UPDATE TIME:

Took the tower off and had all the holes fixed with fiberglass.


New transom and engine stringers in place. The new transom has no wood. All fiberglass layup. Lightweight and strong. Gas tanks are also integrated into the swim platform.





Interior was gel-coated in white with red speckle





Exterior (top and bottom) painted in one piece red. (if you look at old pics the bottom was black(actually metallic flake black).







there is more but figured i would give you guys something to look at

Here are some crappy pics of the beautiful tanks I had made. Each one is a little over 30gallons.

The range rover and the Dodge Ram both have extra oil coolers. Both are factory hitches. Dodge obviously pulled the boat easier than the Rover, but I have pulled the boat from TX to CA and CA back to TX(1300miles each way) with no issues.

I should post some pics of the restoring of this boat.

Cmon guys someone wants a set of chains for their truck. These fit a lot of different sizes.

Ill give them away to the first person to come pick them up.

I bought these brand new for my 2001 Dodge Ram Quad Cab HEMI with the 20" stock wheels, but i never used them before getting rid of the truck and they dont fit my Rover.

So I am selling them for $15dollars plus shipping which i figure is like 30-35$ because of the size and weight. Or since most are local you can just come pick them up and save the shipping. I will put some pictures below. Comes with block of wood, gloves and bands to keep them tight. Pretty much the best cables you can get. I will list below the pictures all the sizes they fit per the box.

Thanks for looking. If they dont sell I will be finding a car they fit and leaving them there. :lol:









Here is the description from their website:

SHUR GRIP® SUPER "Z" LT DESIGN CABLE TIRE CHAINS

    * Cable chain is engineered for maximum wear, traction and riding comfort
    * Specially designed for light trucks — chains feature extra-heavy-duty cross members and larger rollers for extended service under loads and during aggressive driving
   

Safety designed for easier starts, faster stops and better traction than any other chain! Patented "Z" design provides your vehicle with continuous, aggressive traction under all ice and snow conditions. Part of the chain is in contact with the road at all times for superior take-hold traction — no gaps as with conventional chains. Fits beautifully and adjusts automatically. It rides quieter and smoother than link chains. Ultra-strong aircraft cable is covered with carbon steel rollers. Sharp rotating roller edges bite deep into snow, ice and mud yet won't wear down sidewalls like link chains. Side cable/roller cable connector lies flat against tire — nothing to stick out and get caught on fender. "Z" design chains install easily even on vehicles with anti-lock brakes or all-wheel drive. Rubber tightener takes up all slack in chains — no adjustments ever! A durable plastic storage case and plastic gloves included. For FWD and RWD vehicles with radial and conventional tires.

Who are you going to use?

I havent commit to anyone yet.

I found these guys cause i want my tower powdercoated and going to make it removable and then found out they do bodywork, painting, metal work... etc

http://www.hardkoremetalfinishing.com/about_us.html

So thats the plan as of right now. And my custom aluminum tanks are being delivered tomorrow. Boat is coming along nicely.

Forgot to mention. Main reason i like these guys so far is they do all their work in house. I find a lot of these shops contract out their work and even send them across the border. Thats a no go for me

who are you having paint it?

Im in San Diego... id love to help.

Next week it goes down the street for Custom aluminum gas tanks on either side. Made by this guy

http://www.americantanks.net/products.htm

He will measure and draw them out. Then weld them up with pickup tubes, baffles, fuel sender units and plenty of fittings for me to hook up my AN lines.

Should take a week to get them welded up and it will go back in for the bulkheads to be glassed in so the tanks can be mounted. At that same time we will be glassing in a plate on top of the floor to hold the hot foot throttle pedal down and start on custom interior structure.

After glass work is done everything will be taken out and the boat will be painted inside and out.

I am also working on a way to have the tower detachable.

SO here is where some douche jumped on the boat from another higher boat while tied up in a group. Not structural but needed to be fixed. Looks worse in pics as always

start to finish  as the other. That is not bondo but a thick fiberglass then resin over with fiberglass filler. Little bit of bondo type stuff is ok but you cant fill large areas.









had these cracks on either side of the windshield area. you can see the other side in the above pic

hundreds of hours in glass work grinding away cracks from the inside and outside to fix them properly. Had some cracks where my bimini top hit the fiberglass and where some douche bag jumped on the front of the boat while tied up partying one day on the lake. All getting fixed.

Also fixing some stress cracks in the gel coat below water line.

Here are some pics of that

Old stringers treated, shaved down and getting read for new stringers next to them. wait and see.










New stringers.... Now thats a nice piece of support






New bulk head being worked on which will have drain going through it later

I am just going to copy/paste this from my car forum over to here. I had it in our project logs forum there so it is vague and maybe a bit dumbed down for the car crowd that dont know boats or jet boats. So im not going to go through and edit it to make it a new post here. If you have any questions or advice let me know.


Ok so i bought this boat back in 2004 i think when living in TX. I drove out to AZ to pick it up. Thats another great story of its own. The boat is a 1978 made by Kachina boats whom is still in business still making custom boats. Although they make much larger boats now. Had a lot of fun in the boat until one of the fuel tanks started to leak due to the adding of ethanol to our fuel and fiberglass gas tanks. Fucking regulations on fuel. After cutting out the tanks one thing lead to another and eventually i got the boat back to CA for some major work. So here was the boat basically when i bought it.




Leaking tanks.. coming through crack where tanks are tabbed in to hull. Means the actual tank is leaking and the fuel is making its way out of where they were glassed in. There are one tank on each side. Like 70 gallons of fuel +



flushing them heavily...

any idea on shipment?  i assume others are in this second round?

thanks