New member in Va.

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Hello ladies and gents. New member from Virginia here. I just picked up my new toy so I thought I'd join the forum and share it. I picked up a 1979 V20 CC. It's got a 200hp Merc on the back. I'm still waiting to find something shocking to explain why I got the deal I did. For some reason I can't upload any pics. I'll try when I get home on wifi.

Anyways it was advertised as a good solid boat needing a motor. Did not come with a trailer as its been kept on a rack in a boatel for 20 years. You'll see from the pics when I upload them I had to look past the lipstick on the old girl. It was a lime green hull with purple lettering and "graphics" all over it. The motor cowl is purple, fishing rod boxes...purple, T-top canvas...purple, seats...purple. Well you get the gist. The guy likes purple, hell he had a purple shirt on.

I'm sure anyone from the HR area knows the boat I speak of and may have inquired as it was a nerve racking fight to buy it. He had guys trying to buy it out from under me as I was making the 1-1/2 hour trip to get it.

I'm glad I was the chosen one. She truly is a Hens tooth find. There is not a stitch of moisture anywhere. Transoms solid, floor rock hard, stringers solid. I had a buddy come over and give it a grueling inspection and he found nothing structurally wrong. He asked what the deal was with the motor. I was told it ran just not good and it was suspect to be blown. He looked it over, did a comp. test and said let's fire it up. As he was starting it he noticed the overheat alarm wire unplugged. He plugged it in and fired it up and she sounds beast. However no water pumped. He suspects the water pump went, overheated and the owner unplugged the alarm. He believes unplugging the alarm may also kill 3 cylinders to prevent people from making a habit of it. Then maybe the guy thought he blew it up???

Who knows but she runs great, sounds awesome and seems to just need a water pump. Quickly I removed the purple decals which surprisingly toned down the green. My quick plans are water pump and delete the rest of the purple. Not that I hate purple but it's not a good color to pair with lime green. I believe I'll call her Barney even after its painted.

So I'll try to get pics soon as I can and please give me opinions or suggestions you may have.

[Destroyer]

Hi and welcome to the site. looking forward to seeing Barney...

Check VERY carefully when you change the water pump to make sure that NO rubber parts are missing. A broken off piece of rubber blocking a water cooling path can cause huge amounts of damage. Also if the pump looks ok, check your pisser hole and line to make sure nothing (like a wasp nest) is plugging that. (yes, it's happened to folks here already). Good luck with the repairs and your boat.

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So I came home and still can't upload them. I've shrank them down small as I can and still it keeps saying I'm getting and "Internal Error". Is the me or the site?

[smokeonthewater]

I had a lime green S-10 w a 454 and 44" tires... I called it booger.... Just a thought

Congrats on ur purchase... How much she set you back?

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Here's a link to the Craig's ad. He hasn't pulled it down yet so it should work as long as he keeps it up. Pics aren't great and do no justice to how horrendous it looked.

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/boa/5541231131.html

Now that I got majority of the purple off I believe I can stand the green as long as I absolutely have to. And yes I paid $2000.00 for it. I felt bad to even try and talk him down and that's when I still was under the impression it needed a motor!!

[Destroyer]

Open an account on Photobucket.com. (It's free) post your pics there, then copy them from there to here. Make sure that [img] is in front of the post and [/img] is at the end. (Photobucket should do this automatically) So your posted photo string should look something like [img]thisismyboat[/img].
Cheers.

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Here we go. This is after the decal removal. I really think once the T-top/Electronics box and motor is not purple anymore it will be not so loud.

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Other than some "navigational error" blemishes the paint looks good. He said it's actually one stage car paint that's 9 years old. Definitely passes the 10ft. test. I'll probably change colors but no time soon. Talked to my fiberglass guy about putting a hardtop on her since the purple canvas has to go, which is a shame cuz it looks brand new. It'll be up for grabs if anyone is interested haha.

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Here's some before decal removal pics. Now I'm not one to bash on anyone for liking their own style. This guy wanted his boat to be green and purple and by God he made the darn thing green and purple and rocked the ish out of it. But soon as I took possession that stuff had to go. My wife was thankful we have tinted windows and couldn't be seen. Twice on the interstate I seen pictures being taken, I'm sure to be posted on FB. But hell I couldn't be prouder. I finally got my CC V-20 (I've owned 2 cuddly V's in the past) and feel I stole it. Anyways here's the pics of how I got her.

















So that's her. Tonight my buddy gave me some pretty nice cowlings to put on it so I can get these off and painted nice and pretty. Hopefully I can get going on the hard top and I'm thinking about powder coating the T-top white as I can get that done pretty cheap. Also hard to tell from the pics but it looks like someone took a rub rail off a dang tugboat and put on her. That has to go to. Anyone know a good source for a nice rub rail?