Question for you's guys?

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Originally Posted by macojoe

O yea if you can get a full transom either Seadrive or I/O Get it!!
Makes a great xconversion and there is nothing like a full transom!!!

I have one, but it needs a transom and floor. I was hoping to have a useable boat by the middle of JULY, and I'm getting tired of rebuilding boats. All of the ones I've looked at lately have had either bad transoms, or spongy ones. I went and looked at a center console THURSDAY(sorry HAMMER, forgot the camera at home), The floor in it was solid with the exception of the forward storage locker cover and the baitwell cover. There was some pretty good cracking in the corner of the front deck port side, but otherwise in nice shape. The 140 JOHNSON had 145-148 lbs of compression, but the linkage was grossly out of adjustment for the carbs(no big deal). But the transom in it was getting spongy. The boat was in the water so I couldn't do alot with checking the transom, but when I leaned on the engine to remove the cowling it bounced noticeably. As well as the engine mounting bracket pulling away from the transom on accel. The boat rode solid, and was nice with trim tabs. But I can't get past all of the boats I've looked at with soft transoms and floors. He was dead set on $5100 when I got there, but was down to $4500 before I left. I was maxed out at $3500, and reluctant to go that high with the transom.

Here's the link for the one I went and looked at.
http://fortmyers.craigslist.org/boa/335616884.html