Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] E-Bay fish-painted sub (was: Aqua Sub)

[Gregc02@ibm.net]

I emailed the owner (I can't find the repy at the moment0 and he said that he'd had the top hatch 
section fabricated when he got it because it was missing. If I was going to rebuild it I'd set up the 
upper section to look sort of like a WWII "greenhouse" canopy like a T6 trainer. It went to a little 
over $2,000 the last time and even at that I'd have to tow it home to Minnesota (1200 miles). It 
would be pretty cool with the paint job and all, but I'd have $3,500 in it, including the trailer; 
probably more than I wanted to spend. A friend is driving up here next spring from Ocala, so that 
might be a near zero cost option. There is a picture on the current listing as it was when it was a 
sub.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=534478276


On the other hand there is one of the other subs that has been listed on ebay and just run out at 
about $5,600. Email from the owner seems to state that it would come with new batteries and 
three new scuba bottles at the time of sale and it looks as if the reserve should be about 
$11,000. Of course, I'd have to drive even further to Vancouver.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1105751670

On the thrid hand, there is a 20 ft sort of scale Uboat/Fleet boat hull here in town that was never 
really designed to be a sub but could be converted  to a semi-dry ambient sub. I don't need to go 
real deep in the local semi murky local waters but it would be cool to have a Uboat in Lake 
Minnetonka.

Greg

ex USS Torsk (SS-423)

PS ...I should finish up the rebuild on my tiny 16 ft Hobo houseboat first, at least I'd have a sub 
tender.



> Ed Greany wrote:
> > 
> > Mike,
> > 
> > Perhaps if it were in your back yard but all the way to Florida? That
> > will cost $500-$1000 to get to you.
> 
> Yeah, but would it be worth it for someone standing there?  What
> might have been damaged in the process of making it into a 
> static display?
> 
> 
> 
> Mike