Recent content by Lance Pearson

new motor, redone interior, new dual axle trailer, even a new tow vehicle replaced because the 297,000 mile tahoe had seen better days..new ford expedition limited. tows and runs like a dream which is not bad for a 41 year old boat. Here is the site for some of those photos...last image is the...

I got the 1977 v20 with its original single axle ez load trailer from a dealer for a song in Florida, towed it home empty with a smaller 140 hp v4 Evinrude that was probably not functional on it. When I repowered with larger motor and filled tanks it did not tow well at all. I went to ez...

The big list is done and I ended up repowering with a 2008 Etec 175 since the 1977 evinrude v4 was shot with two cylinders warped from overheating. New controls, various other tasks done and new gps/chart/sonar and vhf. Tanks cleaned with new fuel hoses and fuel/water filter in line. New prop...

One of the things I thought would likely need changing when I bought the boat to modernize it was the engine which matched the boat's age. Did not know when last run or how well. Took it to a dealer who ran compression on it and pull down with compressed air and it failed miserably. Cylinder...

Trailer...the used boat I brought back from Florida, a V20 hull in good shape for a 1977, is on an EZ load trailer

I picked this boat up in Florida over the weekend and drove it back here to Virginia where it is in the driveway. My goal is to get it ready to use the way I want it by fall and modernize it. The transom and floors are good but the seat wood under the cushion on the pedestal was rotten so I...