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nautibuoys · 07-25-2009, 10:28 AM

A bit different but I had a used 1977 24' Proline w/ a 1978 140h Evinrude for 8 years. Sold it to my bro who ran it for 5 years (he re-powered) and a guy is still running it today. Well built hull and held its finish and looks better than a lot of other makes. If the engine is a V-4 it was one of the better built engines of the time. Issue is it is 30+ years old and best you figure you will need to re-power at some stage. 4S engines can be heavier for the same HP and could throw hull balance off (need to check mfg'rs). Blue book will give you lowball values; BoatUS will also give you somewhat better ballpark value.

07-25-2009, 10:28 AM	#2
nautibuoys Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NorthShore Posts: 65	Proline A bit different but I had a used 1977 24' Proline w/ a 1978 140h Evinrude for 8 years. Sold it to my bro who ran it for 5 years (he re-powered) and a guy is still running it today. Well built hull and held its finish and looks better than a lot of other makes. If the engine is a V-4 it was one of the better built engines of the time. Issue is it is 30+ years old and best you figure you will need to re-power at some stage. 4S engines can be heavier for the same HP and could throw hull balance off (need to check mfg'rs). Blue book will give you lowball values; BoatUS will also give you somewhat better ballpark value.