Well it's looking like the boat will be leaving this weekend with someone else and the diverter and my spare pump are staying so I'm gauging interest to see if anyone's interested.

It's a JB suction housing with an A impeller and a JG bowl with a freshly powder coated silver transom adapter. The diverter is a new style manual with a brand new cable with maybe 4 trips to the lake and a pd floor mount. The only thing wrong with the diverter setup is I used old heims and one of the screws for the handle cover striped and when trying to drill it out I broke the damn drill bit. So I said screw it and only put one in it and never had a problem.


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I don't think the berks tapered to a point like that. I think it's a panther


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You need to big dogs and a chawawawa. Little dogs bark for everything  and the big dogs come running


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I have an 18 for sale. Could use some work in the cosmetic department but it's a solid lake ready boat that doesn't need much done to it.


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But Sams talking about a guy named Ryan?



Lefty does do some nice stuff though. I wanted to buy a tool box off him but they sold quick


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I follow lefty but isn't his name Brian?


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I have a 18 kona like your old one and I never had a problem with a bouncy ride


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I'm gonna head there next Wednesday. Always wanted to do something like that


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What would it cost to ship the perko  to riverside? If you take paypal il have the money to you tonight


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The last I heard K5s don't float too well.  Do you and the family have good times with the boat?  Can you afford to take the boat out?
Are you looking to upgrade or just get out of boating for now?
Respectfully
THD

Yah we enjoy the boat, last season I took the boat out probably 10-15 times but my wife and baby only went twice. It was usually me, my brother and my oldest daughter that would go out fishing in the early am then swim and drag the inner tube around for a while and then leave. My biggest fear is my 15 month old baby drowning. She's fearless and loves the water so the two trips she did go on the boat went from the ramp to the spot and back. That's it. And I spent the entire time stuck to my daughter so no one went out on the boat and the trips were kind of a bust.

As far as affording the boat, I own it out right, everything has been replaced and rebuilt and it's been a successful trip every trip after about the 4th trip out when the steering rack snapped. It's a easy 100 to spend a day at the lake between gas ($40) getting the truck and boat in (25) and food, waters and soda (40).  So if it's just me and the wife and kids, it's not cheap but where else can I spend 100 bucks to keep the kids occupied all day and have them sleep all night. And if I go out with friends and everyone pitches in its like 20-30 bucks a person so it's really not "not affordable".  I do all the work and maintenance myself and it's always a good day in California to take the boat out.

And if I got rid of it, it would be a part time break until my youngest is alittle older and knows how to swim. And as far as upgrading I think the only other boat that I would like to get would be a sleek 23' executive. Other than that I love this little kona, for an 18 it has more space than I know what to do with, the 20' kona day cruiser I was looking at actually had less interior room. So If I got rid of this hull I would definitely look for another down the road. To replace it. If it sells it's money to put into the new house, if I trade it for a k5 it would be another family thin to go out camping and what not in big bear, silver wood area. I'm looking 87-91. Fuel injected and get 17-22 which is comparable to any half ton truck now a days so it's something I could drive all the time and let's face it......they are AWESOME. But if i don't trade it or sell it, it will just sit and wait for me as long as I have room for it.


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A picture of it on the trailer behind my old now brothers k5 blazer and the wanna be cool guy roost picture.


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So as some of you may know my boat story and some don't it's come to the point where I've gone from I could sell it or keep it to I kinda need to get rid of it. But I have had the boat listed at 3500 and I don't honestly know if I'm priced to high or what. So  here's the skinny on it for those that don't feel like reading a 300 post thread.

It's a 71 kona, full stringer with a Berkeley jc-a. New style manual place diverter and all new cables an steering. The jet is fresh, I rebuilt the jet with a new wear ring, bearing and seals. Motor has polished 4pt mounts and the 455 olds has a torquer intake an holley 800 dp, 150 in every hole and runs like a top. Motor also has new plugs, wires, cap and and rotor and the carb was rebuilt after I found out the secondary circuit was plugged with crap. The interior is still soft and had no wood rot. Only problem with it is the but pads are starting to crack and separate at the seams. I have new carpet on the center section of the floor other than that piece the rest of the floor is just glass so nothing holds water and rots. Stringers are solid, no delam or rot in the hull anywhere. Still has the original hardin marine gauges with the exception of a sw fuel gauge. The gel is in decent shape. Needs a good buff to bring the shine back and there is a spot on the front of the gunnel whe something scratched it and a spot on the nose that fought the dock but it's just cosmetic and not structural. Once the rub rail is fixed it would hardly be noticeable. The trailer has all new bearings, 4 new tires and bearing buddies. As well as fresh bunks and carpet with led lights.

I'm just trying to get a ball park figure of what it's worth, Thanks guys.


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