Kismet
Well-known member
I just don't know. I have the right 14' boat for me, and a great little 12'9" Y-stern canoe that I use most often. Got a great 10hp on the 14' and THREE Evinrude lightwin 3hp (yes, three, I just kept on finding and buying them. I love the little engines. Dumb, I know. 
) Plus, there's a 1964 5.5 Johnson waiting for some minor tuning and a very old Clinton Sears 3.5hp that has just had a new diaphram put in and will be put on the market either now or in the Spring. I expect the Clinton, even just fixed up, will only bring @ $150.
And I'm old. And the car and two boats take up all my shed space. And...oh yeah, I had a heart attack about a year ago.
So, I really shouldn't pick up this 14' no-name, narrow (from the images), aluminum boat with trailer for $250 for a Winter/Spring project, should I? Here's his email:
The boat had a very small leak could be out for hours and not have to worry but I put bed liner on boat and fixed it. Trailer just had bearings repacked a month ago tires are 1 year old, new lights and wiring a month ago. Nice little boat used for 3 years just got a bigger boat. Also have a trolling motor and battery that is only 1 1/2 years old. Would sell as a package deal for 450 with a depth finder paid 550 for the depth finder trolling motor and battery alone. Not to much work needed to make a profit I just want gone before winter and I know this is not the time to sell a boat so I am taking a hit for driveway space.
https://images.craigslist.org/00B0B_2S1tFpcDyKw_600x450.jpg
https://images.craigslist.org/00505_bXG3XRXhSzu_600x450.jpg
I don't want the trolling motor nor the depth finder. The project boat would just be to mess around with, doing no-to-low cost rehab, and to sell in the Spring when the fishing fever hits the world again. Heck, I could mess with it, price it a $400 in the Spring, and offer either the 5.5 or the Clinton as part of a package for suitably addtional $.
The price is rock-bottom, end-of-year, need the space in the driveway low...but do I need the hassle or is this just one of those boredom-driven projects? The profit over cost would not include all the time and (I hope) minimal bits and pieces I'd invest.
Help me argue with myself, please. Keep in mind: old, Winter in Wisconsin, minimal profit from effort. But I do enjoy rehabbing old tin.
Thank you.
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) Plus, there's a 1964 5.5 Johnson waiting for some minor tuning and a very old Clinton Sears 3.5hp that has just had a new diaphram put in and will be put on the market either now or in the Spring. I expect the Clinton, even just fixed up, will only bring @ $150.And I'm old. And the car and two boats take up all my shed space. And...oh yeah, I had a heart attack about a year ago.
So, I really shouldn't pick up this 14' no-name, narrow (from the images), aluminum boat with trailer for $250 for a Winter/Spring project, should I? Here's his email:
The boat had a very small leak could be out for hours and not have to worry but I put bed liner on boat and fixed it. Trailer just had bearings repacked a month ago tires are 1 year old, new lights and wiring a month ago. Nice little boat used for 3 years just got a bigger boat. Also have a trolling motor and battery that is only 1 1/2 years old. Would sell as a package deal for 450 with a depth finder paid 550 for the depth finder trolling motor and battery alone. Not to much work needed to make a profit I just want gone before winter and I know this is not the time to sell a boat so I am taking a hit for driveway space.
https://images.craigslist.org/00B0B_2S1tFpcDyKw_600x450.jpg
https://images.craigslist.org/00505_bXG3XRXhSzu_600x450.jpg
I don't want the trolling motor nor the depth finder. The project boat would just be to mess around with, doing no-to-low cost rehab, and to sell in the Spring when the fishing fever hits the world again. Heck, I could mess with it, price it a $400 in the Spring, and offer either the 5.5 or the Clinton as part of a package for suitably addtional $.
The price is rock-bottom, end-of-year, need the space in the driveway low...but do I need the hassle or is this just one of those boredom-driven projects? The profit over cost would not include all the time and (I hope) minimal bits and pieces I'd invest.
Help me argue with myself, please. Keep in mind: old, Winter in Wisconsin, minimal profit from effort. But I do enjoy rehabbing old tin.
Thank you.
:?
