SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Projects => Topic started by: SoCalPSD on January 03, 2013, 08:58:20 PM
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Can anyone tell me what this boat is. i cant find the hin numbers on it but it is a kona. Looks kinda like kaotyk's boat but green?
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I cant remember what Kona called it, but Tahiti had the same mold and called it the "Tiger". There has to be numbers on there on the back. Usually on the transom, right side right at the cap line. That boat cant be a pre-1974 boat in my opinion
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is there a pro or con to pre 74?
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is there a pro or con to pre 74?
i say that because 1974 was the year the USCC started requiring all vessels to have HIN's stamped into them.
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Ah i see now.
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If thats the original nozzel, could be pre 74
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Kona Makai
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looks pretty similar to mine. cool find. i like mine because the inside is wide rather than tapering and narrow near the transom, while still pretty long. not many 18's out there that can slap 6 people in and still have room for a cooler.
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Yah im going to pick it up saturday in Santa Clarita, suppose to be right down the street from 6 flags. I love the look of my challenger but the jacuzzi yj, 1/4 stringers and still needing alot of work not to mention paperwork on it is a bummer and compared to this thing which has a berk, full stringers, and its complete and put together, untill i take it apart atleast seems to be a better way to go. But with a few man hours he claims it could be water ready so hopefull thats what it will take. been sitting for almost 5 years covered in a carport.
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I owned that same boat with same options about 15 years ago. That hull was as solid as concrete, no joke. That will be a refreshing change from the challenger. Best of luck to you!
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I looked at a boat similar if not that exact one up near magic mountain...Had olds/berk and lots of damage under hull...as in holes. Water from the bath he gave it was coming out through the bottom....FYI. Waste of drive and time. Look real close to see if theres some jb weld or some sort of bubble gum repair. The trailer bunks will hide some of it. If your getting it for 500 or less not a bad deal.
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Do you remember the guys name and what his story behind the boat was
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Similar deal...said he owned it for a while bla bla bla. I went up with a friend who lost his in a car crash and was looking to replace his. Just ask questions and look at everything. I met him right off freeway at a parking lot near restaurant. Not sure if it was a denny's or choke and puke. It was a couple years ago....White guy(20's) from what I remember. Had been on craigs several times. It needed alot of work and was only worth parts to me.
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I looked at a boat similar if not that exact one up near magic mountain...Had olds/berk and lots of damage under hull...as in holes. Water from the bath he gave it was coming out through the bottom....FYI. Waste of drive and time. Look real close to see if theres some jb weld or some sort of bubble gum repair. The trailer bunks will hide some of it. If your getting it for 500 or less not a bad deal.
Sounds a lot like a Sleek Craft I checked out in Elsinore before buying my boat and this guy wanted $2400!
Corey, good luck on the hunt for a boat!! Are you going to West Coast Nat'ls in April?
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I dunno, thinking about it. I talked to "yourmom" lol and he gave me some info on his experience so if it is the same boat and I can get it for 200 less the asking price ill buy it. There's some stuff I can use to pretty much wrap up my challenger and sell off what I don't need I could break even if not little ahead and be fine with that. But I WILL be on the water this summer.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Well its mine. 2 hours and ill be home
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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How'd the bottom look? Post some pics as well...curious on that hull.
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Well its a 71 kona and im pretty sure its the boat yourmom was talking about. Big ass boomer patch on the bottom of the hull but I did pull the carpet up and the inside of that area looked intact.
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Thats the one....not bad for the price.
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Threw a battery in it last night and it turned over. Bumped it a few times and the oil pressure gauge went up after a few times. Guess that works to. Threw some gas down the carb and it fired. Filled it up with some water last night and this morning nothing leaked out. Inside the hull where the patch is doesn't look like its been pierced. Still planning on flipping it and checking it out. Drilled a few holes in the stringers and there all good and solid. And all the interior seems to be soft and the wood is decent. Maybe get a few seasons out of it.
I got more time than money.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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And I found this this morning
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There was alot of crap in this thing
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And I just noticed this thing has rubber plugs for freeze plugs? Is this something that was common or just a Micky mouse move. I wondered why there were a bunch of new ones under one of the seats.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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rubber plugs are a band aid fix. while its okay for a quick fix, if that thing somehow comes loose, it could be a difference between sinking and floating. my guess is that they put it in because the freeze plugs needed to be replaced but then realized you cant really do it with the block in the boat. or maybe it was someones hoaky way of "draining the block" :screwy:
it looks like you made a ton of progress on getting it cleaned up already!
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Its cold. Went to the dmv today, everythings legit and im goin to the lake Saturday.
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And I found this this morning
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Damn near half the hours ol pinky's got on her.
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After some more crawling around under the boat after jacking it up the damaged area isn't that bad at all. I have come to the conclusion and realization that that patch really isn't a patch at all. Its looks all funky because it was an attempt at cleaning up the strake after something hit it while the boat was on the trailer and that's thy it looks all drippy. And the reason it looks all big and gotty is because that's where the strake rounds off and ends.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Its cold. Went to the dmv today, everythings legit and im goin to the lake Saturday.
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dam, im doing an offroad run to laughlin otherwise i would go with you!!!!
chris
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dam, im doing an offroad run to laughlin otherwise i would go with you!!!!
chris
Well have fun man. This is more of a run it on the trailer for a while, do some tinkering and let it float while my little girl and I fish kinda trip to lake perris. She's been wanting to go fishing so I figure the blue gill and trout may keep her busy for a while. But if we change it to Sunday ill post up. Anyones welcome to come
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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there is know one at elsinore!!!
you may be able to sit at the launch and tinker for hours!!!
to to la laguna on riverside dr.
25.00 though
just a thought
chris
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keep us updated on the day/time you're going to go. maybe ill roll out there with my float and we can sink together. ive been looking for an excuse to go boating...
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I have gas to burn. I'll meet up with you guys if it's a nice enough day.
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perris ? what date ? i got some gas to burn >:D where is perris ?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx0tt_o9RzM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And im shooting for Saturday around noon. Wifes goin to a baby shower. Suppose to be in the sixties
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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perris ? what date ? i got some gas to burn >:D where is perris ?
Perris is in riverside county by Moreno valley, banning area. Small lake now since they have drained it some. Requires baffles, no alcohol kinda a bummed lake but its 10 mins from my house so it's alright I guess. Not worth driving over a half hour to go to IMO.
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What the hell is this thing on the clean out?
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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The cover?????
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What the hell is this thing on the clean out?
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
its a hold down for the missing wrench that keeps the cover nuts from backing out and sinking your boat . If you need one I have a spare
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Ah , right on. Sure how much would you like for it.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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i have an alternator you can have/try. pretty sure it works, worth a shot for free
chris
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Ah , right on. Sure how much would you like for it.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
just pay for the ride from 98230 shouldn't be more than a few bucks,I just have to find it in the shop
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Well looks like this boat isn't gonna see water for a while. Cable I have wont work, and I don't have the 100 for a 43bc cable. Unless I can fab something up im sol until I get some more stash money.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Well looks like this boat isn't gonna see water for a while. Cable I have wont work, and I don't have the 100 for a 43bc cable. Unless I can fab something up im sol until I get some more stash money.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
whats wrong with the cable that was on it? if its locked up get yourself a can of PB BLASTER and spray it down inside of it like crazy. that stuff does wonders. if it comes unstuck drip some oil down here to keep it lubed up until you can get a new one.
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Cable that was on it was shot. Seized, most of the exposed section off the back was cracked out and missing the plastic liner and the small metal lines that make up the housing were broke. The cable I have was for a jacuzzi and its a completely different mounting system. So unless I can reinvent the wheel tomorrow at the Hardwear section ima have to save up for a cable.
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Cable that was on it was shot. Seized, most of the exposed section off the back was cracked out and missing the plastic liner and the small metal lines that make up the housing were broke. The cable I have was for a jacuzzi and its a completely different mounting system. So unless I can reinvent the wheel tomorrow at the Hardwear section ima have to save up for a cable.
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hit up mouzer or jim brock (cyclone marine) and see if they have a cable laying around.
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Jim chimed in in another thread I started so I think he's looking.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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How long is the cable you need?
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8 foot but anything between 8-10 would work.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Is this a fwd/rev cable or throttle cable?
Daniel
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Its a fwd/rev cable with threaded end for the pump.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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I just checked one I've kept-- 14' long and a 1/4 fine thread steel nut seized on, but can push/pull it by hand still.
Daniel
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And its got the threaded body on the end for the pump? If so ill take it. How much you asking for it and where you located?
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And its got the threaded body on the end for the pump? If so ill take it. How much you asking for it and where you located?
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
Bullhead, but I'll be in O/C on the 31st
PM sent
Daniel
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What the hell is this thing on the clean out?
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
I took that off mine and put a flat piece of aluminum across and drilled the bolt holes...simple, cheap and safe.
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I took that off mine and put a flat piece of aluminum across and drilled the bolt holes...simple, cheap and safe.
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Graet idea, never knew there was a 'lock tool' there
Daniel
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Graet idea, never knew there was a 'lock tool' there
Daniel
but the OEM one works as a wrench if you need to take the cover off on the beach to remove a clog.strap no worky for that
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but the OEM one works as a wrench if you need to take the cover off on the beach to remove a clog.strap no worky for that
The wrench, when put on with that little lockdown for it, also has hex cutouts on either end that lock both the handhole cover nuts from backing out. The strap also no worky for that, either, even with Nylock nuts.
I always keep the wrench there on mine, with the exception of set back or JE style pumps (Wouldn't stay there very long on those). Serves two purposes....... :thumbup:
Ray
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My Jacuzzi WJ has the wrench/hold-down on it, just didn't know that berk had a similar thing. The berk I have has the snap/twist thingy on it, just no wrench. And who has a Chevy and DOESN'T carry a 9/16" wrench?
Daniel
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Well I think I have a temp fix for the weekend after scavenging for stuff and a trip to lowes.
1. Ob dump
2. Brass rod nut
3. Ss washer.
I cut the head off the ob dump and the body threads into the steering arm and the inner diameter is just right for the cable to slip through. Put the retaining clip on the cable, put the ss washer into the brass open end rod nut and tighten it down. Bam, the cables secured in my mig shift cable clamp and it threads right into the steering arm and for safe measure I used the nut for the ob dump to lock it in place. Kinda hard to describe so here's the pics. I also included a pic to show that the brass nut threads on just about all the way. Without the ss washer to take up the free space it was loose but with it in there it's nice and tight.
Complete Micky mouse job but at least ill have some control over the jet at the docks when running it on the trailer and if I feel brave enough I just may make a lap around the lake.......maybe. It's cold
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And it looks something like this
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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call me crazy but on my steering arm i have a hole drilled thru the excess bolt with a cotter pin to prevent the nut from backing out. you wont know the nut has loosened until you have no steering and that will be BAAAAD.
just something to think about.
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call me crazy but on my steering arm i have a hole drilled thru the excess bolt with a cotter pin to prevent the nut from backing out. you wont know the nut has loosened until you have no steering and that will be BAAAAD.
just something to think about.
Mine is mounted the same way, no cotter pin needed with the steering arm being threaded and the extra nut works as a lock nut. I don't think you will have a problem as long as the lock nut is tight.
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call me crazy but on my steering arm i have a hole drilled thru the excess bolt with a cotter pin to prevent the nut from backing out. you wont know the nut has loosened until you have no steering and that will be BAAAAD.
just something to think about.
Its a Berkeley thing, You wouldn't understand.
Daniel
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Its a Berkeley thing, You wouldn't understand.
Daniel
haha. either way are we still on for this sunday? i need to know so i can put my boat back together. :mad:
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The forecast for Sunday here is cold and windy. If I do go, I wont be there for more than an hour or 2.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Well the alternator tested good. So now im chasing a grimlin
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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call me crazy but on my steering arm i have a hole drilled thru the excess bolt with a cotter pin to prevent the nut from backing out. you wont know the nut has loosened until you have no steering and that will be BAAAAD.
just something to think about.
ka0tyk isn't kidding. I had a bolt fall out of my reverse bucket once because the nut backed off and fell of the top like that. Was fine until I lifted and then nailed it again.......you know how they say a Jet Boat can stop within it's own length.......well, they AIN'T KIDDING!!....Damn close to it!!....Had the bruise marks on my thighs to prove it and thank god I wasn't any where near full tilt or I'da been swimming with broken legs, most likely. Thank god also I was running solo.....
Ralph Brunt to the rescue with a tool box in his truck (bigger'n most of the Strap-ons in our garages, prolly) full of bolts, nuts, and even had a shouldered bolt the right size and a nylock nut to fix the fugger right on the beach. Ran it from the top down, this time.......
I realize your steering bolt MAY be set up, and threaded, to be installed that way from the steering cable. Mine was similar on the JB on Pickle. I drilled the threads out of the steering arm, picked up a correct S/S shouldered bolt from "Fred's" here locally and dropped it in from the top.
Just a word to the wise.......... ;)
Ray
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Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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http://youtu.be/ZqlkgMA8bG8 (http://youtu.be/ZqlkgMA8bG8)
Ran great, no leaks. However when I got home I went to fire it up and I'm hearing a nasty noise but when it's running I her nothing. Hopefully it's the starter. How would I know if I spun a bearing.
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do you have gauges yet?
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Just the original Hardin marine gauges. And they still work surprisingly
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Looks good :thumbup:
Daniel
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Well it was the starter. One of the bolts that hold the motor itself to the mount came out. So all in all a good day
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Motor sounds good in the video!
so in the water and have it running you dont hear the noise? but you do hear it on the trailer? U-joint?
nm
cool that you got it for cheap and it runs AND floats!!
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Looks good
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congrats!
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What a score! The boat is already on the water and running well. Good job!!
I went to Elsinore on Sunday and didn't fair so well. Something is up with the pump.
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Uh oh. What happened jordan?
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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interesting question......how am i suppose to mount my dooley scoop?
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interesting question......how am i suppose to mount my dooley scoop?
Put arrester in scoop with stud or bolt. When you tighten down the bolt/nut it will hold down the scoop
Chris
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my way is to take some allthread and cut it to length. thread it into the carb tight. then just set the scoop and an air filter inside (keeps the dust out) on the thread and use a wing nut to tighten it up by hand.
its up to you pointing it forward/backward. mines waaaaay louder facing forward and you'll get a ticket if its not a USCG approved spark arrestor inside.
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Uh oh. What happened jordan?
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
I'm not quite sure yet. I'll post a thread about it.
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So im getting ready to pull the motor and clean it up and repaint it. Just can't figure a color. Don't really want to paint it black again but can't decide what color would go with the green on the boat, what do you guys think?
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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The brightest Orange you can find! :o
J/K. I think black would look the best because of the black interior.
But since you don't want to do black, what about a silver color to match the stripe on the hull?
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Black and polished.
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And grabber green is the only green I can find
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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well the engine dictates the color. if its an olds , its red or blue. if its chevy its orange. ford is blue!
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well the engine dictates the color. if its an olds , its red or blue. if its chevy its orange. ford is blue!
Yah but the boats green with black interior. Im leaning to grabber green but still got time to think.
Gonna flip the hull and check out the bottom and practice my color matching skills on the bottom repairs before I try on the bow.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Trying to decide on a green but if not im goin silver. The left is leaf green, middle is grabber green and the right is a metallic green from duplicolor.
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I vote silver.
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I vote silver.
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I vote silver.
X3.
But if I had to vote for a green, I would go with the leaf green on the left.
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i say silver too but that may be just cuz my engine is grabber green >:D hehe no but ive done 2 engines now with grabber green n silver looks good
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Well motors out
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Got the motor primed and painted silver
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Looks good. :thumbup:
You seemed more interested in green. We didn't talk you into silver did we?
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Nah just couldn't find a green I liked. Only downside to this color is that its so bright it makes all the polished stuff look worse than it does. So now I need to find a polisher
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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It's like Pandora's box, one thing after another.
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Cleaned up the bilge
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Well the patch is little worse than I
Thought
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Wow, Some people should not attempt to be shade tree mechanics!
Just flip the hull upside down and fix it. It isnt that hard of a fix. Just grind off all that drippy resin and clean it up so You can see what it really looks like. then build it up with some csm and shape it back to the right shape.
Here is a pic of what they should look like. This was My 73 Kona, after I blueprinted the bottom. Same hull as yours.
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Wow, Some people should not attempt to be shade tree mechanics!
Just flip the hull upside down and fix it. It isnt that hard of a fix. Just grind off all that drippy resin and clean it up so You can see what it really looks like. then build it up with some csm and shape it back to the right shape.
Here is a pic of what they should look like. This was My 73 Kona, after I blueprinted the bottom. Same hull as yours.
That was a good looking boat, I feel so bad when i see pics of it now ...
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Wow, Some people should not attempt to be shade tree mechanics!
Just flip the hull upside down and fix it. It isnt that hard of a fix. Just grind off all that drippy resin and clean it up so You can see what it really looks like. then build it up with some csm and shape it back to the right shape.
Here is a pic of what they should look like. This was My 73 Kona, after I blueprinted the bottom. Same hull as yours.
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Your boat was beautiful man sucks what happened, well got the patch all chiseled away and well shit. But it doesn't go all the way through
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Wow! That will take some work to fix, but not impossible. You really do need to flip the hull over. It will make the job alot easier. That repair reaal needs to be done from the inside, but I am afraid that the way the hull is finnished on the inside, it may not be posible.
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10 nerve racking mins later and she's up side down
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Its about the length of 4 credit cards and the wood isn't sealed so looks like im gonna have to dry it out for a while
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Looking good corey. :thumbup:
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Did some polishing in the kitchen while the wife was with her sisters.
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10 nerve racking mins later and she's up side down
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
That looks exciting! I love the chain around the pump, seemed to have worked out just fine.
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There is a rope there that was use to lift and support it, the chain was there just in case the rope broke. Couldn't do that up front so we just paid more attention to the the front as it rotated.
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Picked up a buffing wheel and some rouge and got on it. Even put the kid to work
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when i was growing up i polished my dads motor... by hand. kids these days have it easy.
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when i was growing up i polished my dads motor... by hand. kids these days have it easy.
Your father must of hated you to have you do that lol. She came outside and asked what I was doin and wanted to help. Standing at 4 foot tall she's a whopping 64 pounds and she worked that 20 pound buffer for almost a full hour before she told me she couldn't feel her arms, and she buffed the entire log and snail. Even asked me this morning if she could do the other one after school today.
Any one Need anything polished? Lol
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Your father must of hated you to have you do that lol. She came outside and asked what I was doin and wanted to help. Standing at 4 foot tall she's a whopping 64 pounds and she worked that 20 pound buffer for almost a full hour before she told me she couldn't feel her arms, and she buffed the entire log and snail. Even asked me this morning if she could do the other one after school today.
Any one Need anything polished? Lol
So precious.
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Motors almost done.
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Just waiting on exhaust gaskets and then motors done. Gonna try and get the hull done this weekend. We shall see.
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Want to clean up my motor next??
Looks great!
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motors lookin great. any progress on the hole?
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Nope she still wont let me near it, stitches haven't healed......oh you mean the boat, not yet gonna wait till next weekend
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Nope she still wont let me near it, stitches haven't healed......oh you mean the boat, not yet gonna wait till next weekend
Just spit Fat Tire all over my Android..
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Motor looks awesome. Tell your little girl we're jealous of her skills and she did a great job! :thumbup:
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Motor looks awesome. Tell your little girl we're jealous of her skills and she did a great job! :thumbup:
the best part is that she will appreciate all of her hard work and be proud of it. hell i bet if you showed someone the before and after they wouldnt believe she did all of that. its hard to get kids these days off of facebook let alone put in hours shining something up.
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Yah laziness in children is getting worse now a days but the main problem with that is parents. I have been extremely fortunate with this little girl, when I married her mother two and a half years ago we got along but there was always that stand off ish attitude. It seems that my adhd has actually brought us together closer than i ever though we could be, i cant sit still, always moving doing something. If its not the boat, its the RC short course trucks, RC rock crawlers, chevelle, wheeling in my 84 k5, messing around in the garage or just doin things around the house and yard work and all the while she's right by my side. I think my insanity amuses her to some degree but I'm pretty sure she just enjoys my crazy ideas but we are damn near inseparable. And between our shenanigans and her softball and gymnastics this little girl is just like me. Just wont stop or say no to a challenge or learning something new and that's why she's as skinny as an Ethiopian, 10 years old and only 64 pounds.
You know how I know god has a sense of humor........he gave me two girls.
That guy Corey
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Well got it patched tonight ;)
Should be good till about 100mph
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Well got it patched tonight ;)
Should be good till about 100mph
is that duct tape???!!!
lol
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Not just regular duct tape, its gorilla duct tape. Never gonna leak.
Couldn't find my plastic or a tarp and rains on its way. This shits great
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No turning back
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Well had some phone issues and lost all my pictures but I was able to have someone retrieve them from my sd card
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Glass work is all done. Gonna have my brother pick up some of the west structural filler stuff and fill in some 1/8 low spots and help shape it and then paint time
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I would have left the gorilla tape on it lol
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Get sanding bitch...
I'll pick up the beer, you get the boat together and I'll meet you at the ramp. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Looking good. 8)
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Getting closer, got it cleaned up and all the fairing crap smeared on. Tomorrow will be filled with more sanding and applying 2 more coats of resin. Gonna take Monday off and paint the bottom hopefully.
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are you doing the WHOLE bottom or just that one spot?
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Just gonna expand the => Shape on the intake by 8 inches either side and bring it forward another 14 inches and paint it silver instead of white.
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Some early morning sanding. One more layer of the 404 this am then 2 coats of resin today and paint tomorrow
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Why more resin?
Just curious..
If you are using fairing compound, just get it smooth, block it with some 400 or 600, shoot some sealer and paint it. Done!
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Looks great Corey! Good chatting with you last night.
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What kind of sealer do you you reccomend glenn?
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Looks great Corey! Good chatting with you last night.
Thanks man we need to get these boats together and get on the water. Thanks for the regulator
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What kind of sealer do you you reccomend glenn?
What kind of paint are you using? I like to use what the paint manufacturer recommends. The last couple jobs we did we used some stuff from PPG, I will get the name for you.
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Haven't made it to the paint shop yet. Been reading up on duplicolor and was considering that
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Final coat of filler applied. Some sanding in the am then then off to paint store
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What I had in the garage..
I sealed my motor home with this stuff (fiberglass) my flatbed trailer and two boats... Good chit. ;)
http://www.custom-aerosol.com/pdf/PPG-DPLF-epoxy-primer-product-sheet.pdf (http://www.custom-aerosol.com/pdf/PPG-DPLF-epoxy-primer-product-sheet.pdf)
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I did some searching and I think a local paint supply has that stuff. I'm gonna go check it out tomorrow. I'm gonna see if I can get the same metal flake green I have and shoot the underside of the boat and if i can get it down pretty good maybe the top deck. Wife approved my spending so I'm clear.
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Looks good bud. Keep it up. :thumbup:
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Well went to the paint store and picked up a polyester primer and a single stage metallic silver paint and a gun kit. Just gotta do it now. All prep work was done this morning
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Wanna do mine too just sand and re clear
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Hmm, what you guys think? I know its only the bottom but it don't look right to me
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Hmm, what you guys think? I know its only the bottom but it don't look right to me
This is just me thinking out loud. Feel free to ignore this.
If you already have the boat on it's head, why not paint it from outer chine to outer chine?
This way, if you decide to paint the rest of the boat later on down the road, your more than half way there..... :thumbup:
Again, don't listen to me, I am fuggin retarded when it comes to this sort of thing. You are probably going about it the right way.
You have done an awesome job thus far...
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Because the color I have is close but not that close, and you said that this was a 20 hour fix. I'm already into it about 30 and your trying to add another 15. I think you should just get this damn thing out of my yard. That and I don't think a quart will spray the whole underside. I have already thought about it. A gallon of platinum silver gel and metal flake clear is gonna run near 400.i think I'm just gona have to keep it simple. It's a 40 year old boat with its fair share of nicks and gouges on the top side. Wouldn't be right for the bottom of the boat to be nicer than the top. Lol.
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if you dont have paint that matches i wouldve just grabbed some satin black and told everyone you had the bottom speed coat'ed and it runs 80mph now.
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if you dont have paint that matches i wouldve just grabbed some satin black and told everyone you had the bottom speed coat'ed and it runs 80mph now.
Come to think of it, speed coat would have worked good...
Your a smart man Charlie Brown...
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You guys want my pay pal account so you can donate some money or what? Maybe I forgot to mention some details, single income, 2 kids a wife house and all that jaz. I gots no moneyz
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You guys want my pay pal account so you can donate some money or what? Maybe I forgot to mention some details, single income, 2 kids and a wife.
1 quart wouldve ran you $40.
http://shopping.rexmar.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=lubrabonda (http://shopping.rexmar.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=lubrabonda)
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................anyone wanna buy a boat
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................anyone wanna buy a boat
maybe when you're done. ^-^
arent you having fun yet?
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Almost, I will when it's done
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It's looking good, shoot it!!
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Lol
You got it taped out in the shape of a missile
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Lol
You got it taped out in the shape of a missile
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a very phallic missile...
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a very phallic missile...
As long as it floats, hauls ass and makes you happy, that's all that counts
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Lol
You got it taped out in the shape of a missile
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Makes it go faster. It'll add at least a $1000 to the value when he sells it on Ebay. ;D
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Makes it go faster. It'll add at least a $1000 to the value when he sells it on Ebay. ;D
That's what I'm talking about
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Such a stupid decision and can't make up my mind
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I think the straight shot all the way up to the bow will look cleaner, or it don't really matter, who's looking at the bottom when your floating
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I say go with a version of the phallic missile, it'll take care of your repair in the back and the beaching scars up by the nose. When will you have the boat flipped like this again? Make it worth it!
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That's the one I would shoot
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Unfortunately I think I'm am. Got a lot more sanding to do now, and more work ahead than originally planned. Didn't want two spray more than I had to but this way I'm covering the beaching spot and the repair and the lines follow the outer Chines so hopefully it will look alright.
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Any progress?
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Yup just fucked up my transom pulling off the cover. Pretty pissed off.
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Damn :/ there a pain in the ass did it pull the glass off
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Yup. Not to happy but it will be hidden under the cover. Ill mix up up some resin in the morning and smear it in there and call it good.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
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Damn that sucks man you had extra resin tho right?
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Doesn't look bad. Why'd you pull the transom cover off?
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Damn that sucks man you had extra resin tho right?
Yah i still have like 3/4 of a gallon
Doesn't look bad. Why'd you pull the transom cover off?
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Least you didnt have to buy any hey after you spray your boat you wanna work out a deal to get some clear on mine and then down the rd the omwga will need clear too
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So there I was minding my own business doin some sanding and saw a small patch of what looked like black fiberglass. So I get out the screwdriver and do some poking and it happens
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And now this is where I'm at. Goin out with the wife and baby tonight for the first time since the baby was born so I'm done with it. Everything's sanded and glass tomorrow.
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Just sayin bro
Its all worth it in the end
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having fun yet? ^-^
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Loads. By the time I'm done this things gonna have the bottom blue printed
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So there I was minding my own business doin some sanding and saw a small patch of what looked like black fiberglass. So I get out the screwdriver and do some poking and it happens
Better to find with a screwdriver, while the boat is flipped, and you're already doing glass than
out in the middle of the lake.
Keep up the good work and great thread. :thumbup:
Enjoy the night with your family.
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B
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Thousand
Just sayin bro
Its all worth it in the end
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If I stick to my budget ill be into this 850 and that's done, like trailer in parking lot boat floating done
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Holes 2 and three done
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You don't waste any time, do you!? Looks great!
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Well ran into some issues with the last patch. Morning dew f'd up the back spot so I carved till it stopped coming up and now. Just waiting on good weather
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Second patch almost done. Laid out 8 layers of glass last night, got some bubbles in the last layer so gouged em out, now getting ready to sand and apply a filler coat of resin with the 404 hd filler and then it's paint
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summer is creeeepin up on youuu...
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Sweet!!
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Some sanding tomorrow after work and then I'll start masking for Saturday morning prime. And depending how that goes maybe Sunday afternoon paint.
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Picked up some pieces to the puzzle throughout the week and didn't break into the triple digits
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Some sanding tomorrow after work and then I'll start masking for Saturday morning prime. And depending how that goes maybe Sunday afternoon paint.
whats the blower for? are you trying to cure resin by blowing on it?
lookin forward to bottom paint pix.
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I use it when I'm sanding. Keeps the sh!t from guming up the sand paper and blows it away from me. Keeps the itchy down and I stay somewhat clean. And I'll turn it on low after I'm done with the glass work to keep sh!t from falling on it from the tree.
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Well got it all sanded and shaped ready for paint..... then I saw something. So out comes the dreaded screwdriver test and bam it happened again. Guess I got a little carried away when shaping the strake and got it thin. Here comes another 4-6 small strips of glass. The hole is maybe a 1/16 in diameter but the thin area is about 3/16 overall. Oh how I love boats
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All that hard work pays off while @ the river........looks good
Boats are built, not bought...
Dan'l
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Well fellers my nightmare is over. As of 7:50pm today I'm done shaping, fixing holes and laying glass. time to put my 3 boxes of fiberglass stuff on the shelf. Primer sprayes at 8am on saturday
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Tomorrow morning we shall see how good of a painter I am
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Looking good bud. Make sure you skuff up the area your going to spray with 400 to 600 or the primer won't stick. Spraying primer is really easy though bud. Good luck.
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I went with 220. Data sheet said 220 to 320, 220 is what I had so I ran with it
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3rd coat sprays in 5 and then It's time to pull weeds
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Awesome!
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Sweet
Finish painting
Flip it back over
Install all your parts
Get to the AVI
Haha!
Looks great bro!
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All sanded and ready for paint
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I figured it would be painted and half way back together by now!
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Yah I wish. Got a little too windy this afternoon for paint and I didn't tape my lines or mask it off so not gonna do it till next saturday
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Well aside from all the little issues this morning I'm done spraying. Its no where near the best but it is the bottom so thats that. Time to pull out the buffer and sand paper and get this thing right side up by Memorial Day. Still gotta paint the trailer though.....and set it up..... Dam
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How about now
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Fuk it
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Fuk it
You have to drink more for the pictures to work
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Ah ha!
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i want to see if its right side up or not damnit! :banghead:
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Thanks Jordan
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Got some stuff done on the trailer last night
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One more time
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Ah ha it worked
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Shazam!
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HEY! Your boat is upside down. ;D
Good job :thumbup:
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Yah finally, almost ruined the whole thing though, the rope on the pump snapped half way through the rotation, luckily I had a safety chain and it caught it. Was a pucker moment for sure
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You have to change your avatar now....
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Fixed it lol and I think I'm happier its right side up just because my wife will stop yelling at me about All my crap in the driveway
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Hell of an accomplishment!!
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Making progress
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Oh it didn't post the picture last time, but got it fired. Just gotta clean up the wiring, put on the transome cover, diverter and hook up the cables
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Looks good bro I have a 74 kona makai I wish I had 2 fuel tanks only one 20 gallon in front. Do u think It will be ready for Father's Day weekend hope to meet all of u at Father's Day weekend at parker.
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Sweet.
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Looking nice! :thumbup:
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Thanks guys, and yah it will be ready and in the water sometime this week, my brother wants to head out to Parker this weekend so we will see about that, still gotta buy tires for the trailer and I'm broke
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Made a nick nack run to ace and found 3ft strips of heat shrink, we shall see if it helps with the cables cracking
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Just about the only thing left is to put the transome cover on and hook up steering
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Damn son, who lit the fire under your ass?.... I need his/her help over here... :thumbup:
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What a pain in the ass that was. Ill never do it by myself again
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And a couple of pics this morning all cleaned up and ready for the water. Just gotta pull off the reverse bucket because the cable i was using wont work and haven't picked up the cable offered to me, then find my drain plug and shake down at the lake after work
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awesome progress!
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Had to beat you to the water
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Had to beat you to the water
i dont see it wet yet...
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If you look a few pics back you'll see where I hosed it off
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On our way to get it wet for the first time
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you son of a... :mad:
how'd it do? :thumbup: :beer:
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Will know at 530am tomorrow morning if she floats
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Will know at 530am tomorrow morning if she floats
Dude, don't mean to burst your bubble, but a turd floats... :screwy:
Great job bro, don't forget the damn camera... :sly:
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The boat looked great in person! Have fun this weekend!
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Good job!! Have fun today and stay safe! Heading to pyramid tomorrow for first shake down run of the season.
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Well fellers I'm done, its for sale.
$1500 and something's wrong with the motor. Other than that everything else is fine
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Dude really?
That sucks
You are giving up on it
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Well fellers I'm done, its for sale.
$1500 and something's wrong with the motor. Other than that everything else is fine
Talk to me Goose.....
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Wouldn't idle all the sudden, runs like shit up to 3k then all fine. Tried all the tricks I know, checked for vac leaks, oils clear and just can't figure it out.
Found one of the plugs on the ports on the carb was pretty much shot and gone but other than that I can't find anything. I have a set of plugs and socket on its way, hopefully I fouled the plugs
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Lifters pumped up?, advance the timing and see if things improve.
Does it run fat? Lean? did it pop a power valve?
I thought you windowed the oil pan.... You give up too easy. ;D
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Where are you?
Need my help?
My house is pretty close to Perris or Elsinore. Bring it over let's fix it
Chris
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you go through all this trouble... you go to get it wet for the first time and you expected to spend the whole day on the lake? the first day is the toughest one of em all. hell i spent a good hour just sitting there on the trailer idling taking up the launch ramp. making sure this worked, and that, etc.
dont give up. it runs, it just runs shitty. fix your vacuum cap leak, thats minor. slap a set of plugs in it, make sure your timing is set properly, etc...
you didnt mention you had a leak, so thats a big sigh of relief... the rest of the stuff is easy. you still got some of the season left! and you beat me to the water. knowing my luck ill get mine wet and break my drive in half and be done. haha.
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you go through all this trouble... you go to get it wet for the first time and you expected to spend the whole day on the lake? the first day is the toughest one of em all. hell i spent a good hour just sitting there on the trailer idling taking up the launch ramp. making sure this worked, and that, etc.
dont give up. it runs, it just runs shitty. fix your vacuum cap leak, thats minor. slap a set of plugs in it, make sure your timing is set properly, etc...
you didnt mention you had a leak, so thats a big sigh of relief... the rest of the stuff is easy. you still got some of the season left! and you beat me to the water. knowing my luck ill get mine wet and break my drive in half and be done. haha.
Hell i thought i was the only one with that kind of luck! :banghead:
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Well, after new plugs, wires, checking timing and vac leaks I figured it out. I red neck cleaned the carb and there it was.
Pulled an honest 55 out of it at 4k with 4 200+ guys and 20 gallons of fuel, and no diverter
I just may keep it. ;)
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Well, after new plugs, wires, checking timing and vac leaks I figured it out. I red neck cleaned the carb and there it was.
Pulled an honest 55 out of it at 4k with 4 200+ guys and 20 gallons of fuel, and no diverter
I just may keep it. ;)
Right on!!! Nice mph too!
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This is for you big K, and I do believe the the correct term is neener neener neener
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Good job man, glad to see you didn't actually give up on that thing. Great numbers also, now enjoy it!
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The earlier decision was based on 8 angry orchard apple crisps, really good stuff by the way and the 103 temp. I was buzzin and pissed cause it was hot and I wasn't on the water
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This is for you big K, and I do believe the the correct term is neener neener neener
Congrats! What lake is this?
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Couple more pictures of the boat and my brother driving. And it's Perris, got to the tire shop on Friday night and homeboy bailed on me so I wasn't able get new tires for the trailer and I wasn't towing to big river on crap tires. So we camped there Friday night and Saturday night. It sure wasn't BR but it was still a good time. Dragged the guys around on an inner tube in the morning and when it turned into a wave pool we hid behind the island and dropped anchor and kicked back. Pulled a few good size large mouth bass and swam for the rest of the day.
For a shake down it went pretty well I guess. Would of been perfect if I cleaned the carb before we left Friday.
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Flip the bimini around.... She be backwards...
Glad to see you got it sorted out..
Note to self; SoCalPSD is an angry drunk... ;D :screwy:
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I know but I can't lay it down on the bow if its the other way around
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I know but I can't lay it down on the bow if its the other way around
I lay mine around the back. ;)
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looks like a good time to me! congrats.
whats next?
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Pull the interior and pressure wash all the old carpet glue out, move the seats back about 3 inches, repair the section where the bulk head came loose from the floor, new carpet, and maybe new gauges or a new alternator. Depends which of the two I's the problem. My amp meter shows no charge so we will see. Then wire the trailer and put lights on sometime I between all that and I'm sure there's more.
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Pull the interior and pressure wash all the old carpet glue out, move the seats back about 3 inches, repair the section where the bulk head came loose from the floor, new carpet, and maybe new gauges or a new alternator. Depends which of the two I's the problem. My amp meter shows no charge so we will see. Then wire the trailer and put lights on sometime I between all that and I'm sure there's more.
Chances are you ammeter is improperly wired.
I normally recommend throwing the ammeter away, tying the orange and red wires together (at the engine) and installing a volt meter off the ignition circuit....
At least now it is a driveable work in progress... :thumbup:
Where did your oil pressure settle out at?
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It settled around 40 at idle and 60-70 at wot
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It settled around 40 at idle and 60-70 at wot
8) :thumbup:
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I will say it was a blast to get the boat out but the best part of the trip is right here at home.
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I know but I can't lay it down on the bow if its the other way around
Get another set of mounts and have it on the back mounts for when in tow...
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Always had a second pair for in tow, but its when I'm on the boat and want to lay it down is rather it be on the Bow instead of the motor
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Well made a purchase/trade today. After 2 hours I think it's ready to be put on the boat. Now I just need to find someone that knows how to tune this damn thing and is willing to help
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And it's all ready.
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Dam looks good man
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Thanks man took about 4 hours of sanding and polishing to get it where it's at.
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Found out why I wasn't getting fuel to the secondaries
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I think you might be on to something. :o
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Looks perfect j/k
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Got to the lake about 2, dropped it in the water get to the no wake marker and no steering. Rack snapped. Pulled the boat out hauled ass home, swapped in my spare cable and rack in 45 mins and now gettin lunch and back to the lake.
I love boats.........not so much right now
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http://youtu.be/nCvWn-72gcI
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Looking good bud.
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I think she's ready
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As some of you may remember I happened to end up on the rocks (in my front yard) and broke my place diverter rudder.........well...... introducing the new and improved slim line, low drag high speed pd rudder. I should patient this before Tim gets ahold of it
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Well it was a good day today, not a single problem with the boat.
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Good running kona I love it
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I put headers on my kona today wish I was at the river but float goes to paint Monday for new clear coat
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Looks good Brosef! Glad to see it on the water and running mostly good. My last boat took me at least 5 trips before I had no mechanical issues. 1st; fuel pump and blown trailer tire coming home 2nd; reverse cable. 3rd; carb issues. 4th; dirty fuel filters. 5th; steering wheel falling off. 6th; leaking brand new Holley Blue pump.... always something but still better than not being at the lake/river. In fact, one day it ran so good my tach caught on fire!!!
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Here is a little inspiration for the green goblin
http://bakersfield.craigslist.org/boa/3955372147.html (http://bakersfield.craigslist.org/boa/3955372147.html)
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That thing is clean
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On my way to the lake in 80's fashion
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Man, I just went through this thread again and damn. I almost feel bad with how neglected this thing has been. Maybe I'll go look at it today, haven't seen it in over 6 weeks, my neighbor let me put it on his rv pad in his back yard. Been having a problem with thefts in the area in the last few months.
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Man, I just went through this thread again and damn. I almost feel bad with how neglected this thing has been. Maybe I'll go look at it today, haven't seen it in over 6 weeks, my neighbor let me put it on his rv pad in his back yard. Been having a problem with thefts in the area in the last few months.
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wrent you trying to sell it at one point?
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Nice boat. Just read this thread. Here's my 77 kona
gonna do some projects this winter. Pulling out the interior replacing carpet, gauges steering g wheel.and putting ot headers. Has a 460 ford pulling that too to freshen up.wish I had a dual axle trailer
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Yah it's listed for sale and if someone shows up with the cash or a trade I'm interested in then I guess I'd give it some thinking and go from there. Ever since I had that damn nightmare of a dream of my baby girl drowning I have been all outta wack. The two trips to the lake after that dream I spent more time being OCD about my daughter that my boat only went from the ramp to our spot and back and that was it. And I was by myself at that. Still on that k5 blazer kick, I may end up trading it or the quad for one but we will see what happens.
And pipes the thing looks like a solid start. I love my kona, it's IMO the smoothest riding 18 I have been in and it just flat out handles like its on rails.
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I wasn't going to go through 200 plus replies but USCG didnt require HIN #'s until 1973. That may be why you can't find it. My 72' Hondo didn't but my 73' Spectra 20 does...google USCG manuf. Prefixes. Hope it helps... (if someone didn't already say that...
GARY.
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Yup figured it out when I got to look at it last year, the tag and emblems were on it. The last 180 posts were the build and repair of it.
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Time to get back on this thing so it's ready for next month. Placed an order for some seals and gaskets earlier. Went and grabbed this out of storage and thank god the last person that painted this thing did a hack job, all the paint pretty much flaked off. Time for some sanding and polishing. Still need to get a droop and another wedge.
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Bitter sweet day, last time I'll have it on the water.
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My partner in crime, he's been a huge help to me with this project, from flipping it over to flipping it right side up, polishing the aluminum and just keeping me company and bringing over ice cold beverages while working on it. It's back on the trailer and waiting to be picked up.
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Is he the new owner ?
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No, just a good friend and neighbor. The guy in this pic in the red vest is the new owner. This pic was taken las weekend when he drove down here from Fresno to look at the boat and it looked like crap as you can tell. But he liked it enough to buy it. Throughout the week I buffed it out and it's looking better than it ever has.
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Well I'm boatless
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Just going to come out and say it brother... You did that boat proud.
These things seem to follow me home, as soon as you get straightened out lemmeknow, I am pretty sure I can help fill the new void in your life.. LOL
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Thanks Glenn and don't you worry, the wheels are already spinning about how I'm gonna fill that void. lol. There was a guy on here that had a blue and white kona day cruiser I'm thinking I might pick up and slowly put together.
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The guy that bought it sure is happy he's posted pictures on jet boats rock , really nice to see
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What is jet boats rock?
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What is jet boats rock?
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/6006600476/?fref=nf (https://www.facebook.com/groups/6006600476/?fref=nf)
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Right on, thanks Glenn. Really suffering from sellers remorse now lol. It wasn't the nicest or fastest but it was my green turd. And it never looked as good as it did when I sold it, not because I sold it but because i finally buffed the top half of the damn thing lol and that metal flake gel sure did sparkle. I'm just glad he's gonna enjoy it, he was a nice guy and really seemed to enjoy the boat. The look that was on his face when we pulled out of the no wake zone and I nailed it said it all. I knew he was gonna come back for it and that he wasn't gonna cut it up and part it out which was a fear of mine when I initially posed it for sale. Yah once it's paid for who cares right but I turned two guys away that pretty much said they were gonna strip it to finish their boats. After all that work I put into it, the last thing I wanted to see was this boat end up in the dump, which it probably would of ended up had I not bought it in the first place. Who buys a boat with a hole in the bottom? I most likely won't to that again lol.
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I dug that green metal flake
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