1971 Kona for sale. I am the second owner and bought it in late 2007 and completely restored in 2008.  Everything was rebuilt, or replaced on the boat and trailer. The only items reused were the hull, block and heads, pump intake and trailer frame and axel.
It was garage stored by original owner and I have done the same. We used the boat weekly during the summer from 2008 to 2012 and very occasionally since then.  It is in really good shape and ready to go to the lake. We have got involved in other things and have decided to let it go.
455 BBO built by Reynolds with Mondello oil kit.
280h cam
Ported heads
Forged pistons
new edelbrock intake
Full msd ignition
Holley 750 double pumper
New glen wood exhaust logs
Berkeley 12 Jc split bowl with AT a impeller built by tom at JBP. Loader. Manual place diverter. Spins at 4850 rpm.
Completely rewired from stem to stern
New carpet, seats, upholstery, clarion stereo with bazooka sub (don't laugh, it actually hits pretty decent)
New Hardin marine stainless gauges, steering wheel, shifter.
New aluminum saddle tanks hold 9 gal each
Painted by Kerry naselroad in bakersfield.
Custom bemini top from sierra canvas works in bakersfield last year. It is stout and does not have to be folded down for high speed runs (that guy does great work)
Trailer was rebuilt, rewired, new wheels, painted, led lights
The boat is in good shape. There are a few scratches from over the past 10 years, but looks new. It would be hard to tell that it was restored 10 years ago.

Speed? It's a 65mph boat. I have seen higher numbers than that on gps, but I'm going to claim that it's a 65 mph boat.
The way we set the boat up will jerk a 200 pound person out of the water on a ski and the driver will not lose sight of the water over the bow.

When we were building the boat I stopped counting cost at $20k.... and drank more beer....lol

This has been a fun, reliable ski and hot rod.

I am asking $9,000.00 [ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ]

Please call, or text
Cole fowler
661-343-6153

Any one have or heard of these?  If so, which one and how do you like it? MPH numbers if you have them please.

Thanks

I know that this topic has been discussed greatly and that each boat is unique to the type of loader to use,  so I am looking for MPH and total performance increase that people are experiencing going from stock grate to different types of loaders.  Some guys are advertising 5 to 7 MPH gain over stock, are you guys seeing these #s?

Thanks,
Cole

I think that I am having a charging issue.  I set the Kona up with two batteries the engine, electronics and jet a vator run off of one and the stereo off of the other. I have a battery selector between the two. I just went to the lake tonight and ran it for a while (1 hour) and the batteries died.  I was running around with the switch on bat 1 and 2 to try to keep them both chargerd.  I am running  a stock ALT and think that I may need to upgrade??

What are you guys that are using two batts running for an alternator?  Is stock good enough??  I have two brand new batteries (everstart marine)

Thanks,
Cole

I have a Holley 750 DP (brand new) with 73 in the primary and 81 in the sec.  Engine is 468 olds 10:1 comp 280H cam pocket ported heads.  Pulls about 10 in hg at 900 rpm with a 6.5 pv.  I was wondering if the jets seemed to be about the right size.  The engine is on a run in stand and it seems to be rich.  Any suggestions??

Thanks,
Cole

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Does anyone have pics of there ski tows on the boat?

I took the Kona to a very good actual "boat" painter here in Bakersfield yesterday and he wants 5000 for the trailer and two colors or 5800 for the trailer and three colors on the boat.  There is some stress cracks to fill and he is glassing in a couple pieces of wood (for batteries and fuel tanks mounts).  He said that since the boat is so old that he has to shoot it with some type of sealer b/c of pin holes.  The guy is the sh*t, I have seen his work, but man that was about 2x what I thought it was going to cost.    What do you guys think, is that way too high?

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What would you guys suggest for a good engine paint (rattle can) 

All I can seem to find is Dupli color.  Is that good stuff, or does it change colors??

Thanks- Cole

I am looking at stereo equipment online and I am trying to figure out the best place to mount speakers etc.  Does anyone have pics that they can post of their stereos?

Thanks

Well, this is one of those deals that I usually get involved with, I bought the bost last summer and it ran ok looked ok.  However, ok doesn't usually cut it for me for too long.  It started off as an upgrade in carb and ignition and has turned into a resto project. (Kinda like drinking in a way: "I'll just have a couple" then the next morning you wake up saying "What the F**K did I do last night")

So, I have the boat stripped and about $3000.00 or so in parts (carb, intake, MSD, Mondello oil restrictor kit (yes I am staying with the olds), throttle, shift, steering cables, new exhaust logs, pump rebuild kit, guages, just to name what I can remember off the top of my head!)

I am almost done building some new aluminum tanks and here are my .02 cents on that:
If you need new ones, BUY them!  Maybe I shouldn't say that because it has not that bad, but I could have had some shipped to the door for $650.00.  If you plan to build your own, use 1/8" as I used 12ga and I am having to TIG them and aluminum is not the easiest sh*t to weld!!

Here are my future plans (please comment back if you feel I my be going down the wrong road on something):

Engine: 455 olds G heads: Builder: Hugh Reynolds in Bakersfield
Fresh rebuild with new cam, install oil restriction system w/ 10 qt marine pan (currently has stock olds pan), MSD ignition, Polished Edelbrock Performer intake, Holley 750 dbl pumper, staying with logs, and Powder Coating block and heads metallic orange.  Wanting comp ratio @ about 9.0 or 9.5 to 1 if possible I would like to see 400 hp

Pump: Berkley 12JC, B Impeller, Berkley jetavator
Standard rebuild with swith to AA impellor and powder coating to match engine  Maybe a loader, anyone care to share some performance gains?

Trailor: American Custom Single Axle
Some welding upgrades, powder coat to match pump and engine, new wheels and tires, polished diamond plate steps and new lights / wiring

Hull: 1971 Kona 18'
Paint: White w/ pearl orange accents
Seats: White w/ orange piping and stripes
Carpet:    maybe black

Here are some pics of the boat as it looked when I bought it:
 
 
 

Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Does anybody know what a general HP difference whould be between headers and exhaust logs?