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Patrick77

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Cheetah jet boat
« on: January 12, 2009, 08:35:51 PM »
  I just picked up a 1979 Cheetah jet boat for pennies, traded a remote control nitro car for this. Is this boat worthy of a full resto? Is Cheetah any good?

 I have a Sea Ray that is my primary boat but old jet boats are my passion and I am looking forward to this project if it's worth it. Thanks to all replies!  ;D

I have taken the entire inside apart and the pics are of the hull. I know I have a long way to go but I am pretty handy and excited to start something like this. Any help or direction will be much appreciated!
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crewchief22

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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2009, 08:41:54 PM »
Welcome Patrick  ;D

Cheetah seemed to be decent quality. 

Worthy of resto?  will depend on how far gone it is and how much you are willing to put into it to bring it back.

Post some pics so the more visual guys will respond  ;D

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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2009, 08:51:00 PM »
welcome to the board! with these guys, pics go miles...so post up, and you'll get more help than you'd like  ;D
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Nice boat is nice!

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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2009, 09:02:34 PM »
welcome aborad patrick
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2009, 11:09:08 PM »
Patrick, nice starting point! Welcome to the fun.

GT
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Quote from: Brad @ SoCalJetBoats.com on December 22, 2009, 07:40:31 PM
If i get some free time tonight at work, ill play with it and post it for everyone to see.

Quote from: IRRebel on June 11, 2011, 07:30:45 PM
Time to man up and yank it John!  :banghead:
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2009, 11:19:05 PM »
Looks like another Tahiti splash .
Not a bad thing .
Should make a great ski/family/cruiser

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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: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2009, 08:50:05 AM »
Welcome Patrick--nice to see another central ca boater on the site. If your Cheetah is between 16' and 17' long, I have a friend who had the same hull. It ran great (mid 60s) with the basically stock 455 olds that came with it, but got pretty scary when he put in a 700hp BBC. He actually put the olds back in and found a new hull for his chevy. So, it'll never be a race boat, but could be a solid lake toy. What are your plans for power?
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2009, 08:53:02 AM »
welcome to the mayhem, looks like you got a good start there. :)
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2009, 09:56:54 PM »
I'm in the same boat, uhhhh hummmm,(Pun not intended, but what the hell) trust me, you came to the right place. Did this not even a month ago and you couldn't find a group with more knowledge and advice than this crew. Crewcheif, Beerjet, Bahner, Skyharborcowboy, GT jets, Brad, JW, 1980Nordic, Ralph, Forked up and Luckie, great group, and I'm sure I'm leaving out some of the folks who got me pointed in the right direction. Sorry about that, concerned about brevity here. Tom at JBP has proven worthy of a Christmas Dinner invite, even though from what I gather, Rhonda has the force. Have yet to prove/disprove that. But welcome to the frenzy!

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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2009, 10:38:07 PM »
Brad oh Brad          Rebel has gotten into the SCJB Kool-Aid.         Somebody's gonna have to sober him up now.  ;D
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2009, 10:43:32 PM »
Sober me up??? good luck, side I just got home A bit ago, ustopened beer #3,not that tanked yet, lol


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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2009, 10:48:12 PM »
AND I must add, Sorry beerjet, No harm no foul , NOT light beer!!
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2009, 10:49:15 PM »
Quote from: IRRebel on January 13, 2009, 10:43:32 PM
Sober me up??? good luck, side I just got home A bit ago, ustopened beer #3,not that tanked yet, lol


Ray

Welcome to the jungle . . .  oh and after 3 beers you type just like Beerjet  ;)
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  • Boat #1: 1973  Wriedt Montara 23
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2009, 10:52:17 PM »
Typing is NOT my forte, so to speak. BUT I can recite all the lyrics to the Chipmunk Christmas if that redeems me in any way, lol

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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2009, 11:29:54 PM »
No that just makes you uhhhh .. ahhh... mmm...  damn I dunno what that makes you  ;)     Again, welcome and good nite.
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  • Boat #1: 1973  Wriedt Montara 23
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2009, 11:35:06 PM »
Nice comeback, lol
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2009, 08:11:08 PM »
thanks everyone for the nice welcome. So far so good! :)
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2009, 08:59:41 AM »
Patrick The early Cheeta I recall were small lite boats (I owned one for a while) , some with SBCs and some with Olds, like was said decent qulity and assuming the boats in good shape worthy of a resto for a nice lake rod , Good luck with the project and call post up or pm if you have questions or needs the folks here are always willing to help ! Tom
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Re: Cheetah jet boat
« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2009, 12:07:19 AM »
there good boat put it together make sure u run a cevy big block  dont fuck around with a cheatah do it right the first time  it will b a hot rod when its done good luck!
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