SoCal Jet Boats

Tech Talk => Projects => Topic started by: erick44 on February 17, 2009, 07:58:45 PM

Title: 1976 pioneer
Post by: erick44 on February 17, 2009, 07:58:45 PM: I picked up this boat last winter and the upholstery was crap. It was a five seater with a crappy ice chest in the center of the back seats, i did not like it at all.The wood was rotten so, i redid the wood and turned the back seat into a bench, water sealed the wood, then dropped them off to get upholstered it was only 400.00 bucks great deal. i ordered new black carpet online and put the new carpet in myself. i called up Tom from JBP and got a new steering cable, and new gauges . The gas tanks i sanded and buffed out, put a new steering wheel on it, so now i just have to clean up the engine more and its going to be ready to go for summer. I must say Tom at JBP was a big help when i ordered the parts, and his prices are unbeatable.
Title: Re: 1976 pioneer
Post by: Sanger Pete on February 17, 2009, 08:16:10 PM: erick44
The seat looks good. I am building a back to back bench for my cruiser this spring. Where in central CA are you located, and who did our upholstery?
Title: Re: 1976 pioneer
Post by: BOOST on February 17, 2009, 08:18:47 PM: Thats the same boat i just saw different thread :D
Title: Re: 1976 pioneer
Post by: jet boat performance on February 17, 2009, 08:44:25 PM: Eric The Boats lookin good , Tom

btw Pioneers were built by Steve Hall and less than 100 ft from where my shop is today in Atascadero !
Title: Re: 1976 pioneer
Post by: erick44 on February 18, 2009, 08:01:47 PM: i'm located in porterville 1 hour from clovis. i got the seats done at a shop here in town, the guy has great prices and does great work. I shopped around and everybody else wanted 850.00 to 1000.00 to do them.
Title: Re: 1976 pioneer
Post by: erick44 on February 18, 2009, 08:03:24 PM: yeah i screwed up and posted on the wrong thread and i couldn't figure out how to delete it!
Title: Re: 1976 pioneer
Post by: Luckie Stiff on February 18, 2009, 08:09:54 PM: Porterbilly huh? Welcome to the site, I'm in Bakersfield, if Lake Success ever had any water in it I'd head up that way, maybe next year!
Title: Re: 1976 pioneer
Post by: erick44 on February 18, 2009, 08:20:04 PM: yeah the great town of porterville. yeah are lake sucks they always drain it right in the middle of summer! Now it dont even have a marina! The owner took it to a different lake because of that reason not making any money! but when it has water its nice only ten min from my house. Yeah i worked in Bakersfield for the last 5 years for a elecrticial company Spring Mountain Industries. Now i work around here.