Cheep SVL

[TYPHOON]

I agree the ocean will make any class more competitive.

[Wreckdoctor]

I agree the ocean will make any class more competitive.

And fun as hell. !!!!!!!!

[Ratickle]

After attending almost every race last year, I always had Bruce's boat as one of the favorites in any rough water race.

[mdkeywest]

When Crockett had Bruce's boat it had 800+ HP with a speed master drive AND NITROUS!!!!!!

It was never raced with any consistancy or a whole series. It DID win Sarasota a couple of years ago though in a one off appearance and Randy throttling.

Thanx .It always looked good for sure .

[fantastixvoyage]

Any ideas on what seperate the lavey and activator from the Phantoms and Extremes? Seemed anytime an SVL went over it was the lavey or activator. Not familiar enough with the boats, what's so different? I assume the step designs are totally different.

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

Pig Iron, an Extreme has been over too. I would attribute most cases to human error. Whether it was a trim, throttle or driver error any boat can have a bad day given the right set of circumstances.

[Ratickle]

Well, I've pretty much talked with everyone, and it seems as if a Phantom has never gone over. There is a possibility it happened once, but landed right side up, so they are not positive.

I actually believe the Lavey could be had for less than $25,000 if someone was really interested with cash....

[XtremeRacing]

Does anyone have a number or way to get intouch with Kevin. I dont see the boat for sale anywhere, or any contact info.

[Ratickle]

The last time I chatted with Chris, lavey jr. on here, he said the boat was at Lavey Craft, $25,000 or reasonable offer;

info@laveycraft.com
951-273-9690

[XtremeRacing]

Thanks

[lavey jr]

The last time I chatted with Chris, lavey jr. on here, he said the boat was at Lavey Craft, $25,000 or reasonable offer;

info@laveycraft.com
951-273-9690

Boat is still at Lavey and still for sale.
Supposed to have a guy coming from Florida to look at it but not sure when or if it will happen.

Also, this boat is owned by Laveycraft not Kevin Cooper like mentioned in original post...

[Ratickle]

Long time, no chat Chris. How are you doing?

I had figured you'd be out in it by now......

[TYPHOON]

Lavey Jr. Knowing what you do about the boat and its handeling is there something the factory feels will help it or do you fell there is no problem. I would think this boat would sell in a heart beat if someone had some help from the factory. Its a great solid well built boat.
MD

[twainscott]

What kind of money would we be talking to obtain a motor,gimbal,drive and steering for this boat?

[XtremeRacing]

I would guess to say it would be about $35,000 to find a good motor with exhaust , gimbal and drive. Then it would be PLUS PLUS for everything else you would need. Props, strap. helmets, jackets, intercom....so on. You most likely will have 65-70 in the boats before it was done, that is a lot of boat for that money. As Randy said it is built solid and has the best of everything in it. I think with some minor work to the bottom you could settle that boat down and make a runner out of it.

[TYPHOON]

A good used package with a ITS gimbal about 25K , new from a dealer 40K aprox.

[XtremeRacing]

I would suggest an IMCO box we have tried both and the OMCO seems to work better .

[lavey jr]

Long time, no chat Chris. How are you doing?

I had figured you'd be out in it by now......

Hey Paul! I'm doing good, been real busy this last year at the shop. How have you been?
Haha I have been out in it recently... As in, inside it out in the shop detailing it haha

Lavey Jr. Knowing what you do about the boat and its handeling is there something the factory feels will help it or do you fell there is no problem. I would think this boat would sell in a heart beat if someone had some help from the factory. Its a great solid well built boat.
MD

Most of the boats racing life it had the "full" Lavey NuEra bottom. Then towards the end of it's racing carreer the bottom was blue printed to the new bottom. Now by new I mean slightly different, the only thing changed was the lip strakes were removed along with a couple strakes. So in other words its a tuned down version of the original NuEra design...
Now when this change was made the setup on drive height and everything else was changed so many times that it never got to run with the correct setup. Then it was changed to NXT which did not work at all...
So at this point the boat needs to be setup with an Imco box/drive at the X dim that Lavey knows will work the best and has been proven to work great on a very similar boat (28 EVO).

[Lucididee]

Last time I saw the boat ran was in 2008 in Point Pleasant



Sorry, I couldn't resist. But I do have other pics if anyone is interested

[Ratickle]

Last time I saw the boat ran was in 2008 in Point Pleasant



Sorry, I couldn't resist. But I do have other pics if anyone is interested

Always Interested in Pics of the Lavey (And Others)......



Not all of them have the driver pizzing off the bow, do they??????