switching motors

Discussion in 'Boat Design' started by toddpoor, Mar 29, 2007.

  1. toddpoor
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    toddpoor New Member

    i have a 470 mercruiser i/o in a boat that was wrecked, where can i find an empty boat to put it in... or what kind of boats will it fit in....
     
    toddpoor, Mar 29, 2007
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  2. BMcF
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    BMcF Senior Member

    The Merc 470 I/Os were used in hundreds..perhaps thousands of boats. I have four here in my 'pile-o-boat-junk' right now. A 21' Four Winns..a 19' Aristocraft..an 18' Dixie and an 18' 'beats me what bow-rider hull it is, I got it for the free parts'...
     
    BMcF, Mar 30, 2007
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  3. ted655
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    ted655 Senior Member

    :rolleyes:
    Befor I give you this link, I'm assumeing you just want to salvage a bad situation and NOT repower your dream boat, right?
    Fiberglass mass produced boats are not what I consider real longterm investments. More akin to Hyunda cars.
    Here. http://www.laniermarine.net/searchresults.html?SEARCH2
    Buy a junker, fix er up (to a point but don't get upside down in it) and get back on the water.
    :D :D
     
    ted655, Mar 30, 2007
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  5. toddpoor
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    toddpoor New Member

    yeah im going to the local boat storage to see if they have anything, im mainly just trying to put this motor in a new hull,,, it was almost new,
     
    toddpoor, Apr 2, 2007
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