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at100plus
03-06-2009, 02:42 PM
http://burlington.craigslist.org/boa/1035060344.html

I don't think there were many Vulture XT bottoms right? Looks to be pretty original too.
SUPAJAY
03-06-2009, 03:00 PM
Sure looks like a vulture! Cool boat, imagine how it would go with a X !!!
DerStream
03-06-2009, 03:04 PM
This boat is a 20ft Vegas YT...cool boat, get that power head & rebuild it.
motorheadbishop
03-06-2009, 03:16 PM
I think it is a vulture, Look @ the rear veiw, the wings go way out, as to the vegas they go down... It also has a rounded front windsheild, and raised area for top bar for windshield to attach behind front seats.... I'm pretty sure its a Vulture...:rolleyes:
DerStream
03-06-2009, 03:21 PM
has anyone ever heard of a vulture xt?...at first glance it looks like one, but you have a good point there.
DerStream
03-06-2009, 03:22 PM
vulture topside? vegas bottom? made to fit a the factory, or a really good glass shop?
boatinwfo
03-06-2009, 03:49 PM
Yes, they did make a Vulture xt.
Scream And Fly
03-06-2009, 04:14 PM
It's a Vulture XT for sure.
DerStream
03-06-2009, 04:58 PM
very cool boat
baja200merk
03-06-2009, 05:03 PM
This boat is a 20ft Vegas YT...cool boat, get that power head & rebuild it.

there is no such thing as a vegas yt 20ft hulls are XT:thumbsup:

thats a cool boat to restore, RARE too! Some one needs to go up there prove its rotten and get it for a song:thumbsup:
JWTjr.
03-06-2009, 05:46 PM
it is indeed a Vulture XT. Very few made until they experienced a small surge in popularity in 1989, then about 20 or so were built from 89 to 91.

JT
Streamin101
03-06-2009, 06:01 PM
Cool, thats a very rare find:thumbsup:,

86 wit a 200 merc........yeah right:rolleyes:
king gill
03-06-2009, 06:57 PM
Neato:thumbsup:That would be a really cool Hydrostream to have.....I wonder if the performance is better or worse than the V bottom model????
baja200merk
03-06-2009, 07:06 PM
with some bottom mods it sure will. handles chop better too. man that would be fun, put a core floor transom in it and some 3.0+L serious power. Frank moles runs 100+ with a mean 2.5 and so does George's (thehogg) with a simon 3.0 both xt's.. could be a nice practical fast boat :iagree:
BUZZIN' DOZEN
03-06-2009, 07:37 PM
Here is on ohttp://www.hydrostream.org/Events/Cassville2.jpgf the last (if not the last!) Vulture xt's made!
JP Love
03-06-2009, 07:50 PM
Another nice model... From Hydrostream.. Looooook in good shape... :thumbsup:
at100plus
03-07-2009, 07:28 PM
JT, is the Vulture XT bottom exactly the same as a Vegas?

That would be a cool boat to have since I love he VKing type top. If I remember correctly I had a Vegas with those colors. I'm just always disappointed with the rough water ride in a stream after having gone bigger.
at100plus
03-07-2009, 07:29 PM
Another question, did they tweak a Vking deck or make a whole new deck for the 20 footer?
at100plus
03-07-2009, 07:30 PM
Love the seating, it's like a movie theater in that thing. The cockpit must be bigger than a Vegas, no?
baja200merk
03-07-2009, 07:59 PM
Love the seating, it's like a movie theater in that thing. The cockpit must be bigger than a Vegas, no?

:iagree: would be a great hull with some power (after its structurally sound) and it does look like its got more room then my vegas had

kid:thumbsup:
king gill
03-07-2009, 08:07 PM
Yep definitly cool,it looks like theres been a few on here for sale B4 way back:cheers:
baja200merk
03-07-2009, 08:09 PM
i dono if i have ever seen a vulture XT :confused: aside from hydrostream.org
JWTjr.
03-09-2009, 01:47 PM
1) XT hull is exactly the same for Vegas, Vulture, Voyager, Venus

2) XT hull came out in 85. Vulture V came out in 1977. The deck was sectioned and lengthened from the Vector. Ron Baker did a lot of that work when he was at Stream.

3) Rough water XT ride sucks, no question about that. The standard V-bottom is much better and just as fast.

JT
Hydrophobic guy
03-09-2009, 02:57 PM
It's a Vulture XT for sure.

Yep, one of the S&Fer's up here has one.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2q2kbra.jpg
Maple Leaf
03-09-2009, 06:11 PM
Here's one, Pool noddles give it a nice touch lol

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff250/Fieldzy15/HPIM0323.jpg
David
03-09-2009, 06:51 PM
A Vulture XT seems wrong to me. Too much weight too far forward. But I've never seen one.
hydroholic
03-09-2009, 07:46 PM
A Vulture XT seems wrong to me. Too much weight too far forward. But I've never seen one.Doesn't really seem to have the weight,if your talking about the windshield ,dashboard and where the driver sits, any further forward than most of your tunnel hulls, ie. stv's, mirages etc. But I have never seen one other than in pics. Just my observation.
Hydro
king gill
03-09-2009, 08:18 PM
The vuture xt is still way cool:thumbsup:I would take one in a second if there was one around here for sale,but I aint even seen a regular vulture,execpt way back when i went to the cassville rally,there was a blue and silver one:cheers:
at100plus
03-12-2009, 01:36 PM
I wonder if the forward cockpit makes it a better candidate for a heavier motor like a 300X or XS than the other XT boats?
150aintenuff
03-12-2009, 01:41 PM
I wonder if the forward cockpit makes it a better candidate for a heavier motor like a 300X or XS than the other XT boats?

being they took HUGE setbacks with the 200's of the day i dont see why a XS or a 300X with a new solid transom/ core would be ANY assue at all...
81hydrostream
03-12-2009, 03:27 PM
I think it would be a nice combo but once you drive a cat you never want to go back to anything else.