Hello all stinger enthuseists, First post here.
I have an oppurtunity to buy a 1986 26' stinger with twin 350, 260 HP motors with what I think is 2 Alpha outdrives. The interior is in ok shape, looks like the seats have been redone, but all the interior wood is in bad shape(its been sitting outside for a while). Its real dirty but looks like it might clean up ok. The guy says he rebuilt the outdrives and motors 2 seasons ago and it ran good, but this season one of the engines burned a hole in one of the pistons. He currently has one of the engines half torn apart.
I believe it is an OMC motor? but not sure... Could someone shed some light on this for me? Are these gonna be hard to get parts for? This is probably gonna be the biggest hurdle is with motor parts. If they are hard to find and expensive I might hafta pass on it. But if they are relitivly inexpensive I might go ahead on it.
The exterior seems to be in ok shape. The trailer has seen better days, the tires hold air but will need replaced before taking it on a trip.
He's asking $4,000, and is really motivated to sell. I'm thinking with the condition of it I might offer around $2,000. I was wondering if this would be a good offer for him.
Another question is would this be worth buying and fixing up? There isn't many bigger lakes around here to even take this thing on, so I'm not too sure he's getting anyone even looking at it. But I'm also not against taking some long trips to get it on a lake if needed.
Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I have some pics of it on my phone if that would help...
Thanks,
Dan