81 Sport Restoration

[h2o-ski]

Couple of questions for you:
1. What motor does this have in it?
2a. Where are you located if you don't mind me asking?
2b. If different from your town, where did this boat spend it's life before?
3. Do you have any history of the boat from the previous owner such as paperwork, manufacturer statement of origin, registrations?
4. Trailer is age appropriate, are you up to date on your tetanus shots?

1. It came with a SBC 350. The original motor spun a bearing and a different rebuilt 350 was put is it's place.
2. I'm in the Texas hill country. Although if I remember the story right it was purchased used by my uncle in the early 90's from the 1st owner in TN. My uncle used it in lakes around Texas. He then moved to Atlanta area before putting in a barn after the steering bracket pulled out of the port stringer in the mid 90's
3. Much of the paperwork had been lost. I'll be trying to see if I can get a replacement title when it was registered 30 years ago in Texas.
4. Not sure why but when my uncle repainted the trailer he painted it rust brown. There is still remenants of the factory pin stripping.

My hope is to get my Sport looking as good as yours. I hopefully uploaded a better photo that what was on my computer.