Here is my latest toy that I picked up last fall for cheap money. She a 1986 Formula 242 SF powered by a 260HP Mercruiser (Chevy 350). I have spent quite a bit of time recently working on her. I think I have all the bugs out of her now. I finally got her into the water for some trial runs over the last two weeks. She runs flat out at 34 mph WOT, handles like a dream with the 24 degree hull design and should be one hell of a fishing boat once she is all rigged up. I have pulled the outdrive to replace the shift cable, 3 bellows, tilt and trim switches and the water pump. I converted the motor to a fresh water cooling system with antifreeze and will be getting an overflow tank shortly. I've installed seven new Faria dash gauges and rewired the whole dash. I still need to replace the original clock. The boat has a new marine am/fm/cd/weatherband 240 watt stereo installed in the cuddy cabin with a remote control wired to my side of the boat and a new ship to shore radio. My Garmin GPS/Fishfinder has been installed so I can find my way back and hopefully find lots of fish. I've repaired the live well/wash down pump. The seats still need to be redone. My new top mounted control lever will be in this coming week. The old one has just a little bit too much slop for me. I polished up the sides of the hull this past week and put two new Formula decals on her. The bottom paint is going to be removed and a nice coat of some type of smooth paint will be sprayed on. Lastly if this boat works out for us. I will be putting on a folding radar arch and radar. I did purchase a newer 6000 pound Continental trailer for her to ride on. The bearings have all been replace, new fenders, springs, u bolts and the drum brakes have been swapped out for disc brakes. A new master cylinder and brake lines were installed and LED lighting in the back along with five new tires and aluminum wheels. .
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