Boats redux; My turn now

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I've always enjoyed working on and restoring boats. Even more than cars, and planes. I like that I can mix things up with boats, and no one seems to mind much as long as it all works right. The biggest boat I've taken on is a 21' day cruiser and I'm itching to get back into it.

So - now I find myself with a spare Porsche 330HP engine, and no car to put it in. Natch, my thinking turns to boats. I'm looking for something without too much hull damage, and maybe a blown engine, or one that's been froze to shoehorn the Porsche engine in. I've been looking at some salvage yards, but so far no luck. Many are hurricane salvage with serious hull and water damage. I wouldn't mind a cruiser boat that was sunk, cuz I'll likely rip and replace just about everything electric. What I'd really prefer is a shallow draft type 22-29 with no engine. Thinking of putting the engine in backward and using a Casale V drive and prop shaft with plank rudder.

I've already got a cruiser boat that I can tootle around in, and a few jet skis, but this would be a custom show boat once done. I'd like to get the hull fairly shallow so the engine will show up some, no engine cover.
 
A nice wooden boat like mine can be had in the low teens. Find one sitting with a blown motor and the owner will almost beg you to take it off their hands.

I have a draft of only 3 feet.

I'm sure you could find some ratted out woody for a few hundred.
 
I can't help much with the technical aspects, but if I can help some other way let me know. Not sure if you'd look down my direction (are you just looking local?), but if you find something in my parts of FL I could go take some detailed photos/video.
 
Which Porsche engine do you have? Some of them will fetch a pretty penny in the marketplace, and you can turn the cash into a good old 'Murican V8 that would power the boat equally as well, plus have money left over to buy the boat.
 
docmirror said:
I've always enjoyed working on and restoring boats. Even more than cars, and planes. I like that I can mix things up with boats, and no one seems to mind much as long as it all works right. The biggest boat I've taken on is a 21' day cruiser and I'm itching to get back into it.

So - now I find myself with a spare Porsche 330HP engine, and no car to put it in. Natch, my thinking turns to boats. I'm looking for something without too much hull damage, and maybe a blown engine, or one that's been froze to shoehorn the Porsche engine in. I've been looking at some salvage yards, but so far no luck. Many are hurricane salvage with serious hull and water damage. I wouldn't mind a cruiser boat that was sunk, cuz I'll likely rip and replace just about everything electric. What I'd really prefer is a shallow draft type 22-29 with no engine. Thinking of putting the engine in backward and using a Casale V drive and prop shaft with plank rudder.

I've already got a cruiser boat that I can tootle around in, and a few jet skis, but this would be a custom show boat once done. I'd like to get the hull fairly shallow so the engine will show up some, no engine cover.
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How about a nice old wood sedan?
 
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