...Al
 
WOW!!! I can't stop drooling!!!:drool:
That would be a perfect boat to take up to Lake Texoma and blow away all the big block bahahaha's:rof:
 
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By viper1996, shot with DSC-W70 at 2007-11-04 Here is a fresh pic from this year..Al
 
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Boat looks great...

I am doing something similar with my families 1987 21' Starliner with a built 2.5 on the back. (same brown gel-coat, I don't mind it, but my girl hates it)

The bigger mates with a small (in size not HP) "egg beater" out back are sleepers for the big blocks till you pass em @ 80. :thumb: LOL

Hope mine comes out this good. It would be great to have 2 vintage mates ruling CT waters again. I mostly stay in the Huzzy, but a trip to the CT River is always an option.:bigthumb:

Hope to see you out there next summer.:cheers

Congrats
 
Al,

I have a 83 enforcer lined up to purchase; I noticed your motor well is much narrower than the 83 I am looking at. Did you change the motor well; or is this a in between 83-84 model year? :). I also would be curious about what you did w/ your cuddy; do you have pics you might be willing to share? Great looking boat; I hope the resto I am planning will turn out simmilar. BTW the new pics look great.:thumb:

Rod
 
I know we kept tis going for years now..but damn thats a great job !! did the same smoothing on my 251...just don't slip !!! Rob
 
ezstriper said:
I know we kept tis going for years now..but damn thats a great job !! did the same smoothing on my 251...just don't slip !!! Rob
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You got that right!!! There is nothing to grab onto on the front of our boats..your Convincor looks great!!! I had an I/O Convincor a while back too. Al
 
Hotdaddy, I prepped the boat for paint myself, and had it painted right in my garage by a guy who worked at a auto paint distributor...The Graphics are vinyl and were done in Vernon...Thanks...Al
 
My Enforcer also has the narrow "single" motor well. These were early 1983 boats according to Kip. I hope to make mine look that good! boatman
 
Old Hickory said:
Al,

I have a 83 enforcer lined up to purchase; I noticed your motor well is much narrower than the 83 I am looking at. Did you change the motor well; or is this a in between 83-84 model year? :). I also would be curious about what you did w/ your cuddy; do you have pics you might be willing to share? Great looking boat; I hope the resto I am planning will turn out simmilar. BTW the new pics look great.:thumb:

Rod
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Rod, Mine is an early 83. I beleive they had a smaller motor well..the deck hatch is smaller as well. My boat had no place for a porta-potty, so I had to make provisions for one...the v berth area is lowered for more headroom without a pora-potti...When they added a porta they raised the v berth to make the potti fit under the v berth..I am putting mine away this weekend, I will snap a few cabin pics for you...Thanks...Al
 
The 83 enforcer I am trying to arrange purchase on is up at the Checkmate mfg facility. It has the wide motor well to mount twins. I wasn't aware that checkmate made the two different size wells in the same model year. Thats good to know.

FYI if anyone needs a trailer; The trailer it is sitting on is for sale. Contact Kip. If the seller is asking too much let me know. I will purchase the boat and trailer and make you a deal on the trailer:thumb:

Thats the only hitch to this deal. I have a trailer I have restored and tried to sell. I have far too much money in it; and w/ the flood of factory direct aluminum trailers out there; mine isn't all that desirable price wise. I'll keep mine and make anyone a deal on the other:D
 
Al,

Thanks, I would really like to see the berth; it would be a big help. Once I aquire the boat, I hope I can tap into your experience w/ the enforcer resto. My plan is to use the blog feature on this forum to log my progress. I have particular interest in the coatings you used for the exterior; and how and what you used to replace the floor and floatation. Thanks

Rod
 
Boston Predictor said:
If I ever get an enforcer the windshield is comming off! I love this enforcer!:bigthumb:
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Thanks Boston, It took me a year to find a windshield for my boat. I finally found a used one and rebuilt it with new rubber and powdercoated it. I went to install it, and it made the boat look bad..I was shocked! A year trying to find a windsheild and now this! It took the sleek lines of the hull away..And made it look like an old boat again. I did a test..I left half othe windshield on one side and covered the hump the windsheild sat on with black paper to mimic a low profile windscreen on the other side and asked 15 people, mostly non boaters which side looked better...Not one person said the windshield side looked better! So off it went...All of the new boats these days are done in the same fashion...The windscreen/shield area is part of the hull...Wind in your face is not as bad as I thought...My freinds Baja H2X is worse than mine with its factory windscreen...PS My very first boat was a Predictor!!!....Al
 
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