TOPIC: My Grandfathers 61 buehler turbocraft 31 for sale

Hello, about a month ago I posted a question about my grandfaters boat and I have been able to retrieve it and go it out to my place and with 4 new tires and rims (who ever put tires on the inside of a trailer never had to change them when it has sunk 2 feet into iowa soil, frozen iowa soil) What I am looking for is an idea of what you think I should ask for his boat and maybe try to set me up with a buyer, the only hitch is I promised my grandapa Bob that I would make sure it went to some one who would take good care of it it cant be parted out or scrapped. All the info I have on the boat is that he bought it from a guy in Stratford Iowa (he is from there) because he thought it was going too cheap and he did not want to see his friend lose money. It was used in northern iowa and stored inside most of its life before it got to my grandpa. I know he spent too much money after a trip up to minn in 01 to have the motor worked on then my grandmother passed and he never got it out after that. He had a nice cover on it and as far as I can tell it looks very sturdy, I am a big guy 260 and I walked all over and could feel no give anywhere in the floor, i crawled around all over in the boat and took over 75 pictures of every area i could get to. he did install a depth finder but that is all that i can see that is not original to the boat. he stored the cushions inside his garage and they look great. I am willing to take pictures of any areas and answer any questions that I can about this boat. I am located in MENLO IA right between Des Moines and Omaha on I80 and would be willing to deliver rhis boat anywhere in the lower 48 for the cost of gas. My phone nymber is 515-201-0026 and my email is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. I am a SSG in the US Army so if I don't answer I am most likley busy or trying to stay busy. so leave a message. Thanks in advance for any and all help.

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That boat looks beautiful I am sure his could look like that with a little work thanks for sharing.

Sold her yesterday, went to a great home Thanks for all your help.

cav,im glad it found a good home,and thank you for your service,john

That's great news! Hopefully the new owner will join on here!

That would be me! I got the Jet 35 home in Northwest Iowa and have started to clean her up. I removed all of the interior and gave here a good pressure washing. Next step is to try to get her running. I trailered it to my fiberglass boat repair friend to have an estimate on doing the paint work for the hull. Very few minor issuses to contend with so that should go well. I am shooting for an October timeline for that process. I will do all of the work stripping her of the hardware and sanding while he will fix a few of the minor scapes on the hull. I am in need of a new windshield, Turbocraft speedometer gauge and ignition switch. Everything else seems to be complete. I will post photos when I get my camera back!
Any ideas on a windshield?