My best friends lil bro called asked if I would go look at a boat that a guy that owns a boat shop has to trade for 2 jet skis straight up
I say well I dont care too much for said shop he says oh no its a new owner I said Okay lets roll.
Brappppp (cue Harley sound)
Roll up to a 78 mini day.
I see it has a panther. I tell Him nope you don't want it. But lets check it out.
"Homeboy" comes out and hes sellin Wolf Tix hard. I listen
Hes like yeah its got a stereo blah blah blah.
I asked what kinda Hull is this he says oh ask my wife...
She comes out and says its a Rainbow.
He says I replaced the water pump cover gasket blah blah.
I say oh super tall lid on the doghouse it had a tunnel ram huh he says no. Just stock. Original had small block so they got taller lid cause now it has a big block. Wish I had a pic of how tall and the shape- Red flag
He fires it up and he kept revin it then killed it. I said let me hear it idle. He says it wont - Red Flag. Dude you own a boat repair shop
I say the through trans exhaust hoses are new and I see a bolt stuffed in hole and caulked up I say oh it had wet stacks he says no - red flag
I say whens the last time it was out he said we just took it out. I said oh did you blow out both exhaust flappers at the same time? He says no they haven't been in there the few times I took it out. I said do you whats possible if there aren't on there. He had no clue - Red Flag
I say how do you know about the boat he says Ive know original owner it never had anything your talking about. Ok.
I say the Panther looks original ticking time bomb. He tells my buddy don't worry I got like 3 Berks in the shop.... RED FLAG!!!!
So I ask well how much cash are you asking he said 5,000... His wife laughed at my facial expression.. I said ok for 5000 you can get a pretty great fucking ride this thing is worth like 1500. What did u get it for he says 1600 and he put work into it and the guy couldnt pay and let it go.
he said I have an Eliminator Day cruiser for 10,000 for sale. It has a BBC. I asks what pump he says Berk I say no what model he thinks for about 30 seconds says I don't know then googles a pic of his own add on CL to show me. I said Ok lets get outta here.
So most likely another jet boat shop around here will close up. I mean how did you buy a boat shop and you dont even know a 12 Jc to a JG or that u cant just pull Panther off and slap a Berk on not cheaply anyway lol.
It was pretty amazing.
GT Boats Cordelia Ca
