Re: 1979 V20 on eBay
 

That boat is a beauty. If I wasn't so happy with mine I'd bid on that one.

Re: 1979 V20 on eBay
 

He's willin' to sea trial...shows confidence...if you like the boat, get it ;)...we've had LOTS of "V"s come thru here and that's about as cherry as they get 8) ...

Re: 1979 V20 on eBay
 

that boat is a fine example. The only potential problem I see is that the time it spent being laid up as MJ pointed out. Two hundred hours is LOW hours for a boat of its age. Even though it appears that it has been properly prepared for that long hibernation, there will be some issues. Sometime the more gas you can push through a motor is better than "very little". If it checks out well in a sea trial I betcha he gets 4000 plus for that rig. If I was v20 shopping and wanted an I/O I'd be all over that one.

Re: 1979 V20 on eBay
 

Well, I drove and looked at it. Clean doesn't even cover it. The very worst thing I could find was a small scratch of the port side the hull about dock level. I jumped in the bid but another one got it instead. He got one nice looking V.
I am looking also at the other ('83) in Jersey. Tracked down the dealership were the boats is at and found out that the sign on the boat is $8,995.00. Looks like the only thing not new on that vessel is the stern drive and the paint. I may consider bidding on that one also. I want thank everyone for their impute, it helps me get the needle and ball back in center.

Re: 1979 V20 on eBay
 

$4750 was a great price!!

When you bid wait for the last 30 sec before putting a bid, I wait till the last 7 to 10 sec, but I have highspeed.

Bid the max that you want to pay + 51 cents

The bid will only advance to the next bid unless someone else has already bid something higer. I think this is called sniping? But I have won all my stuff this way ;)

the 51 cents is key! Most people bid even numbers, I have won stuff cause of the 1 cent many times ;)

Re: 1979 V20 on eBay
 

Why spend so much, I have a project V that you can have for alot less. ;D