DanSquires
Well-Known Member
I recently found this XP on Craigslist (as well as a few other folks, based on this thread http://www.seadooforum.com/showthread.php?81764-Someone-save-this-95-XP-800-in-Kansas-City!-Cheap!!! a few weeks ago, and immediately knew I wanted it... but wasn't sure I'd have the time for it. It took a few weeks to get an evening to go check it out, but I finally did...
I gave $350 for the ski and trailer, and brought it home 12/20/2015. I have not dove into it as of yet, other than to get some pics. I plan on digging into the ski over the next few weeks, and I will keep this thread updated on my findings and progress.
And now, for some photos.
Plans are a restoration of the hull, and a budget resto of the driveline (IE if there's a 96 engine in there, meh, I wont actively seek out a 95 engine..)
I will get reproduction stickers, and attempt to sand and polish the gel coat back to life. At first glance, I though the coat was in for a major overhaul, in seeing all of the whiting, weird look all over the thing. Well, as I was working on another ski in the shop last night, I was pushing this one out of the way on one of my carts. When I found it's resting place, I noticed this... orange peel look all over the top of the hull (I hadn't paid that much attention up to that point.) Low and behold, the whitening... is clear coat someone sprayed it with at some point in time. I can literally scratch it off with my fingernail at the white spots. Someone also drilled a hole in the nose (ALA Yamaha) :facepalm:
I gave $350 for the ski and trailer, and brought it home 12/20/2015. I have not dove into it as of yet, other than to get some pics. I plan on digging into the ski over the next few weeks, and I will keep this thread updated on my findings and progress.
And now, for some photos.
Plans are a restoration of the hull, and a budget resto of the driveline (IE if there's a 96 engine in there, meh, I wont actively seek out a 95 engine..)
I will get reproduction stickers, and attempt to sand and polish the gel coat back to life. At first glance, I though the coat was in for a major overhaul, in seeing all of the whiting, weird look all over the thing. Well, as I was working on another ski in the shop last night, I was pushing this one out of the way on one of my carts. When I found it's resting place, I noticed this... orange peel look all over the top of the hull (I hadn't paid that much attention up to that point.) Low and behold, the whitening... is clear coat someone sprayed it with at some point in time. I can literally scratch it off with my fingernail at the white spots. Someone also drilled a hole in the nose (ALA Yamaha) :facepalm:
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