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Old 11-08-2007, 08:01 PM   #51
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Man that thing is as cool as they come!
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Man that is so f'in cool........ Congrats and good luck on the restoration
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Old 11-10-2007, 07:35 PM   #53
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T hanks for your replies!
I have more pics with the left side stripped, I will post some more pics soon.
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Old 11-14-2007, 08:17 PM   #54
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I just talked to the person that I got the boat from and he could not find the original v-drive parts. He thinks that those parts were scrapped about 10 years ago when they were cleaning up. He also told me that they were specially made for that boat and were a one of a kind, O'well that takes care of the v-drive option.
At least it didn't turn in to a CC!
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Old 11-27-2007, 10:17 PM   #55
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I still haven't recieved any pictures yet and am wondering if anybody has found any? I sure would like some color photo's or anything at all!
Any way I am still plugging away at the paint stripping and trying to find turbine engines, I think that the turbines will have to be on hold for awile since the only ones I have found seem to be pretty expensive. Maybe I will be able to take it to some poker runs with the engines that are in it now, it will still look great with the turbine stacks coming out of the top, might not sound right.
Thanks for your support on this project, it seems very difficult to get any documetation or photos, alot of this stuff must have been thrown away. I will keep looking!
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Old 12-13-2007, 11:11 PM   #56
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I just talked to a person who lives in Monteal and works for Pratt and whitney, he say's he has a short video for my boat in the 1966 Sam Griffith race. Anybody want to see it?
He also knows where some turbines could be had at a reasonable price!
Does anybody have any pics, please?
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Old 12-13-2007, 11:18 PM   #57
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Old 01-04-2008, 02:54 AM   #58
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I just got the video! It has the thunderbird and I think Surfury and a boat that looks like moppie but from the black smoke I think it's diesel powered. Some of the video is in color and has video of the crew and designer along with about 8 people standing in the boat.
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Old 01-04-2008, 07:08 PM   #59
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well share the video please
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Old 01-04-2008, 07:09 PM   #60
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07 368 SKATER and shes bad
lets see some new picSV PLEASE
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