Some serious style right here:

https://mohave.craigslist.org/boa/5205115076.html

"just" hahahahaaahaha, dying laughing!
Signed,
An Accountant

Thank you!....I'll be here all week...

Didn't pick up the Miller.
Beautiful hull, but had oil pooled in the bilge ,one of the wings of the intake were broke off (maybe from hitting a submerged object?), oil hadn't been changed in 2 years, & u joints were dry. Jet looked good from the outside, but based on the rest, who knows? Seemed like it was really nice survivor when he got it 2 years ago, then just ran it & did no maintenance.
Looked like it was going to take too much $ to get it reliable. 
I kind of regret it now that I have saved up a few more pennies & have a somewhat bigger budget to work with.
I have moved on to a couple other choices.
A 76' Hondo Pantera t-deck   
https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/boa/5224015430.html
or the Rogers pictured here:

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance...

$9250 for the pantera seems steep to me with the olds in it...


Sent with my Fingers

thanks for the info. Glad you actually went to look at it... I like the t deck, the Rogers are good boats if they don't purpose... not sure which ones do so...

Dmac,
So, tripped up to Havasu this last weekend, Sat- Mon.
 The Rogers was not as nice as indicated: A repaint, so not original gel. Showed ridges from masking the color, was not block/color sanded, a somewhat amateurish job. Quite a few scratches on the finish as well. Hull seemed solid though. Reasonably well taken care of however, some of the rigging was a little too homemade for my taste… Passed on that one.
On Monday hit both Scott Kornowski's & Dave Connolly's shops to see if they might know of anyone wanting to unload their rig (for way less than 20 g's).  No luck on that, but got some good advice from Dave Connoly. A lot of it was echoing what I have read from all the well seasoned (u) folks here at SCJB. 
Gotta haves: Full stringer hull.  BBC= cheap power & reliability.  Berkeley jet.
Also gave some tips on checking stringer & hull integrity.  By the way, to any one that's not met him yet, he's a super nice guy….

Also saw that Hondo Pantera I mentioned earlier  https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/boa/5224015430.html
That boat is NICE, beautiful.  All original looking & super clean. Rebuilt 455 & reworked pump. Quite obviously loved & well taken care of over the years. Even the trailer has the original paint & pinstriping in good shape.
I was not familiar, going in to it, with the hybrid hull design the Pantera has. So after talking with the owner, & doing a little reality checking, I came to the conclusion that a V type hull is waaay more practical for a newbie like me. 
I would say, though, that in my humble opinion, for anyone interested,  even though it has the Olds, that T-Deck is worth consideration…….. (Owner seemed to be a bit flexible on price).

By the way, the porpoising you mentioned would probably be with the Pantera. Although with me driving, it could be either….

Hope everybody is well.

Back on the hunt...

You are doing it right but unfortunately when you are in the hunt for a nice jet you typically run into all the issues you are dealing with.. The right one will pop up though, hang in there. You definitely have more patience than me.

Good looking out, but looking to spend $8,500 tops.
My wife is already giving me the eye-roll at that #

Closed bow.

Thanks