“Pay Dirt”, 1973 Hondo Restoration.

« **Reply #50 on:** November 14, 2019, 06:54:00 PM »

New shiny valve covers.
Had to drill a hole, for a bung fitting for the vac pump evac hose.
Nice stud girdles!

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« **Reply #51 on:** November 14, 2019, 07:15:56 PM »

Decided to revisit the seat bench.
I thought it would be cool to do something custom, with the Fwd/Reverse shifter.
Decided to mount it in the bench, between the seats, along with a couple of cup holders, for those frothy river sodas!
We cut a slot in the top plate, for the shifter, as well as two holes for the cup holders.
Fabricated a bracket, mounted underneath, to hold the shifter.
Had to fab up a bracket, mounted to the rear of the bench, to hold the cable in place.
All in all i think it turned out, pretty slick!

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« **Reply #52 on:** November 14, 2019, 07:30:28 PM »

Cut the holes for the fittings and steering tube and mounted the steering tube and fittings.

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« **Reply #53 on:** November 14, 2019, 07:33:45 PM »

Installed the fuel fills.
Had to fabricate a filler ring, because of the shape of the fills and the black bezel we are using.

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« **Reply #54 on:** November 14, 2019, 08:43:40 PM »

Mocked up the alternator.

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« **Reply #55 on:** November 14, 2019, 08:50:18 PM »

Mocked up and fitted plumbing.

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« **Reply #56 on:** November 14, 2019, 08:59:43 PM »

Cut in some drains in the stringers and bilge bulkhead and put in brass drain sleeves.

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« **Reply #57 on:** November 14, 2019, 09:20:08 PM »

Where can you find those brass drains?

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« **Reply #58 on:** November 15, 2019, 06:47:10 AM »

Quote from: gomo1980 on November 14, 2019, 09:20:08 PM

Where can you find those brass drains?

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Eddie Marine carries them.

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« **Reply #59 on:** November 15, 2019, 09:28:05 AM »

Quote from: holorinhal on November 14, 2019, 07:15:56 PM

Decided to revisit the seat bench.
I thought it would be cool to do something custom, with the Fwd/Reverse shifter.
Decided to mount it in the bench, between the seats, along with a couple of cup holders, for those frothy river sodas!
We cut a slot in the top plate, for the shifter, as well as two holes for the cup holders.
Fabricated a bracket, mounted underneath, to hold the shifter.
Had to fab up a bracket, mounted to the rear of the bench, to hold the cable in place.
All in all i think it turned out, pretty slick!

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Where can you get that type cable bracket?

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« **Reply #60 on:** November 15, 2019, 08:14:59 PM »

Quote from: hotrodrob21 on November 15, 2019, 09:28:05 AM

Where can you get that type cable bracket?

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The whole bracket together, is a one off piece that i fabricated, my self.
The round barrel piece, that is bolted to it, that the cable passes through, is actually a piece, fabricated by Charles Mclardie, of MRS Performance.
It is a piece that i robed from the throttle pedal set up, that was meant to hold the cable in place.

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« **Reply #61 on:** November 15, 2019, 08:17:26 PM »

Quote from: JordanDangerfield on November 15, 2019, 06:47:10 AM

Eddie Marine carries them.

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What Jordan said, Cp performance, West Marine, Overtons.

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« **Reply #62 on:** November 15, 2019, 08:37:18 PM »

Fuel T

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« **Reply #63 on:** November 15, 2019, 08:49:46 PM »

Installed the Rub rail.

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« **Reply #64 on:** November 15, 2019, 08:55:13 PM »

The Trailer got finished.
It turned out awesome!
The frame was powder coated Black, with violet flake.
The fenders were painted by the same Painter that did the boat.
Bad ass!

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« **Reply #65 on:** November 15, 2019, 08:58:58 PM »

Swapped the old ragedy trailer out to the newly restored trailer.
First look at the boat on the new trailer.
Looks Bad Ass!

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« **Reply #66 on:** November 15, 2019, 09:09:07 PM »

The Mad Scientist, at work!
Lol, just kidding!

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« **Reply #67 on:** November 15, 2019, 09:13:18 PM »

Mock up and Fab is pretty much done.
Time to break it all down and send all the parts out to chrome.

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« **Reply #68 on:** November 15, 2019, 09:29:04 PM »

It was a loooong wait for the parts to get back from chrome, but finally got them back!
Time to final assemble this bitch!

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« **Reply #69 on:** November 15, 2019, 09:38:59 PM »

Getting The Pay Dirt, final assembled!

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« **Reply #70 on:** November 15, 2019, 09:50:32 PM »

Final asembly

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« **Reply #71 on:** November 15, 2019, 09:58:54 PM »

Final asembly

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« **Reply #72 on:** November 15, 2019, 10:05:52 PM »

Drop the Mic, I’m done!
Next stop, HorsePower Fest!

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« **Reply #73 on:** November 15, 2019, 10:49:42 PM »

Quote from: holorinhal on November 15, 2019, 08:14:59 PM

The whole bracket together, is a one off piece that i fabricated, my self.
The round barrel piece, that is bolted to it, that the cable passes through, is actually a piece, fabricated by Charles Mclardie, of MRS Performance.
It is a piece that i robed from the throttle pedal set up, that was meant to hold the cable in place.

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Thanks, I know you fabricated the bracket, it's the clamp/holder I was wondering about. Seems like it wouldn't be too hard to make, just wondering if they were available somewhere.

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« **Reply #74 on:** November 16, 2019, 05:48:58 AM »

Amazing work! Looks fucking great!!!

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