The Pink Flamingo in Arizona

Like I really needed another project but for some stupid reason I decided to pick up a 1984 Eliminator Sport Cruiser and a bunch of parts back in October thinking it was going to be an easy project.  Originally the boat had a 350 Volvo but the previous owner had removed that and mounted the adapter plate for a Mercruiser drive.  I also got a boat with a 1983 Mercruiser 350 and alpha drive and he also had a Bravo drive so I bought that from him also.  Luckily I did since it turns out even though the engine only has 149 hours on it the alpha drive had water in it during it’s life and is pretty much shot.  So now it’s still waiting for me to work on it and trying to decide between the 350 and a 454.  It seams like a waste to put a 350 in there with the Bravo drive so I think the extra work of adding the 454 will be the route to go.  But it sure does look pretty on the trailer.

And in a Google search I found a sales video for it on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhybzWYpKx4

And a very cool 1977 restoration done by Eliminator Boats.
http://www.riverdavesplace.com/forums/threads/1977-eliminator-20-sport-re-furb.174521/

And in the end I decided to part with the boat and go with an open bow.  The new owner was thinking of putting a blower motor in it so can’t wait to run into him on the lakes this summer and see what he did with it.