Trojan F32 buyers advice
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:43 pm
Hey folks,
I am new here. 33 yo german guy looking for a 28-36 ft. boat as a 2nd home and few short trips on the river Rhine here in Germany.
Currently I am falling in love with Trojan boats. Generally not present much here in Germany but yesterday I checked out a
Trojan F32 from 1979. The interior is great. Timeless, good headroom, a lot of light and storage room - more modern than my current alternative
a 1980 "Carver 28 Voyager" with 2 crusader 5.7L V8 engines.
The Trojan F32 comes with two Chrysler 360 5.7L V8 engines with 225 hp
offer is published here:
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 9-211-4662
I am a bit worried about possible leakages and hope to find some help from you Trojan experts over here.
Besides the shiny pics from the seller I took some (especially from the engines). Maybe you could scroll through these to get an impression of the boat.
I've numbered the pics so that you can easily refere to them.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6jav570hj9v0 ... oDola?dl=0
My questions would be:
- What do you generally say about the Chrysler 360 in terms of maintenance/parts availability & costs?
- Can you say anything about the photos?
- The Onan 6.5 generator seems to leak a lot (owner refills about 1 liter per year, he said). Would you personally remove it and replace it by a smaller one? In my opinion it just looks exagerated huge....
- Should I take a look on other specific things of the Trojan F32?
It would be great to get some answers? It will be my first own boat though I have a licence for already 17 years.
See you,
Simon
I am new here. 33 yo german guy looking for a 28-36 ft. boat as a 2nd home and few short trips on the river Rhine here in Germany.
Currently I am falling in love with Trojan boats. Generally not present much here in Germany but yesterday I checked out a
Trojan F32 from 1979. The interior is great. Timeless, good headroom, a lot of light and storage room - more modern than my current alternative
a 1980 "Carver 28 Voyager" with 2 crusader 5.7L V8 engines.
The Trojan F32 comes with two Chrysler 360 5.7L V8 engines with 225 hp
offer is published here:
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 9-211-4662
I am a bit worried about possible leakages and hope to find some help from you Trojan experts over here.
Besides the shiny pics from the seller I took some (especially from the engines). Maybe you could scroll through these to get an impression of the boat.
I've numbered the pics so that you can easily refere to them.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6jav570hj9v0 ... oDola?dl=0
My questions would be:
- What do you generally say about the Chrysler 360 in terms of maintenance/parts availability & costs?
- Can you say anything about the photos?
- The Onan 6.5 generator seems to leak a lot (owner refills about 1 liter per year, he said). Would you personally remove it and replace it by a smaller one? In my opinion it just looks exagerated huge....
- Should I take a look on other specific things of the Trojan F32?
It would be great to get some answers? It will be my first own boat though I have a licence for already 17 years.
See you,
Simon