Thanks guys , I agree.  I love the look of the wood floors.  But its not the carpet that scares me as much as the 2 layers of paint under the glue  .  I guess I see lots of sanding in my future, because I realy want the wood floor to show.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that i dont find any big ugly delamination spots.

So ... did the truck ever start???

 I dont know if it will start or not, I'm not over being mad at it  .  Cant work on it until I dont want to kick it. 

DIZZ AMM propless i totally missed this glad you got home ok. glad busby was looking out for you
now lets see some pics of the BIG FORD going in that thing

 Started the work on the boat last night and I have lots of questions already, so I'll start a project thread soon. 

Is it a fuel injected truck?

Yes, its this beast. 89 Chevy 3500 .  Strange thing is it got better mpg on the way home pulling the boat ! 
 

 Welcome blackbeard, heres a link to Ralphs fiberglass repairs.
http://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php?topic=1277.0

 Looking good guys . 
 
btw , Brad if the single 4 top works out for you I'll buy the 2x4 top , let me know after you do some testing.

 Well it happened again  , something new followed me home again .   This time it WILL NOT BE USED FOR PARTS !!!! 

 Home safe 


 There were some issues on the way home  .


 Well it was a 512 mile trip to find this one, that started out realy good . Until I picked up the boat  .  As soon as I got back on the freeway the truck started acting funny  (missing and low on power) .  So as I'm driveing along trying to think about what might be wrong I hear this strange noise and look up into the rearview just in time to see the right trailer fender flying through the air (thank god it flew straight to the side of the road and not into trafic).  Somehow both welds broke loose ( L.A. freeways  ) .  I stop , go back and get the fender, and notice the left fender is only attached by the front welds now (thay were both solid when I picked it up). no problem I have an extra tiedown and I strap the left fender to the trailer (fixed) .  I pull back out onto the freeway  (Yes this was all done on the side of the 5 freeway) and the truck gets up to about 45mph and starts missing realy bad and popping, backfireing all kinds of nasty stuff  .   I pull off at the next exit and make it into a parking lot where it dies and wont restart  .  I call BUSBE/ Brian and he comes to the rescue  . We check every thing we can in a parking lot with just a few tools i brought, its running again but bad .  We shut it off think about it for a second and than start it again and the fu##### thing  starts and sounds ok  .  Brian follows me for about 15 miles in the opposite way he needs to go just make sure I'm ok ( GREAT GUY !!!!! ) .  He ( Brian/ BUSBY ) must have called me 10 times on the way home to make sure everything was ok .  The truck ran fine all the way home 250 miles. Than after parking the boat and closeing the gate the fu##### thing dies again  . So, now its sitting right where it is in the above pics and wont start  , I guess I'm not working on the boats this weak 

 HUGE thanks again Brian

 Im not sure if it would realy be that good of a circle boat   (verry shallow V and no dropped chines (sp)) , but it should be fast on smooth water   .  Thats right, no more 54mph boats for me !!!

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/boa/623477097.html   Bahner Drag boat hull

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/boa/623325701.html   Odd looking boat 

next weekend i get the pump back and the real thrashing will start

 Did you get your pump back Ralph ?  I'm going to be down south tomorrow if you want some supervision 

   You will regret selling this !!!!

havasu in june!   I should have my new props by then for my old boat. should run 130+  

 Better watch out bkplesh, rumor has it Warlock just ordered 6 of these and he's coming to get you   

 But for some reason the carpet dont fit right..... I just hope i have enough
2sav

Damm universal carpet kits  , thats how mine fit too 

I love the interior seats, looks like they used lawn furniture cushions

At first glance I thought the pass seat was an ice chest  .

From the Bassett site .  http://www.bassettracing.com/newpage7.htm

Jet Water Injected Installation
1. Install stainless steel lines to headers.
2. Install headers on engine.
3. Make sure there is no thermostat in the housing or any other type of
    water temperature control.
4. Install "T" stainless steel control valve in one line of the two lines
    on the thermostat housing. Connect the "T" end to header. Lines
    to headers should be approximately 2 feet long.
5. The other line from the thermostat housing is your by-pass line.
    Run it overboard with a 1/2" brass plumbing type gate valve.
6. The gate valve is necessary so that you can regulate the amount
    of water you discharge. It also is to regulate what RPM your water
    is injected into the headers. Example: gate valve is wide open and
    water comes in at 3000 RPM. To make the water come in at 1500
    to 2000, close gate valve approximately 1/3