1977 Crestliner Opinions

[Chomper]

Hey guys need your help. I have a guy that wants to trade me this boat for my old trailer, which I am selling anyway. I don't know much about them but I am looking for a beat around boat to pull tubes on in the river. Would something like this be worth the effort to fix up?

http://westmd.craigslist.org/boa/840400895.html

[spareparts]

a freind of mine had one of those old crestliners, it was a decent little boat. The engine is much newer than the boat from the pics, I noticed the drive was not on the boat in one pic, make sure you're not getting too much of a project. Check the bellows real good, use a flashlight and inspect the splines in the cooupler(look from where the drive was, up into the back of the motor). Do a compresion test and check the motor out good