1919 Trumpy on E-Bay

1919 trumpy on ebay

Yes, thats the boat bill, she looks good to me. If your still interested in the boat, and if their is anything i can do at this end for you i will. I believe in fair play sir, good luck to you.

Those are wonderful photos Bill. Thank you for posting them. If I may ask, where did you find them? I love this kind of info and I am constantly looking and searching.

The boat was build for the founder of a small oil company.

Some might recognize the name - Texaco.

You should really take a lot of time and read, several times, the wording in the eBay listing.

A good coat of paint can dazzle the eyes and make the mind think good, even though it sees bad.

To really get the juices flowing, GOOGLE Maps even shows it. The marina is listed in the eBay listing. The slip is transferable and includes power, water, basic cable and pump out.

Quite a nail biter - listing ends Nov 18, 2013 04:00:00 PST.

1919 trumpy on ebay in keywest

Old phart, im really interested in this boat and have looked at it several times. Is their something i should be worried about? I realize it needs plenty work more than likely twice what i think.

Are you planning on doing the work yourself or paying to get it done?

1919 trumpy on ebay in keywest

I plan on keeping it at the same marina and fixing up the interior and making it a floating man cave, a place to get away from it all. Im in no hurry to get it running and cruising. I wasnt in the market for aboat to be honest, but the look of the boat i love, the fact that its almost 100 years old and it still floats, and it just has so much character and history i just got to try and get it.The Texaco angle ads even more to it. I just dont see this opportunity happening anytime soon again. So i guess my answer is im going to get the boat and enjoy it as is for now.

Ain't that the truth.

Near the end of the listing is this wee snippet: I will need 7 to 10 days after final payment and transfer of Title to remove my personal property before you move on her.

This reads to me that You buy it and accept responsibility for it and I will have a last few parties on it before I go.

The regular mention of it needing work before going cruising is also something that should be investigated further. Just a Ford Lehman that hasn't been run for a year is n major event, it is what else these words are brushing over that would get my attention.

Once you own it if it were to become a wreck( sink at the dock) or cause pollution guess what. You will be responsible to remove the wreck and or take care of the pollution.

What are you planning on doing with her should another hurricane come ashore in Key West?

That's where I'm not sure you're seeing the whole picture. It still floats today. Enjoy as is today. But, without maintenance and care the ability to continue to enjoy as it and to keep it afloat won't be there. Keeping even status quo doesn't just happen for free. So either you're capable of doing what is necessary or you'll pay to get it done. I don't know, nor do you, the condition of the hull. But there is no just keeping it as it is. With a boat such as this, a wooden hull that age, you either give it care or it declines. I had a friend on the lake who bought a beautiful old Century with the same belief you have. He thought it was doing fine until the day he got the call from the marina that it had sunk. Then he had the cost of salvaging it. That did include some clean up of the water as well. So at that point he'd spent more than he paid for it. Also at that point all he had was a boat now hauled out sitting on land, drying out to reveal more problems and a repair estimate many times his purchase price. He ended up just paying someone to haul it off.

So don't think the auction price is the maximum you can lose. Even if you don't before the purchase, I'd certainly get the hull surveyed after just to know any action necessary to avoid disaster. Owning a boat like this is a labor of love. It requires attention and work.

Now, perhaps it has been taken better care of than we know. Perhaps the hull has been addressed and not just the superstructure. Perhaps less than a year ago it was hauled and everything checked and all necessary repairs made and everything put in good shape. I hope for your sake that's the case. But don't go in thinking that the most you can possibly lose is what you pay for it.

Here's a nice little gem, in the listing, to get the juices flowing, once again.


It is mentioned that the hull was fiberglassed over.


Quite the horse race - neck and neck to the finish, with four days to go.

1919 trumpy on ebay in keywest

I understand that the boat needs to come out of the water, the bilges do go off, and even the son on the boat said the same thing, im just not interested in repowering it right now. I also understand the damage that fiberglass can do to the hull. Thats were i came up 10-15 thousand to rework it. I can do alot of the sanding and demo on the kitchen panels,they are awful. Im going to stay in the 7500-8000 on my bid and let the cards fall where they fall

So what became of this? Did one of the posters in this thread buy the boat?

Ebay auction ended on Nov 18th 2013. Listing is marked as sold for $11,001. with 24 total bids.

So ViperSRT10 did you succumb to sweet thought of auction heaven and go past your limit?

I'm bumping this again because I am extremely curious as to what happened to this boat. Somebody bought it, we know that. I'm wondering if it was either of the two posters to this thread that seemed interested.

It would appear that an unknown came up fast on the inside rail and made a successful dash to the finish line, within the final minute of the race.