One Owner 1967 Sea Ray, Ya Ya I Know.
Best name ever!
Well, I know you know how I feel about plastic boats. BUT, and there is always a but when it comes to blanket statements like that. The early ones are VERY VERY cool. LOOKING! I still argue that they don’t share the ride with you. You are merely a driver or passenger. Not a partner. So now thats out of the way, this Sea Ray has some very cool charm, AND if you are liking the idea of getting into classic boating as a thing. THIS is a very very affordable way to get into the passion.
Ready for action! Dang
Amazing style and those seats are amazing
Are those 1954 Corvair hubcaps?
Fresh rebuild
Happiness is not backing the truck into the water with the boat
Turn the key and go! Lake Dora in a couple months?
Sorry John Rothert. It’s on Facebook marketplace. RIGHT HERE
Screenshot of the listing.
NOW, as an additional bonus. You may be thinking that mmm$9500 is a bit steep for such a boat. I can find one cheaper. Yes. In fact you could possibly get one for free. BUT you will bry 10’s of thousands to restore it. AND it wont be original, and taken care of like PlayBouy is. Like here is one on line for 1,500 which I might add is $1,500 to much!
Screenshot
There are some cool older fiberglass boats, to be sure. I am partial to the older Slickcraft speedboats. Funny thing with these old plastic boats, on a lot of them you have to cut through the fiberglass to get to the heart of them, which is wood in many cases…stringers, transoms, and various support structures.
Dan, Older Slickcrafts you say? For a limited time you can have this vintage twin engine Slickcraft with 351 Ford V8’s. And if you call in the next 20 minutes, because we can’t do this all day I’ll throw in a box of life jackets for $600. Delivery and trailer not included.
Thanks so much for the offer! I should probably been more specific and specified Slickcrafts under 20’. That being said, you throw in that trailer…
What about the car backing the boat down the ramp?! Seems a fair question, given the topics lately.
I used to live a few miles from the Sea Ray plant in Oxford, Mi. where this boat was built. I saw them testing boats in the old gravel pit that was next to the plant. They closed the plant at least 20 years ago.
That old gravel pit was a popular swimming/party spot. We went there for our senior “skip day” in 1974 and you could smell the fiberglass fumes coming from the factory. Now I wonder what was in the water that we swam in – maybe this is a good explanation for my ongoing obsession with boats and just general weirdness.
Seats like a lay-down Rambler.
These old Sea Rays are great boats!
I for one would be thrilled to see something like this at Dora or the St. Johns River Cruise.
Re hubcaps. Corvair wasn’t around until 1960. Not sure whose hubcaps those are?
its a 1967, By that stage the Corvair was going to come to a close in 69. These look exactly like the ones that came standard on a 1964. Which could have been added anytime. The MONZA insert was replaced with a Spyder for the spyder version. Turbocharged BTW, 150 HP.
Here is the spyder insert
sounds good.
Gee Matt thanks for doing the ditching the Fakebook step for me…Great to wake up to a cool clorox bottle. When is the Party? Zip and I are stressing about it!
John in Va….going boating …. today
Love that aqua color! And I enjoy the classic fiberglass boats, as much as wood ones. But with only a four cylinder, this boat will be slow. Especially since older Sea Rays are solidly built, so tend to be heavy. I remember a 1970s Invader that dad had with the 4cyl MerCruiser. Good thing it was a bowrider, as it was necessary to have someone lay down up front, for the underpowered boat to achieve the climb onto plane. As for the name, I always thought Barbie should have had a tournament waterski boat – her signature pink & named “Bouy Chaser”.
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Throw in that Goat and I’d be on it!
Not long after Connie Ray bought Carr Craft and transformed it into Sea Ray, he hired Harley Earl as a styling consultant. Earl’s contract with GM stipulated that anything automotive related would come under the GM banner, but by the late 50’s he had enough clout to do most anything else, and the boat styling fit right into his expertise. That is why these boats have the exemplary style that they do. Nothing outlandish, just simple lines and attention to detail.