’63 Classic on e-bay

eric lavine wrote: 63, you bought this boat?

Eric, Ray posted in the other section about his purchase too. You must have missed it this morning.
other posting

Hi This is a copy of my first post. About 10 days ago I had never heard of Classic Craft til my buddy told me about this cool boat on ebay. He was well aware of Classic Craft and told me how this was one of the best boats made. Alas, I am the embarrassed owner of a 1963 Classic. I am only embarrassed here because I am ignorant of many things Correct. When the seller delivered my new old boat yesterday I was proud as a peacock before my neighbors as they watched it arrive. Anyhow I am glad to have found this site of folks committed to these great boats and their restoration. I'm Psyched! (yeah. I'm a classic too)

That is how it went down, on the real.

8122pbrainard wrote: Bruce, The engine in the Classic is correct but the side draft carbs were replaced with the downdraft. This is why the dog house had the horrible plywood added on to the bottom.

Pete, it's LH rotation.

Riley wrote: you really think that boat is worth $1,500, even without the right engine?

I was wondering the same thing. I might've had a deal without knowing it. My bottom line though is that it needs more work than I have time for. This one needs to be fixed from the tires up and my parts shopping showed the y block parts to be a bit pricey. I don't like being lied to either!

I'd say Greg did him a favor by backing out. He got almost $500 more on the second auction.

Reid, it's hard to figure out a minimum value for any kind of classic, (car or boat), that's close to junk, but you really think that boat is worth $1,500, even without the right engine?

Are Correct Craft Classics worth more than a Barracuda or Wildcat?

Man....are you getting diplomatic in your old age!

john

BuffaloBFN wrote: And lucky me gets the dead beat tag?!!?

Hasn't hurt me.

This seller has had two previous buyers refuse to pay because the condition of the item is horrendously worse than represented. He is aware of the fact that the boat is in pitiful shape yet he re-listed it just as before.

I can provide pictures and first person testimony.

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Geno wrote: BuffaloBFN wrote: Reported this way... Home > Help Topics > Rules and Policies > Rules for Sellers > Rules for Listing > Misleading Titles > Misleading Titles x2

eric lavine wrote: you know what really kills me...he says he JUST got the boat and doesnt have time to restore, thats a flag right there. there is a thought process when you look at a boat that needs restored. now why would you buy a boat and a day later say you dont have the time to restore?

Eric, that's funny. I have a lot of those resto projects that I had time to do when I bought them. Now that it is time to do them, I can't find the time!

Reported this way...
Home > Help Topics > Rules and Policies > Rules for Sellers > Rules for Listing > Misleading Titles > Misleading Titles

It wont let me. Honestly, Im sure ebay wouldnt care even if I could- theyre not going to be experts on boats and they cant police everything.

If several ebay members were to report the auction for listing violations, that would be the best chance at getting ebay's attention.

I reported the item. I couldnt find a category for "grossly misrepresented" so I settled for inaccurate item location. The boat is not in Natick.

Too bad Tim's pics can't be attached to the listing.