Out of Hibernation Late 70's Century Resorter

[wings&wheels]

This was another rescue as are a few fun toys I own. What fun is just writing checks?? Low hours but was languishing under a moldy cover and ages of grime but solid and still pretty. Hidden out of sight and mind until she had to be moved and she dropped in my lap. One solid Winter of real work and another's of fiddling and fluff n buff and here she is. Runs and handles as well as she looks and the sound...who could let this go to a dump? Just caught the last minutes of light after an evening run.

Old boats rock!

 

[Donald]

Looks great. What engine and type of propulsion.

How is the upholstery?

 

[wings&wheels]

Looks great. What engine and type of propulsion.

How is the upholstery?

She is a straight inboard with a Merc 350, 260hp and Borg Warner Velvet Drive, and for BITOG runs on a mix of 100LL and UL94 aviation fuel with Valvoline VR1 20w-50 oil.

The interior is in amazing if not exactly tasteful (by current standards) condition considering how long she sat with only the dash covering needing attention. Not sure of her history, but she was indicating under 500 hrs on what appeared to be the original tachometer and her general condition supports that.

This was after the fluff n buff and my locating a wood wheel similar to what Century offered although she had a gooey vinyl one when I first got her. The wood panel with the cupholders was delaminated so I cut and stained a piece of marine plywood as a temp solution, but now have a piece of proper mahogany faced ply courtesy of a friend. That is next.