well the boat is finally home for good and i get to start putting it back together, so i figured a project thread was in order...a little history for starters, purchased boat with my father 15 yrs ago, it was a sanded down piece of fiberglass with nothing in it, (his dream boat, we have had 7 boats together) he got cancer, boat sat with new paint for 10yrs, cancer got worse, tried to get boat running before he passed away, did not happen, he did get to hear it run with a test motor though, finished boat, coming back from parker blew 2 trailer tires, tore up trailer pretty good, had new trailer built for boat, new trailer screwed up paint and front of boat, tore back down, decided to go diff with paint (as seen now), bottom was trued, prepped and gelled, then went to painter for airbrush, after 4mo of slow progress airbrusher fell asleep at the wheel on his way home, hit a wall a 50mph, he was in the hospital for another 4mo, no progress on boat, but thats ok, he is alive that is what is important, airbrusher can now walk (a little), slowly returns to painting the boat, so after 1.5 yrs the boat is painted and back in my garage, the above about my father is what brought about the name "forked up" because it is f'd up that my dad never got to drive this boat..i think he would be happy with it though.. now need to- wire compete boat, install steering, throttle, forward/reverse, jet, motor, plumbing, interior, bilge pumps, finish hole to underbow area, decide on what to do with floor (i epoxy'd it for now, doesn't look to bad), install motor mounts, throttle pedal, polish the hell out of everything and anything else if forgot.. what i got done, installed motor mounts, cleaned holes for gauges, started assembling pump, acquired all new nuts and bolts, epoxied floor, powder coating,  will update as progress is made

Very cool...looking forward to watching this boat become a masterpiece.

Daytona's are my favorite hulls. I will own one someday.

That's gonna be one badass Forker! Have you set a TBD date yet? Keep us posted.....

cool good to hear...if u see him soon or chat w/ him tell him i said hi ...thanks

well haven't had much time to work on it, but, i did get the steering installed, gauges are actually attatched now, tank straps painted, one tank polished and installed, new fill hoses, hopefully tonight i will get the other tank installed, fill caps installed and hopefully the jet installed. we will see though, i will update pics soon

Forkedup-
What year and size is that hull- Is it gonna be a 2 seater only???

it is registered as a 1978 19', the only thing that has not been replaced is the fiberglass, i have 2 buckets and one rear bench for it, most of the time i only run 2 seats, but the bench is always with me, just in case a midget wants a ride, or a woman (thats all that will fit back there)

couple more pics (the date on the camera is obviously way off)

wanted a little bit of contrast, the bilge dumps are polished as well, but now that it is together i am trying to decide if i like it or not, might end up taking it back apart and having in done----that will be a project for later if i decide that way

Polished bowls are the shit , Ya dig !
-beerjet-

I dig! Damn that looks good. Can you post up a closer picture of your pretty pump? 

Hey HOTROD, are you sure it's the PUMPS you want to see, and not his BOWLS?   

    LMFAO   

Very Nice !! Tom

thanks guys, unfortunatly no progress was made today, had to make the wife happy and go look at new houses

um......... hi 90s........... LMAO!