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Tech Talk => Projects => Topic started by: 19ftCheyenne on July 12, 2011, 11:35:44 AM

Title: 78 Hondo pickle project !!
Post by: 19ftCheyenne on July 12, 2011, 11:35:44 AM: I was 8 years old when my dad bought his first jet boat!! and here it is ^-^ !! We gave it to my dads friend once we got the dana and i guess my dads buddy just parked it!! he recently came over to see how the shop was doing and how the dana is.. He saw i got a lil crack on the back of the dana from havasu :banghead: !! haha yes havasu, and yes last time i go on a big weekend!! but anyways he said for me to go grab it that i can have it =).. Boats been sitting since 94, so i was pretty worried about it being all rotted out. but i just checker her out and shes good to go =).. So its time i rebuild my pops first jet boat!! Cant belive my dad made me learn how to ski behind this when i was 8.. lol

Hope this pic works!!

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Post by: Horizonjet on July 12, 2011, 12:10:00 PM: :thumbup: That would be awesome! To get to rebuild something that was your Dads and when you were growing up. :thumbup:
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Post by: Nordie on July 12, 2011, 01:08:06 PM: you must rescue that little gem! even cooler is it was your dad's and all the other history
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Post by: ka0tyk on July 12, 2011, 01:25:54 PM: i cant understand someone sticking a boat in a corner and going "hey thats a good place for me to stick this fender... and then a door.... and then a security gate thing, hey lets put some foam over here too..."

hopefully it cleans up without too much effort.
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Post by: 75 fantasy on July 12, 2011, 02:13:21 PM: damn i'm jealous :thumbup: i want that thing!!!
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Post by: 1975_Challenger_461 on July 12, 2011, 03:31:28 PM: That's insane! Make sure you take progress pics. You could easily make a great portfolio and a little biography on it. Would make a great story. Keep us informed. I'm excited to see progress. ;D :thumbup:
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Post by: 88CARRERA on July 12, 2011, 03:34:41 PM: 1000.00 right now!!! hahah

i cant wait to see the build, and im sure the pocket book is about to be dented!
have fun

chris
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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on July 13, 2011, 10:48:53 AM: Heres a couple more pics , if these pics dont work ill try again :screwy:
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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on July 13, 2011, 11:09:46 AM: Not sure how to post small pics and have them pop up big when u click on them sorry :banghead:

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Title: Re: 78 Hondo pickle project !!
Post by: ka0tyk on July 13, 2011, 02:07:12 PM: a little simple green and she'll be turn key.

^-^
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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on July 13, 2011, 02:29:55 PM: haha i like the way u think.... ;D
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Post by: IRRebel on July 13, 2011, 03:43:29 PM: I think I'd douse it with bug spray first.......looks like Black Widow webs!!! :-\

Then, yeah, clean it, throw a carb on it......... ;D

Ray
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Post by: propless on July 13, 2011, 08:01:26 PM: Very Very COOL find !!! :thumbup:

Quote from: filterbiz on July 12, 2011, 03:34:41 PM
1000.00 right now!!! hahah

chris

I'll go $1500 as it sits. ::)
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Post by: mobboss on July 13, 2011, 09:19:02 PM: that is sweet!!!!! want to see the pics as you progress!!!
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Post by: Willow Wog on July 14, 2011, 01:51:59 AM: Bitchin find! Someone want to explain the drain plug on the TOP of the transom adapter?

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Post by: 78centurian on July 14, 2011, 04:53:40 AM: Wayy cool :thumbup:
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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on July 14, 2011, 11:58:26 AM: Quote from: Willow Wog on July 14, 2011, 01:51:59 AM
Bitchin find! Someone want to explain the drain plug on the TOP of the transom adapter?

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Ya i was wondering the same thing!! I unscrewed it and sure enough its another drain plug haha.. I called my dads friend after i left and tried asking him what the plug was for but he didnt understand what i was saying i guess :screwy: ... All he knows is that its a dominator pump and the reason the droop and place diverter are missing is cuz my dad had took it off in 94 and put it on the dana haha..
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Post by: IRRebel on July 14, 2011, 12:11:55 PM: Probably so you could use a reverse cable seal and run the diverter cable through the adaptor and not drill the hull for it.......that someone apparently did anyway.

But nice to know it's a 2 door! >:D

Whats up with the posthole augers there? he getting rid of those? ;D

Ray
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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on September 21, 2011, 06:20:27 PM: Just picked her up and brought her home!!!

Heres the info on the Dominator pump .. I heard that some early models were junk.. True ?

Dominator by

Mar - Bud Enterprises
Marine Division
Lubbock, Texas

MB - 12 - S
MODEL
1530
SERIAL
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Post by: flathammered on September 21, 2011, 07:22:31 PM: great resto project keep showing progress pics good luck
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Post by: Willow Wog on September 21, 2011, 08:12:20 PM: This thing will never be a speed demon but the cool factor of that thing is way over the top.

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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on September 21, 2011, 09:07:35 PM: Do u have a speed demon willow wog ?
Title: 78 Hondo pickle project !!
Post by: HomeBlown57 on September 21, 2011, 09:26:40 PM: By no means were the early dominators junk. The newer style does have some advantages.

Bitchen boat!
Title: Re: 78 Hondo pickle project !!
Post by: propless on September 21, 2011, 10:16:29 PM: Quote from: 19ftDANA on September 21, 2011, 06:20:27 PM
Just picked her up and brought her home!!!

Heres the info on the Dominator pump .. I heard that some early models were junk.. True ?

Dominator by

Mar - Bud Enterprises
Marine Division
Lubbock, Texas

MB - 12 - S
MODEL
1530
SERIAL

Oh yea, there absolute JUNK !! There the only pump ever made thats worse than a Jacuzzi YJ. And it will make your boat sink. Tell you what, you can (carefully) crate that thing up and ship it to me (before it damages your boat). Heck I'll even make the standard SCJB offer of $ 50 (to help with shipping), just so you dont have problems with it. ;)

JK, like HomeBlown57 posted, its a good pump.
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Post by: Willow Wog on September 22, 2011, 12:13:08 AM: Quote from: 19ftDANA on September 21, 2011, 09:07:35 PM
Do u have a speed demon willow wog ?
Not even close bud. I ment no disrespect with that comment. Its a bitchin project and I hope you have a blast with it hope to see it on the water soon and ill see you in laughlin next month.

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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on September 26, 2011, 10:43:17 AM: Brought the picklefork home =) ... But looks like im handing this one down to my lil sis.. And She wanted me to tell u guys that you better watch out for " Red Lobster " haha.. Shes so excited !!

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Post by: 75 fantasy on September 26, 2011, 11:46:29 AM: dude i know i've been stalking you about buying it, but that's cool your little sis want it :thumbup:

"RED LOBSTER" i have never thought about it but they do look like lobsters ;D perfect name!
but now you have to tell her she has to join SCJB's so we can see the progress.
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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on September 26, 2011, 12:15:22 PM: If we ever do decide to sell the lobster.. You get first dibs O0
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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on May 03, 2012, 06:18:05 PM: Alright the time has come to let this puppy go, Figure ill give you guys first shot before I post it on Craigslist, ebay and PB.... I realllly dont want to sell it but after building the scorpion this winter I dont see my self ever rebuilding this thing any time soon.. I also have a 21 foot Ultra open bow jet(moms boat) that needs the interior completely redone, frames and all and my moms already been bugging me to get that done. Plus im gonna have to help my friend assemble the motor and pump in the dana I gave him , on top of finishing my boat!!! UUghhhh :screwy: so ya basically im putting it up in the air.. I called my dads friend Alan who gave me the boat and explained to him that I have no time to build this thing and that I need to bring it back to him.. He said he wants a bigger boat now too and to just sell it and we'll split it.. He's telling me to put it up for 5k obo and we'll see what happens.. Pretty much comes the way it is in the pics.. 1978 19ft Hondo Hydro Pickle Fork (PROJECT !!), sits on a Competetive trailer (Double axle). Has 454 thats been rained on and in for quite some time.. Dominator pump, 10-12 gallon round spun alum tanks on brackets not glassed in, alan also says he has more parts for it, new gagues, headers, full droop snoot. Boat was parked in 95 and has been sitting since. If your interested in this at all let me know. Boats located in Huntington Beach CA

Thanks Sam
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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on May 03, 2012, 06:22:37 PM: also comes with older model place diverter and a spare floor mount handle :screwy:
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Post by: AQUAHOLIC on May 03, 2012, 06:36:02 PM: i want this but out of my budget right now
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Post by: berkbryan on May 03, 2012, 10:38:33 PM: I wish I had the cash
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Post by: goinnuts on May 08, 2012, 04:31:05 PM: thats a kick ass project plus its back in the family !!! sweetness :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Post by: BIG JOHNSON on May 08, 2012, 04:38:23 PM: Got a pic of the Ultra?

I've gotten good at Ultra 21' interiors :sly:

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Post by: 19ftCheyenne on July 12, 2012, 01:42:41 PM: Price drop on hondo.. 3000 obo ??? :screwy:
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Post by: roostertail777 on August 06, 2012, 09:50:58 PM: why does all the cool stuff have to be so far ??? that would be a nice project to have
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Post by: Brad @ SCJB on August 07, 2012, 02:51:34 AM: He sold this last week