I am sensing a new banderlog, and my rewarders getting mounted on the Tahiti. Plus a gasket / seal kit for the RD400.

Passed away at age 63

He will be missed. 

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well it is now officially mine. I went to DMV did a ton of paper work because it fell off the system. Only thing left now is I have to bring it in for a vin verification. I have to pay an extra $30 a year though to keep my old blue and yellow plates. Because they fell off the system I had to register them as vanity plates or surrender them.

see I always knew that V8s could be fast. Thus the challenge, take this old car, leave it looking like a beater, then just crank the hilt out of it under the hood.

A friend of mine that helped me build a lot of VWs had a 63 beetle. Same story, ugly as sin, with stock wheels. At the light though with these little Honda's running around he could launch that bug so hard the rear apron would hit the asphalt and it didn't have seat belts! LOL

He curently is running a 10 second Myers Manx that he takes to hill climbs, and auto crosses

The original gone in 60 seconds, it is hard to beleave that all the stunts were done in just one car. Bullit, another good movie. Grand Prix if you are a F-1 Fan, I still get chills when I watch that movie.

I also like all the Mad Max movies I almost imported a Ausie ford because of that movie LOL.

almost looks like older Enkies. You may have to fart around fleabay, or try Mooneyes. They have some universal center caps.

Thanks for all the advice

And Brad that is definitely a good idea about the pump hole, I never even thought about that LOL. As for why worry? Well my MSD, and my fuel/water separator are mounted to the transom. So I do need it LOL. Now there was a hidden agenda to this as well. With the new transom in place I could take my 4" hole saw WITH pilot bit and cut out the ports for my Rewarder TT headers

I also know why the transom rotted too Underneath the aluminum strip is the seem for top and bottom. Well when the boat is sitting, and the lake gets a little choppy water seeps in on the right corner . I looked inside and the top deck is securely glassed to the outside of the transom. I have sat in the boat with a garden hose and watched it. I run water over the right corner and it comes out around the inside of my right exhaust outlet. luckily this only happens in very choppy water while the boat is sitting.

I have also thought about capping the hull too.

Dare I say it? There was a nice article on HB about replacing a rotting transom. My transom is only rotting on the right corner of the boat. But it is my understanding there are no patch jobs. My stringers knock on wood are perfectly fine. So my plan is to pull the engine, pull the Berkeley aluminum housing off, and remove the saddle tanks. Then I will take my trusty die grinder and cut the inner fiber glass off. From there I will remove the rotten wood, and us a putty knife to remove the good wood . I have a nice little right angle air sander that uses roloc disks that I will use to clean up with.

OK I have the removal part planned out pretty good, but how the heck to I get it back together? My original plan was to use a synthetic like foam core, or etc. But a rep at Fiberglast pretty much told me that was a bad idea, even for a jet boat transom. So I am thinking of staying with 1" marine plywood.

Now this is how I THINK it is supposed to be done, correct me if I am wrong. Using stiff cardboard or thin 1/4 plywood, make a template of the transom. Then cut out the 1", and fit as needed. From there I glass a single layer of cloth to the 1" marine plywood, and seal the edges. Once cured (next weekend) I basically put a thick coat of rosin (mixed to cure slow), all over the transom, and slip in the new glassed plywood. Apply many clamps, and wait for it to cure. Once that is done, I can then apply more cloth as needed around the edges, the top deck seem, and the stringers.

So does this sound like a good attack plan?? Please advise or correct as needed. If I am totally off tell me now LOL. A fiber glass shop wanted $1500 to replace the transom, and I just don't have that kind of spare coin. 

married, I have the slot mags off my trailer sitting in the living room. I have a hi-lift jack in the closet, with a tree strap, and some other goods. Sitting next to my computer are 4 tool boxes.

My father sold his boat before I was born. So I have no cool lake pictures from when I was a kid.

But I am making new memories with my Tahiti.

Here is my 1972 18' Tahiti Tiger

I'm new here and know what it is like to race, and appease the sponsors. I kicked ya some if my 455 didn't suck up some lake I would give more LOL. 

That be Lake San Antonio, headed there tomorow morning

New to the boards, but I be a parts monkey at a local Ferd dealership.