[Fr. Frank]

Me, too. About the time Ken bought his 27' off Ebay, I found a '68 19' bowrider and trailer with the original 225 hp V8 OMC small-block Chevy "stringer-drive" sterndrive in Alabama for only $500. The motor ran fine, but needed a new drive boot, transom needed a re-core, and it had a windshield off a Renken cuddy without a walk-through area. I didn't have $500 at the time. The trailer was a galvanized 30 years old, but in excellent condition, and it alone was worth more than the asking. I posted it here on the site trying to get someone to save this hull, but it was still unsold a month later.

I called again last December, when I knew I was moving to the Ft. Walton beach area, to see what happened and if maybe it was still available, and he told me he ended up taking the boat to the dump and later sold the trailer for $600, more than he had been asking for boat and trailer together. What a shame.