HEY FELLAS.I WAS AT DISNEYLAND THIS WEEKEND.TOOK MY WIFE THERE FOR OUR 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.IT WAS ALOT OF FUN.I LIKE IT IN CALIFORNIA.WE STOPED AT HUNTINGTON BEACH ON THE WAY BACK.(PROBABLY SPELLED THAT WRONG).THATS AN AWESOME BEACH.I COULDN'T IMAGINE ALL THE ACTION THERE IN THE SUMMER TIME.I DONT KNOW HOW WE MISSED THE FIRES IN RIVERSIDE?

Where are you from?

this is my jet boat it is a1965 raysoncraft flatbottom ! does any one else have one of these? its very rare! it has a 468 chevy with a solid cam and berkley jet! i need a tandem trailer for it does any one have one for sale?

wow, that things old school....got any better pics of it? I will keep an eye out for a tandem for ya 

Yup, Just sayin hi. Probably gonna be a lot of posts like this with a  new website and all.
So when is the first "official" Socaljetboats get together?

Welcome!

I dont really have any ideas for a spot or activities......what do you guys have in mind for the first get together? Personally, I would wait till spring after we get many more members and the weather isnt so gloomy (its raining today! ARGH!)

Did you ever find the gas caps for it?

-beerjet-

no....we are going to replace the caps when we replace the tanks.....going to go with the flip top style.

Well, last night was the first night we got to start working on the boat and I think we made some good progress under the circumstances.

Heres some pictures of where we started....

(Click to enlarge)

           

So the first plan of action was to disconnect and remove the motor....then we hit our first road block.....the engine hoist completely failed us and buckled.....luckly it did it just as the motor came off the motor mounts and not while it was lifted up 3 feet to clear the stern.



so we lifted the motor and put it back on the mounts and moved onto removing the pump.....the first goal of the project is to replace the wood on the rear transom.....as you can tell from the pictures....it was pretty rotted.....as i scooped it out, some of it looked like planting soil/mulch 

Heres a few pictures of the pump coming out....

         

looks like a beaver was chewing on the impeller...



Heres the transom before we started hacking away at it...

   

...and let the hacking begin...

             

In those last 2 pictures you can see where the fiberglass coating of the wood still stands and its VERY strong I might add...

Heres some more random pictures of the pump on the ground....

     

Alright...Might as well get this section started.

I parked my boat on the side of the street and unfortunately...some fool ran into the back of it.  It didn't do much damage but did take some of the paint and fiberglass off.

My question...  is there a way to fix myself (just patch it up) rather than take it to a shop and have my wallet drained?

I will post a pick of the small damage soon

Post up some pictures when you get a chance....

Fiberglass repairs can be easily done if you have the place to do it and the patience. Take your time and do it right the first time.

you should have white text over the dark background.....are you seeing black text?

what browser are you useing? I use Internet explorer....I wonder if this site shows up differently in firefox or other browsers...i never checked.

yo Jbb.....look what I got working...

[gv=475,325]-4748618110269205249[/gv]

you can insert google videos, youtube, asx, wmv, mov, real time, etc into posts....

So have you seen JackAss 2 yet? 

yeah, its ok......but this movie makes jackass 2 look like childsplay....

http://www.dirtysanchezthemovie.co.uk/

Their show: http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=4622

Same as your Karma system just a different name for it, I like the idea as long as it isn't abused...

it really cant be abused...theres 30 minute time delay between when you can give karma....I will raise that time limit if I have to.

This is the winter project I am involved with. It is a '69(?) Wreidt Stinger. It has been in the family its whole life. It its going to be restored cosmeticly as much as we can.

The boat currently resides in Havasu and will be towed back to California the weekend of Nov 3rd to being the overhaul. I will post project updates with pictures as it progresses.



Gel coat is really bad on the bow:

there is 2 buttons right by the logout button that look like this

those toggle the side menu bars 

since im a newb on hb....what were the old stars and wtf are greenies?