How Much Would You Pay?

[devino246]

My uncle and I are planning on selling the 1972 Chrysler Striper that we've fixed up over the last 2 years.

Work done:
Sanded and painted hull
Repainted trailer
New seats
Cleaned carb.
Replaced fuel lines
Custom built windshields(made by me)
2 New tires on trailer
Replaced steering and throttle cables
Installed new bilge pump

Engine runs well, having the bottom end summerized this week.

What do you think its worth? Im thinking somewhere in the $1200 range.

 

[dictionary6767]

In nj the trailer alone is worth 1200 and the motor another 1500, plus the boat I'd say 1000! I'd ask atleast 3500! Hope you can sell it.

 

[devino246]

In nj the trailer alone is worth 1200 and the motor another 1500, plus the boat I'd say 1000! I'd ask atleast 3500! Hope you can sell it.

HOLY $H!T!

I dont think it'll fetch that much in VA.

Heres an ad for the '79 model in Popular Mechanics:
http://books.google.com/books?id=cc...MQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=chrysler striper&f=false

When my uncle bought the boat for $300, my dads cousin suggested leaving the boat at the dump and selling the trailer

 

[B man]

about 2225$ or just 1900. i found that boats sell good at 1900.

 

[B man]

or you could call it restored and ask a **** load.lol

 

[devino246]

or you could call it restored and ask a **** load.lol

Its a '72 fiberglass Chrysler. Its not a Chris Craft, thats our other project

 

[Bluethunder3320]

id say about 2,500. unfortunately boats arent selling fast these days, not many people have the spare money to throw into a marina and gas.

do you know when my grandpa had a 16 foot boat at the marina, it costed 10,000$ a year to keep it docked? and also on top of that, gas costs $6-7 a gallon on the water. you want to fill a 100 gallon tank for a gas guzzling V8??? yeah, it costs 600-700 dollars to fill up. on top of that, insurance, and all the other added costs like repairs he had done.

and thats why he sold it. it just didnt make sence. we had good times fishing and tubing, but it averaged out at over $1500 every time we took the boat out. we used it less than 10 times a year.

those were the good ol' days....

looking for a john boat that we can just tie up to the bulkhead.......

 

[devino246]

id say about 2,500. unfortunately boats arent selling fast these days, not many people have the spare money to throw into a marina and gas.

do you know when my grandpa had a 16 foot boat at the marina, it costed 10,000$ a year to keep it docked? and also on top of that, gas costs $6-7 a gallon on the water. you want to fill a 100 gallon tank? yeah, it costs 600-700 dollars to fill up. on top of that, insurance, and all the other added costs like repairs he had done.

and thats why he sold it. it just didnt make sence. we had good times fishing and tubing, but it averaged out at over $1500 every time we took the boat out. we used it less than 10 times a year.

Its a 16 footer, might as well just store in on a trailer.

EDIT: Wait, a 16 footer with a V8 and a 100 gal tank??? wtf??? That CC is a 283 V8 with a 20gal tank and I think its 17ft.

 

[Bluethunder3320]

Its a 16 footer, might as well just store in on a trailer.

EDIT: Wait, a 16 footer with a V8 and a 100 gal tank??? wtf??? That CC is a 283 V8 with a 20gal tank and I think its 17ft.

i think it was a 16 footer. thats just a guess but it looks similar sized to yours.

evinrude v8.... at the time we had it i was younger and didnt have much intrest in engines, i would know all about it if it was today.

 

[B man]

yeah they made the V-8's not for the hp but fore the torque. lots of torque=lots of towing and tubing abilities.

 

[devino246]

i think it was a 16 footer. thats just a guess but it looks similar sized to yours.

evinrude v8.... at the time we had it i was younger and didnt have much intrest in engines, i would know all about it if it was today.

Evinrude made an outboard v8

Sounds like a bass boat, which is tiny and overpowered.

 

[B man]

hey the v-8 holds the speed record for its class.

 

[Bluethunder3320]

dang, i dug up some old old pics and apparently it was a v6.

it was a sport boat. 1989.

sorry terrible pics..

the speedo went to 70. the most we took it was around 50. LOL.


i remember once at my grandmas i heard a bunch of growling, turned my head and i was like WOAH. there was dozens of cigarette boats racing, like 5 helicopters filming. it was insane. they do it once a year.