I actually don't think it is a malibu at all. Maybe some sort of copy of one? What does it say on the side combing pads? Ski ????? After looking at pictures of 1996 Malibu's it doesn't jive. In is weird because the Hull ID number says it is a malibu that was built in 96 but I don't see they have any boats that look like that. They made th echelon, echelon lx, response, response lx, flightcraft, sunsetter lx, sunsetter vlx, tantrum. None of those boats match that hull bottom and deck of the boat pictured. Looking at pictures all pretty much every malibu model made, even the skier I don't see how that matches. Besides the weird step up up by the dash in the deck and the compartments in the rear deck, the bottom of the hull from the rear looks nothing like the skier, echelon, response, euro, etc... It looks the closest to the euro or skier but those boats appear to have strakes that run the length of the hull or at least to the transom. I think this is somehow a one off boat that someone threw a malibu HID number on. Not sure why anybody would do that but nothing else makes sense unless is was some sort of prototype boat.
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