Bought a boat

[TubeTruck]

Since we've been wanting to move, my wife has been wanting a boat. Well, now that we've moved and I finally got a job, got to talking to a guy at work and he was selling his pontoon. After searching FB marketplace his turned out to be a really good deal. Most on FB around here are 16-20 footers and they're asking $10-15k. Picked up this baby for $5k! Then we ordered $5k worth of carpet, seats, and a top. It'll be a brand new boat when I'm done.

It's a 1989 Riviera Cruiser FunDeck 28' pontoon with an 85 Johnson. I don't know much about boats yet, but he says he ran it up until last summer. He bought a pool and his kids don't want anything to do with the boat now, lol.

 

[Ricko1966]

Since we've been wanting to move, my wife has been wanting a boat. Well, now that we've moved and I finally got a job, got to talking to a guy at work and he was selling his pontoon. After searching FB marketplace his turned out to be a really good deal. Most on FB around here are 16-20 footers and they're asking $10-15k. Picked up this baby for $5k! Then we ordered $5k worth of carpet, seats, and a top. It'll be a brand new boat when I'm done.

It's a 1989 Riviera Cruiser FunDeck 28' pontoon with an 85 Johnson. I don't know much about boats yet, but he says he ran it up until last summer. He bought a pool and his kids don't want anything to do with the boat now, lol.

Now time for the fun mods. SBC midship turbo 350 to a prop shaft. 100mph pontoon ski boat. HANG ON KIDS!!!!

 

[Sgt Gus]

Since we've been wanting to move, my wife has been wanting a boat. Well, now that we've moved and I finally got a job, got to talking to a guy at work and he was selling his pontoon. After searching FB marketplace his turned out to be a really good deal. Most on FB around here are 16-20 footers and they're asking $10-15k. Picked up this baby for $5k! Then we ordered $5k worth of carpet, seats, and a top. It'll be a brand new boat when I'm done.

It's a 1989 Riviera Cruiser FunDeck 28' pontoon with an 85 Johnson. I don't know much about boats yet, but he says he ran it up until last summer. He bought a pool and his kids don't want anything to do with the boat now, lol.

That's a long boat! 85 Johnson is a good motor. Run pure gas and some Sea Foam Pro.
My ebay boat got up to retail with repairs too. But always wanted a bass boat!

 

[TubeTruck]

Rebuilt pretty much the whole thing. Tore it all the way down. Put all new marine grade plywood down, and new carpet. Wife wanted all new seats and 2 bimini tops, so here it is! I still have to do all the wiring and get it fired up. Got myself a comfortable captain's chair as well. The only thing I didn't replace was the rails and console, lol. Oh, need to build a sundeck too.

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

 

[Sgt Gus]

Nice! I see their are quite a few obseei e types on this site, lol.
Will it fit in the shed under cover?
How's the Johnson running?

 

[Sgt Gus]

My $ mostly had to go here and lower end. Shaft was bent.

 

[RanchWelder]

It's really nice.
The mid engine SBC with a direct drive and a shaft sounds cool though.
Get it running well with the Johnson and plan to drag race it when it quits?

 

[SquareRoot]

LS Swap. Now that would have some bragging rights!

 

[GXPWeasel]

Not sure how I missed this thread before now, but looks like you did a good job on the rebuild. We loved our toon when we had it. I wanted something more, and the wife didn't want anything, the pontoon was the compromise. Since then (14 years later) we're on our 3rd boat, and one I don't want to get rid of.
I had a 90hp 2-stroke Mercury on our toon. Not too bad to work on at all, and pretty simple for anyone that has a little know how. I can't wait to see pictures of your toon out on the water in about 6 months!
IF you get really ambitious, try buffing out the pontoon logs (only need to do the outside, and about 5 feet in on the inside of them, then put some SharkHide on them. I did that, got lots of compliments, and it lasted probably 5 years before there was any noticeable fading/hazing. EDIT: the picture below was about 7 years after the SharkHide treatment.

Not to hijack... but here's a picture of our toon the day we sold it.