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Old 04-08-2009, 11:43 PM   #1
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31 american offshore,38 fountain fever
31 ao, pulled the trigger today.

just got home with the new toy,project boat.it came from loto.anybody know anything about this boat
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Old 04-09-2009, 11:19 AM   #2
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looks nice, seen it on Ebay, must of had big power at one time ,
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Old 04-09-2009, 08:01 PM   #3
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YYYEEEEAAAAAA Booooeeey!!
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Old 04-10-2009, 09:16 AM   #4
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Awesome, lets see some more pics.
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Old 04-10-2009, 09:24 AM   #5
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Awesome, lets see some more pics.
il try to get some posted soon.
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Old 04-12-2009, 04:33 PM   #6
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What makes it a project? Looked to be clean and complete!!

Congrats. If you do upgrade gauges or anyhting let me know. Will help out with pricing.

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Old 04-14-2009, 09:11 PM   #7
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Hey Mike, I'm interested to know where your drives are in relation to the bottom. Hard to tell from pics. Speaking of which....lets see some more!
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the drives are on stellings x boxes,the propshaft is dead nuts even with the btm of the boat when trim is nutral,i will post more pix soon.
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Mike, any updates?
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Old 05-03-2009, 10:05 AM   #10
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Mike, any updates?
yes,port motor is out and it is hurt.it has a billet camshaft that requires a brass distributer gear,guess what ,has a steel gear.the cam is junk,the teeth on the gear are braking off,the pin on the front of cam is broke off,and the timing chain is very stretched,also the main bearings are showing some wear so i replaced with a new set.new cam on order,maybe il see it on tuesday.il post more pix soon.
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