[jet460]

How much did he want for it?

He was asking $1500. The boat was completely rotten.

 

[Last Mohican]

This one was $800. Surprisingly the floor is solid. I just started cleaning it up today. The cuddy cabin interior is actually in great shape it's just filthy. It will need carpet but the vinyl and wood is completely salvageable in the cabin. The upper interior, now that is a different story.

I think it may be the Ambassador. I put a tape measure on it and it is 24.5' from the point of the bow to the back of the transom not counting the swim platform.

I took some more pics and a video. I'll get them up shortly.

 

[Storz]

"Pleasure and Comfort" classic!!

Ron Burgundy and the Channel 4 News Team could dig it...

 

[Last Mohican]

The good, a lot of it will clean up:

The Bad, some of it won't:

 

[halcyon days]

looks like the Ambassador.

 

[Last Mohican]

I agree. The two differences I noticed are the Ambassador front seat are cut at an angle near the engine cover The side slopes to the back in a straight line from the windshield to the transom. On the Executive the seats are cut straight across near the engine cover and the side where the wood grain is has a dip about half way back.

 

[Last Mohican]

Here's a vid of how it looked when I got it home. kinda big (155 MB)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cokhg6h0pk

 

[Sharkbit]

I like it! The name should be.... "The Love Boat"

 

[jetboatperformance]

Mine has a sticker that says " If this Van is a Rockin DON'T Bother a KNOCKIN". You can do that in a boat?

Heck even My Eliminator has a Queen Bed

LOL. Used to have one of those too but ours was a Chevy and it had green shag.

Matt Green!! really ????

I keep trying to talk the wife into buying a late 70's or early 80's shaggin' wagon van to pull the boat...she won't go for it.....

Now thats Real Visual and What a "Retro Show piece" it would be a 70's Custom Van Towing Matts restored "Love Float"

 

[Last Mohican]

I like it! The name should be.... "The Love Boat"

hil For Halloween I could dress up as Captain Stubing. I ain't shaving my head though. I kinda like Tom's "Love Float" comment for a name.

(In my best Barry White voice)
"Hello Baaaaby. Welcome aboard The Loooove Floooaaattttt"

 

[Last Mohican]

Matt Green!! really ????

LOL. Yeah Green. It was one ugly van. Dad bought it used so really no choice on the color. Hmmm, just realized that. A used love van. Ewwwww yuck.

Now thats Real Visual and What a "Retro Show piece" it would be a 70's Custom Van Towing Matts restored "Love Float"

That would be awesome. I bet that would be a bitch going down the road though. I definitely knew it was back there behind the Avalanche.

 

[Sharkbit]

hil For Halloween I could dress up as Captain Stubing. I ain't shaving my head though. I kinda like Tom's "Love Float" comment for a name.

(In my best Barry White voice)
"Hello Baaaaby. Welcome aboard The Loooove Floooaaattttt"

Looks like we need to move the Pimp and Ho party to the lake.

 

[Last Mohican]

I was pretty excited today. I went out at lunch to see if I could turn the motor over by hand. I put a socket on the crank and it moved no problem. I thought that was good news. I pulled the plugs shot some WD-40 in all the cylinders and went back to work.

I went back out tonight and decided I better try to get two full turns out of the crank by hand just to be sure there was not a valve stuck or some other obstruction. I turned the crank and 180* and BAM it came to an abrupt stop. I turned it back the other way 180* and it stops again. I put my tools up and was going to call it a night when a friend showed up. He convinced me to at least pull the valve covers. Long story short, I could see water in #5. We pulled the intake and driver side head and just as I suspected there was a rust ring in #5. I hit it with a hone and it cleaned right up. The motor now turns over smooth as silk for 720*. Other than a little surface rust here and there the motor looks pretty clean inside.

I'm going to gamble a gasket set on it. I'm betting the motor was sitting there with the #5 intake valve open and rain water got in somehow. All I want out of this motor is to get to the lake and test the boat to see if there are any other mechanical or structural issues. Any thing more than that out of this motor is a bonus. I don't want to invest a bunch of money in the motor just to find out the boat goes straight to the bottom of the lake. If the motor needs to be rebuilt I'll be making the change to a BBC.

Keep your fingers crossed for me.

 

[Squirtcha?]

Good luck. Hope all goes well.

 

[mesquito_creek]

My 82 Ambassador measures 25.6 .. Here it is at Powell spring of this year... good luck with your resto...

 

[Last Mohican]

My 82 Ambassador measures 25.6 .. Here it is at Powell spring of this year... good luck with your resto...

Great looking boat. I wonder where the extra foot was added.

 

[mesquito_creek]

25.6 is measuring from the farthest point on the stern to the longest point on the bow..... It measures 10 foot from the longest point in the stern to the dash, and 15.5 from the dash to the top of the bow..

 

[Last Mohican]

25.6 is measuring from the farthest point on the stern to the longest point on the bow..... It measures 10 foot from the longest point in the stern to the dash, and 15.5 from the dash to the top of the bow..

I meant to check mine today and totally forgot. I'll try to remember next time I work on it.

 

[Last Mohican]

I was really surprised at how clean the inside of the motor is. Other than a little surface rust it looks great. It has been opened up before. I noticed today the one head is drilled and tapped for a smog pump and the other is not. They are both "C" heads. The intake is an old Edelbrock Torker. At one time it was polished. That will never happen again. It is way too pitted.

 

[Last Mohican]

Made some more progress today. Dawn (my wife) and I got the entire interior stripped from the top side including the carpet. Dawn got some of the carpet out of the cabin as well. I hooked a battery up, turned the key and :crickets: I shorted the starter solenoid and it turned over so either there is a bad switch or some faulty wiring. When I shorted the starter it seemed to turn a little slow to me. I think I am going to go get a couple of new battery cables and hook the battery to the motor, hot wire the dizzy and use a starter button. That way I have pretty much eliminated any other electrical issues. Sorry no pics today. By the time we finished we just wanted to pick up and get a shower. That was some nasty disgusting work getting that carpet out.