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Queenie 08-07-2007 01:28 PM

Looks awesome!

Racegirl3 08-07-2007 02:03 PM

Hubba Hubba! Looks great! :cool-smiley-011:

MegaByte*3 08-07-2007 04:15 PM

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Thank you for the comments. A few more shots that were on the other camera:

getting ready to go in the water;

42apache 08-07-2007 05:39 PM

beautiful boat,spectacular restoration............ keep up the good work. could you post some pictures of the back seat area.

cougarman 08-07-2007 05:41 PM


Originally Posted by MegaByte*3 (Post 2226024)
It's pretty close. Some prop tweaking and a few cosmetics and it'll be done. The gear ratio is 1.5

T


Didn't it have 1.35's on there before ? Why did ya decide to go to the 1.5's and do you like it better ?

Trailer looks nice is that new too?

Jon

MegaByte*3 08-08-2007 08:28 AM

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In the water.

Notice that the sunpad is not on the engine hatch. I anticipated that the hatch would be up and down all weekend with wrenching going on in the engine compartment. I made the decision to leave the hatch and rear seat head-rests off so that we could avoid the greasy hand print syndrome. Well, I was completely wrong. A single adjustment to the throttle position sensor and we were off and running. That's a real testament to the quality of the design / build work done by Teague on the motors, and the painfully detailed installation work done by McManus' team. My thanks to both organizations for a successful sea trial. I am very pleased with the results.

To answer some questions: Yes, it did have 1.35 drives before. We installed bigger power than before and empirical data from other Apache boats indicated that 1.5 ratio drives would be the correct choice.

The trailer has also been completely refurbished.

Thanks for your kind comments.

Tom

cbeastwood 08-08-2007 09:04 AM

Looks great Tom! Can't wait to see it blowing past me this winter!

rockstrmkr 08-08-2007 10:00 AM

WOW !!!!!!!
It looks AMAZING !!!!

All the best,
Hans

jmeng 08-08-2007 12:24 PM

Looks great!!! Those are some lucky kids!

Bobthebuilder 08-17-2007 09:05 AM

Nice work Tom. Wow, I knew you had taken on this project and looks like you have done a first class job. :D
Can we put a FMO sticker on it ? LOL
Look forward to running with on the Gulf waters before long.:D
Bob


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