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Welcome to the site. Definitely a diamond in the rough.
Another option would be to convert it to an outboard. MJ has a great thread on that for when he did it to his. rkc
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Sorry to say that I no longer have a 1984 V20 :( 
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03-04-2011, 10:51 AM
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Got the boat picked up yesterday and got her home, haven't had time to get in her and give her a once over. (I did not pick the boat up personally) The boat was purchased from the first owner, amazingly! The original owners manual and the maintenance records were included. My agent tells me that the recent documents show thousands in work done. Then the owners just seemed to stop. The bboat sat for 4 years so who knows if they negated the work done by bad storage. I'm very interested in looking over the paperwork and the boat tonight. And YES I will post pictures.
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03-04-2011, 05:29 PM
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Ludacrous...you really did a nice job buyin that boat for PENNIES...Hope you'll strongly consider following Spareparts advise on converting to outboard/bracket combo...he ain't BSing about it...knows what he's talking about...good luck either way and keep us posted...from out there in Misery...LOL!!...you comin back to Charlotte when sevice ends?...
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03-04-2011, 06:56 PM
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Here are the pictures I promised. Unfortunatly mother nature has other plans than me cleaning out the interior of the boat. I was able to pull out all the old wood seating, engine cover and cabin uphulstry and spray it all down with the hose. I was able to unclog the rear drain plug and oh my lord how the water rolled out. Got to get this stuff cleaned up! Clean pictures to follow when the rain stops falling!
Need a new winch and stop for the bow, rust coming out on the bow ring.  This is the only hull damage on the boat I've spotted do far.  Some hull shots follow, the gel coat just seems gone, and the paint is powdering off on my hands.         More to follow.
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03-04-2011, 07:01 PM
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The nessecary bow shot
 A few of the metal parts look like this on the hull. The windshield and glass look good.  Shots of the Cuddy damage.   A view of my beautiful deck.  Thru deck pics    Fuel tank 
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03-04-2011, 07:03 PM
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Now the horrid horrid part of my purchase!
    
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03-05-2011, 08:01 AM
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The "horrid, horrid" part...remove it all and after that, you won't believe the relief you'll feel and how much easier it'll make your restoration...
 You mention the gelcoat gone...not at all...just oxidized as expected of one neglected in the sun over time...3M makes an oxidation remover & hull restorer that'll have her lookin' like new...go ahead and pick up a buffer ($25 at Harbour Freight) and save a lot of elbow grease...thanks for all the great pics...just to prove it can be done, here's my previous 21 the day I bought it   And her's the same boat the next day...    Yeah...I's just kiddin' about the next day thing....LOL!!...Lookin forward to seein' the progression on yours...it'll all be worth it the 1st time you shove that throttle forward and yer cruisin' across the water...
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03-06-2011, 05:13 PM
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Well today I had the local shade tree mechanic come over. Yesterday per his instructions I put a full pint of Marvell Mystery Oil down into the carb. Today he came out with a pipe wrench and put it on the harmonic balancer. He stepped on it one way, stepped on it the other way. She broke loose. 5 minutes. WD-40 into the ports, and about 10 more minutes of turning and the girl turns freely. The starter is dead. Put a new battery in it, there is no key so we jumped across the solenoid. It clicks, we turned the engine by hand while jumping the starter and it started making a trying noise but it wont crank her over. Sprayed down the bilge and engine with engine degreaser, going to pressure wash out the inside of the boat and the below decks region so I can see what I'm working with and so we can work on the under part of the engine without living in 2 inches of grease.
I cleaned the boat exterior today. Before After  Before After  Before After 
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03-06-2011, 05:38 PM
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Awesome progress... I knew that outside was gonna clean up big time....looked really pristine under that grime.....good luck with that motor for $50 bucks a day and some beer its worth some effort to at least see what you got.
Keep the pics coming
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03-06-2011, 05:47 PM
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We worked the steering loose today too, really good start. The trim isnt seized up and like I said we broke the steering loose. Greased up the lower unit. The prop shaft turns easily, very easily, I put my ear to the lower unit while turning and I could hear the gears working. Smooth sounding. We were wondering why the steering was so hard to turn. After we did that we sat and pondered the next steps on the engine. While sitting my guy (Kevin) says to himself well I can go ahead and take that power steering pump off... DUHH, figured out why the steering was so tight! If we can get her to turn over and run (points look good) we are planning on a new carb, alternator and starter. He says to price them off of a 79' Impala. Thoughts fellas?
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