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WANTED jet boat hull

bdusted440

bdusted440

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Hey looking for the next project. want a jet boat hull. 18 to 23 ft. prefer open bow but will consider all.no motor ok no pump ok. has to be a solid hull.
 
Hey looking for the next project. want a jet boat hull. 18 to 23 ft. prefer open bow but will consider all.no motor ok no pump ok. has to be a solid hull.
 
There is one on www.boattraderonline.com but it has no picture. Its in Vermillion OH they want 4,000 for it. 18ft with a 460 in it. Its about an hour from me just a few miles from where I have to go to pick up my Sidewinder molds. Give them a call and I can inspect for you and if you want, pick it up.
 
Yes sir.And it's you're fault for giving me the idea.
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Brian, if you can get that bad boy for under $500 then just have it shipped!! 7 hours left and it's at $305!!
 
Here's something I just thought of. Last year, a guy came to work and searched me out. He had an interesting story from the weekend.

He was driving by one of our local lakes, and saw a guy in one of those pathetic 4Winns little jet boats from the early 90's. What caught his eye, was the thing was haulin' booty across the water. My co-worked headed for the landing and met the boat there. He struck up a conversation, and the guy lifted the hatch on the 4Winns. Instead of the junk 120 Evinrude jet under the hatch, it had a chevy 4.3!

Now I'm wondering what a 500 horse 440 Dodge would do in the back of a little late model Checkmate Playmate with the 120 and jet drive removed and replaced with the 440 and Legend pump!
 
Sure! When I toured the factory the first time was when they were in maybe the third year of building the little Playmate jets. I talked to Bill about them, and he was bragging how well built the little 'Mates were built. I guess some manufacturers had stress cracking around the jet pump/exhaust area, and Checkmate didn't.
I still think one of Coops Tri-mate hulls might work well with some slight modification.
 
Legend actually makes the inserts that I would need to make my hull into a jet hull. I'll have to find out what they want for one.
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