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waternut11

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My first boat..
« on: October 30, 2008, 10:08:06 PM »
This is my first project, Its a 1975 tahiti with a 455 oldds and berkly pump. I have been browsing this site for a while and figured it was time to post it up. Its ugly but a start. New interior and paint will be done this winter. The motor and pump have about 10 hours on them. Any comments welcome. Nice work on the site by the way its great.

Kevin 







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GT Jets

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 10:11:05 PM »
Hell of a lot nicer than my first boat!, Welcome to the site and thats got some serious potential...

GT
  • Boat #1: 1992 Carrera 20.5 Elite (I/O bitches)
  • Boat #2: 19' Bubble deck Jet BBC Berkeley
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If i get some free time tonight at work, ill play with it and post it for everyone to see.

Time to man up and yank it John!  :banghead:
Ray

nathan72

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2008, 10:16:16 PM »
welcome! thats going to be a nice ride!!
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crewchief22

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2008, 10:32:29 PM »
Welcome to the site waternut   :D

That looks like a boat I remember seeing for sale on Brockton in Redlands.

Enjoy the build.  And if all goes well you'll have it done in less the 27 pages  ;D
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waternut11

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2008, 10:41:12 PM »
It is the boat that was on brockton st in Redlands.
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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2008, 11:01:27 PM »
Hope you got a good deal on it.  It was a little rough but had a lot of potential.
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"Racing is life!  Anything that happens before or after, is just waiting"    Steve McQueen

The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

FORKEDUP

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2008, 10:20:31 AM »
welcome to the site, congrats on the first boat, looks like it has potential
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beerjet

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2008, 11:38:12 AM »
Welcome and shine her up !

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i dont but im all for stuffin shit in her ass to make her go away :-*

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2008, 12:25:22 PM »
Look out bitches, the I.E. posse is growing every day !   Hmmmm BBQ & Brews at Elsie Sunday -- who's up for a FAll Fling?
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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2008, 12:35:58 PM »
Look out bitches, the I.E. posse is growing every day !   Hmmmm BBQ & Brews at Elsie Sunday -- who's up for a FAll Fling?
I'm throwing another carb on the Hallett TODAY ! I'll let you know how it goes .  ;)

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i dont but im all for stuffin shit in her ass to make her go away :-*

OUTLAW

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2008, 08:48:15 PM »
  Waternut welcome to the site, I bought my first boat this past summer, now I am on my 3rd boat my first one was also a fixer upper I was on it every day, Boost my Son helped me with the wiring he's quite good at that stuff, Enjoy your boat.!
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waternut11

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2008, 06:47:30 AM »
I painted it and took seats and carpet out.

Kevin


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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2008, 08:39:21 AM »
Amazing what a little paint will do.  Looking good  ;D
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OUTLAW

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2008, 01:23:04 PM »
I painted it and took seats and carpet out.

Kevin




  "Looking Good", keep the pics coming as you progress with your first boat, When I was at that point with my first boat I decides to rewire the boat and replace the gauges as it was easy to access the wiring... hec I even removed the gas tanks and had them hot dipped being the engine was out, just my 2 cents
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waternut11

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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2008, 04:09:53 PM »
I was thinking the same, Gages are new, the tanks leak so they are coming out and the boat only has about half the wiring so that will all get done as well. I will keep posting as i go. Thanks for all the input, you guys have helped more than you know.
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Re: My first boat..
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2008, 06:29:56 PM »
You in need of aluminum saddle tanks? These came out of a 1987  Bahner jet, they are IMCO tanks.. make me an offer I can't refuse and they are yours (tired of tripping over them)...What else do you need, I think its garage sale time....

GT



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If i get some free time tonight at work, ill play with it and post it for everyone to see.

Time to man up and yank it John!  :banghead:
Ray

 


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