Pedrotractor
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Hello All,
I am new to the site. I was talking to a guy called John Guille earlier today about the old Phantom boat I bought and he suggested that you guys and galls might be able to help??
I bought the boat about 5 years ago, its a 16 ft Phantom race boat (Black) with a Yamaha 85AET. It was built 24/10/1985 according to the number on the transom. In its later years the boat was used for fun on Loch Lomond, but before this it was raced. The guy I bought it off told me it had a good history, but, I wasn't convinced.UNTIL - recently the poor paint job that some one did started to fade reveling the original paint and sign writing. The first writing we found says - " l.e. World Champions 1986 " The number that is now barely visible was "41" The top of the boat looks like carbon fiber?? On closer inspection, I am assuming that the whole boat is fiber Glass, but, the cloth is woven similar to carbon fiber?
I would like to know if the boat is worth resurrecting or if anyone would be interested in buying it as a project? I have bought £900 worth of parts to rebuild the gearbox, but just haven't managed to get around to it. The engine was running and has been dry stored. Compression is good and the engine didn't have any rattles that I can recall. Everything thing needs rewiring and the steering needs modernizing. It has a pulley and cable system on it at present. The Transom still looks solid, a bit weathered, but solid. The trailer has mini alloys and I have recently cleaned and painted the wheels and replaced the tyres so that it is mobile.
I will put some photo's up and hopefully someone may know some more about it?
It would be great to know if the boat is worth repairing, or if I could find it a home with someone who has the time to sort it out. Seems a shame to see it deteriorating slowly.
Thanks for havin a gander at this post..
Peter
I am new to the site. I was talking to a guy called John Guille earlier today about the old Phantom boat I bought and he suggested that you guys and galls might be able to help??
I bought the boat about 5 years ago, its a 16 ft Phantom race boat (Black) with a Yamaha 85AET. It was built 24/10/1985 according to the number on the transom. In its later years the boat was used for fun on Loch Lomond, but before this it was raced. The guy I bought it off told me it had a good history, but, I wasn't convinced.UNTIL - recently the poor paint job that some one did started to fade reveling the original paint and sign writing. The first writing we found says - " l.e. World Champions 1986 " The number that is now barely visible was "41" The top of the boat looks like carbon fiber?? On closer inspection, I am assuming that the whole boat is fiber Glass, but, the cloth is woven similar to carbon fiber?
I would like to know if the boat is worth resurrecting or if anyone would be interested in buying it as a project? I have bought £900 worth of parts to rebuild the gearbox, but just haven't managed to get around to it. The engine was running and has been dry stored. Compression is good and the engine didn't have any rattles that I can recall. Everything thing needs rewiring and the steering needs modernizing. It has a pulley and cable system on it at present. The Transom still looks solid, a bit weathered, but solid. The trailer has mini alloys and I have recently cleaned and painted the wheels and replaced the tyres so that it is mobile.
I will put some photo's up and hopefully someone may know some more about it?
It would be great to know if the boat is worth repairing, or if I could find it a home with someone who has the time to sort it out. Seems a shame to see it deteriorating slowly.
Thanks for havin a gander at this post..
Peter
