this=fresh water motors!!!!!!!!!

I want whats left of any of those boats when you are done stripping them, I keep thinking I can make a heck of a flats boat out of one of them

Great deals there Smoke!

Spare I hear ya on the flats boat thing. If I were into them I'd find a good old bass boat and strip out all the carpet and put a paint job on it. There's a guy near me that cut the front deck out of a Hydrostream Vector and painted it white, put a little teak trim on it and a poling platform and has a great custom flats boat.

A few guys down here have converted bass boats to flats boats, and weren't real happy with them. Said the squatted to much trying to plane out, and were pretty deep in the draft. Some have said they took the rearmost portion of the keel and put a wide pad there, and made them into decent flats boats that way.

i actually like that baja hull the best

Going to look at the 175 merc offshore tomorrow. NADA says $2500, we shall see if it checks out. The place where I store the boat says they can get a bracket fab'ed for a price I can live with (should I decide to outsource that portion, which I am seriously contemplating so I can move on to other projects that need finishing)

Small world. I work with the seller's brother! All the basics check out. Motor started right up, goes in gear, hydraulics look good and work. Compression 105 to 110 on all cylinders. He will take it off and put it on my boat (still need a a jack plate later, but this way i can drive it back to the mechanic and don't need to borrow a pickup or a trailer) Thinking to offer him $2600. What do you guys think?

I think that IF you have it mounted for you then you should consider taking a jack plate WITH you to mount at the same time

If i had one laying around, i would. But i don't, so I'll have to do it again once i have the bracket. Maybe I can find someone local to fab one, else I have to pay the mechanic for turnkey service. Not sure that I know enough to build my own, unless I get help here. Doesn't look hard, but the devil is in the details.

We agreed on a price, and later next week I will have a new-to-me motor!

Off the top of my head I'd say 4 pieces of 3x4x3/8 or 1/2 stainless or aluminum angle and four 1/2" stainless bolts n drill 16 holes... Done..... Couple of the others can cross check my thoughts here.... Might suggest other materials.

Alright, now we're talking specifics. Excellent. Time to start a new thread!