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08-09-2011, 12:37 PM
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1973 25 SEAFAIR
HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS BOAT FOR A LONG TIME [YEARS]THE OWNER FINALLY HIT ME WITH A PRICE ITS A 1973 25 SEAFAIR WITH TWIN 1989 MECR ON ALUM BRACKETS [LESS THAN 500 HOURS???] BEEN HANG UNDER ROOF SINCE THIS GUY HAS OWNED SAID IT HAS NOT BEEN STARTED IN THREE YEARS I THINK ITS BEEN LONGER THE PRICE THAT HE HIT ME WITH WAS
 $5,000 AS IS NO TRAILER THIS SEEMS HIGH TO ME,I WAS THINKING IN THE RANG OF $2,500 TO $3,000 WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK WOULD BE A FAIR PRICE ???? YOU HAVE TO THINK THE BOAT NEEDS A REFIT, ALL THOUGHT BOAT HAS HAD ONE, ROUGHLY 22YRS AGO
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#2
08-09-2011, 01:21 PM
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Re: 1973 25 SEAFAIR
Hard to say. There are a lot of variables. What horsepower are the twin Mercs? All the 25 Seafaris were originally I/Os, so what's the quality of the conversion work? Are there any soft spots in the deck? Is the transom solid?
As a frame of reference, I paid $3,500 for mine on a tandem axle aluminum trailer rated for 8000#. The trailer needed brakes and tires, but otherwise was good. The boat had a Mercruiser Bravo 1 I/O with a blown 350 motor, but a good outdrive, and the windshield was missing. Dave
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#4
08-09-2011, 01:45 PM
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Re: 1973 25 SEAFAIR
Haven't got in the boat, its still hanging , but know that the area were eng hatch was, is no good, dont know if same people did the tramson but i think he told me that they just pluged the io holes and beefed up the stringers and put stainless over the whole transom, the gas tanks are bad leaking from pin holes all over, Under a roof over the water, some small blisters on the out side of the hull not many, twin mecr 150 carb motors not started in aleast 3 years the guy that owns it i think has lost a year here and there,Being that I have been trying to buy for at least 5 years and its always been they haven't been started in three years
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#5
08-09-2011, 02:53 PM
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Re: 1973 25 SEAFAIR
Lets see.... 20+ year old outboards that haven't even been started in a LONNNGG time, likely scrap metal. Original transom, which is usually bad by this age. Stainless plate over transom that often hides lots of rot problems. Sounds like poor structural work. Boats been sitting a very long time. gas tanks shot. No trailer.
Sounds like a complete strip out and reconstruct, new engines, etc, maybe $30-40k on top of hull. $5k for the hull seems pretty high. Compare with mine, paid $10k(a little more than it was worth on the open market, but I really wanted the boat), no trailer, very well maintained, great engine, very good cosmetics, full canvas(sunned out), lots of extras, newish transom, fuel tanks, etc. Appeared to be structurally very sound. By the way, the 25 is an absolutely incredible hull, well worth some sacrifice.
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