Description
Beautifully maintained, unique, rare and updated 26' Lyman Express Cruiser with the largest and most desirable 250HP Crusader engine offered in the 1968 model year. From the 1968 Lyman brochure debuting the 26' Express Cruiser... "This beautiful new full-cabin Lyman boat on our popular 26' hull is the answer to many requests for a single screw full lapstrake Express Cruiser in this size... It has a full height toilet room, sleeps four, a generous galley space, roomy aft cockpit and generous storage space throughout the boat. It's the ideal family cruiser for either dockside living or extended trips." A rare model in the Lyman range, a total of 29 were built between 1967 and 1969. LOLA is one of the 10 built in the first year in 1967 as a model year 1968.
She underwent a $60,000 restoration and refit at Sandusky Bay Marine in the early 2000's (which included the installation of solid teak decks), and has continued to be meticulously maintained and upgraded by her current owners, who purchased her in 2019.
Over the last 5 years Lola received welcome upgrades including:
• Zipwake interceptor trim tabs
• New Dometic HVAC system
• New electric flush toilet
• New enlarged 29 gallon holding tank
• DC system rewiring
• New fuel tanks
• Carburetor rebuild
• Careful bottom plank maintenance and replacement
• Interior repainting
LOLA is on display at Moes Marine in Vermilion and she is ready for your visit! Also equipped with a trailer, make her part of your 2024 summer adventures.
Key Features
- White hull, Blue sheer; Bright Red waterline, Pettit Copper Bronze bottom paint
- Solid teak decks (unfinished)
- Original mahogany plywood transom, 3 fresh coats of varnish added 2024. Stripped and refinished in 2020 in preparation for application of gold-leaf name and hailing port
- HVAC system replaced in 2023 with new 9000 btu Dometic system.
- Original trim tabs replaced with Zipwake S-Series Interceptor system (2020)
- New Dometic Masterflush electric flush toilet and upsized holding tank to 29 gallons (2020)
- Most recent structural repairs (planking and rib sections) performed in 2020
- Crusader Challenger V8 250HP engine (327 cid) fitted with oil change pump. Carburetor rebuilt, new starter, and new water pump along with tune-up in 2021.
- Replaced both fuel tanks and all fuel lines in 2021.
- Interior paneling and brightwork in Excellent Condition
- New convertible top with side panels and aft cockpit cover in Sunbrella White in 2022
- Two Batteries
- Battery Charger
- Trim Tabs, cylinders and hoses replaced in 2011
- Cushioned folding chairs for aft cockpit
- Teak swim platform
- Garmin GPSmap 188 Sounder
- VHF radio
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
