Hello... Anybody Home?
Wow did we go to sleep after we put our boat’s way for the winter?
I am hopin' you all are out there working on improvements! I am adding new gauges to my dash of my 251 Convincor changing the vinyl graphics. I also want build in a cooler/ Ice box. Any Ideas/ pic’s? |
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Originally Posted by Mike&Paula
Wow did we go to sleep after we put our boat’s way for the winter?
I am hopin' you all are out there working on improvements! I am adding new gauges to my dash of my 251 Convincor changing the vinyl graphics. I also want build in a cooler/ Ice box. Any Ideas/ pic’s? |
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Although I am still not finished, I got rid of that painfully slow screw type engine hatch lift. I replaced it with a set of Eddie Marine hydraulic hinges that I got fromTrickMarine. Check out the video clip.
http://www.zippyvideos.com/6230932882609276/p5050142/ I wont have the fastest boat at my next Poker Run, but I will challenge anyone to race hatches. I also rebuilt my drive, new seals, bearings, lower gears and repaired the forward upper gear. I may put a scoop on the sundeck, but I cant figure out what to do with the uphostery. Still sitting on the fence on that one. |
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can anyone tell me why are boats so rediculasly exspensive (not this one in particular just boats in general ) they cost as much as Lambrginis and it looks like not much more than some fiberglass and motors ,..i know you can buy a mercrusier 496 HO for 22,000 new..so why would a new boat be 80 or 90 thousand for a 26 or 27 foot and 150 to 200 thousand for one over 30 ft ..isnt it just fiberglass and some seats ...is it just HUGH profit margins or am i missing something ...they cost more than houses and as much as a lamborgini ?
Please educate the NOOB here |
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Originally Posted by checkmate454mag
Although I am still not finished, I got rid of that painfully slow screw type engine hatch lift. I replaced it with a set of Eddie Marine hydraulic hinges that I got fromTrickMarine. Check out the video clip.
http://www.zippyvideos.com/6230932882609276/p5050142/ I wont have the fastest boat at my next Poker Run, but I will challenge anyone to race hatches. I also rebuilt my drive, new seals, bearings, lower gears and repaired the forward upper gear. I may put a scoop on the sundeck, but I cant figure out what to do with the uphostery. Still sitting on the fence on that one. |
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Originally Posted by bugbigbang
can anyone tell me why are boats so rediculasly exspensive (not this one in particular just boats in general ) they cost as much as Lambrginis and it looks like not much more than some fiberglass and motors ,..i know you can buy a mercrusier 496 HO for 22,000 new..so why would a new boat be 80 or 90 thousand for a 26 or 27 foot and 150 to 200 thousand for one over 30 ft ..isnt it just fiberglass and some seats ...is it just HUGH profit margins or am i missing something ...they cost more than houses and as much as a lamborgini ?
Please educate the NOOB here |
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Like the hatch. Did you cut away the cross member that the old hatch sat down on? If so is there any flex? I re did my interior last summer. I covered my windshield last summer with vinyl I like how it looked I need to redo it with better stuff as you can see the old stuff wrinkled with heat.
Here is some pic of my 1990 251 GTX http://images.snapfish.com/345756%3A...%3B%3A37nu0mrj http://images.snapfish.com/345756%3A...%3B%3A38nu0mrj http://images.snapfish.com/345756%3A...9%3C8%3Anu0mrj http://images.snapfish.com/345756%3A...B%3A3%3Bnu0mrj |
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[QUOTE=Mike&Paula]Like the hatch. Did you cut away the cross member that the old hatch sat down on? If so is there any flex? I re did my interior last summer. I covered my windshield last summer with vinyl I like how it looked I need to redo it with better stuff as you can see the old stuff wrinkled with heat.
No I didnt cut away anything. This model doesnt have the crossmember like yours does. |
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Do you have enough room to work on the engine with the front part attached? I thought about doing that on a boat I'm redoing, but it seems you'd have to duck to work on it.
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Back to my cooler/ice box. anyone got any good ideas? anyoine already done one in a 251?
Mike |
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