28ss resto moving along
 

Thought you guys might like to see a few before and after pics of my 28ss during restoration. I stripped the transom and engine compartnment for awlgrip. had the hynautic K-5's plated in bright nickel, powdercoated the gimbals and installed all new hardware. moved the steering lines etc.

should have the engines back soon.. cant wait

here are the after pictures
 

after shots

Looks good man, i looked for a couple of years for a mag or a cig 28...............Ended up with a mag ......Keep the pics coming

Pretty sweet.....are you leaving the Martini stripes?.....

looks good, I am just finishing up my restoration on a 77 28ss.It took about a year and a half. I just bought a 1975 20 cigarette to begin restoring starting next month.

how did you get your K -5s to shine? is that powder coat as well? looks real nice bright nickel how do you do it?

k-5's
 

Toasty,

The K-5's are brass plated with bright nickel - I stripped them apart - tumbled them and then sent them to Franklin plating in North Phily. they were copper plated - polished and then Nickel plated. They look brand new.

Chris

did you have to take them all apart?
and re seal them? they look really trick, how do you think it will show in salt water?
christian

toasty
 

yes they have to come comletely apart - they are very simple.

I am expecting them to hold up very well since they lasted 30? yrs with the nickle plating that was on them previously.

Chris

24 degrees
 

Yes, I am going to keep the martini color scheme. - I am only going to make a few cosmetic changes to the boat and plan on keeping the origional look .

I am doing all of the mechanicals to the boat this season and over the winter plan on the cosmetics.

plans include -

3 man bolster - has to go - I hate it
fairing to replace where windshield was - none on the boat now
topside paint
old style script decals
etc.

Chris

Looks good!!! Keep the pics coming!!!

28 Resto too
 

Chris - I am restoring a 28 as well. I already had the fairing made. It turned out really well. The boat is right in Baltimore if you want to measure or see how it looks. I'm building a new flat hatch with Pro-Stock scoops, so the existing aluminum blower hatch is just sitting if you know anyone who wants one.

I'm doing supercharged smallblocks with XR Platinums.

Keep me posted, Barry

Hey barry what kind of blowers are you using? I have a set of B&Ms i was thinking of not using if people want them

Christian

Great old school ride.

Superchargers
 

Hi Christian - I'm going to buy a set of 177's. If I remember correctly yours are 144's? If someone asks me, how much do you want for them?

Barry

Great Job

who nos whatever i have into them they are perfect. 1100 per
blower

OC Barry,
It sounds like you are putting together a great project as well. I would be curious to see how you built the fairing. I plan on building it out of 1" decolite, faired, painted and capped with a padded top rail. Does yours follow the dimensions of the stock windsheild ?

Chris

Fairing & single bolsters
 

Chris - We went old school and built the fairing out of 1/8" aluminum plate. I made removable top caps which my upholstery guy is padding and covering. Yes, it follows the contour VEE of the windshield, kind of like an old Fountain raceboat. A few years back I made a fiberglass fairing for my old 34' Coyote and I just found that the aluminum was much quicker and it's a nice looking fairing as well.

By the way, I went the other direction and built a three-man standup bolster, so I will sell you the two single bolsters I took out really cheap; like $200 for the pair.

Barry

OC Barry,

I would love to get those single bolsters from you. what kind of shape are they in? any pics?

Bolsters
 

CHRISBB - What is your e-mail address? I will e-mail you pictures in the next couple of days. They are white and in good shape. I do not have the stands, I used them for the 3-man bolster.

Barry

OC Barry,

my e-mail is [email protected] or [email protected]

the stands are no problem.

thanks,

Chris

Hey Barry,

Nice to hear you're doing a 28! Is it/was it brown??
What power and drives?

I am basically on my 5th TRS drive(combination of #4's good upper, and #3's good lower) since 2003. I may finally go to a Konrad this winter, and may have a total of three drives available, (one good, two with blown lowers), along with gimble if you need anything.

I also have a 177 blower available, sitting on bench, as I have been NA since 2004.

Eddy

pics of the engines
 

These engines were supposed to get Dart 200cc heads. when they got to the engine builder he inspected them and found that 3 of the 4 had factory repairs. Dart wouldnt replace them or gaurantee the repairs and he ended up sending them all back. these engines are getting RHS heads.

Chris

Nice looking rig. IMO the boat looked great from the factory. I would have done the same keeping it original in appearance. I have a Tbred that looks great with factory graphics. Can't wait to see it in running in the water.Best of luck Bob.

Eddy - Please refresh my memory, your 27 Cigarette is my old boat, correct (the one I sold to Kenny Boss)? Yes. I'm apparently going through a cycle of offshore boats in this order: 28 Cigarette, 27 Cigarette, 34 Coyote; 38 Cigarette, 20 Cigarette (still have it), and now 28 Cigarette.

No, the boat has a black hull. I am installing new Bravo XR transom assemblies and new IMCO platinum XR's. Blown 355 Cubic inch small blocks (.0404 over) with WP heads, WISECO pistons, and Jesel rocker assemblies. We are building the boat for P4, so it should be a interesting ride.

My engine builder has a pair of good SSM4's if you are interested.

Send me your e-mail address and we'll talk off line about the 177 blower, I am interested.

Good to hear from you again, Barry

Barry, no, I bought another one - two of my friends looked at yours when Kenny sold it, I do believe. Haven't seen your old one since it sold back then, 5-6 years ago.

Any idea where I might get a set of the 56" SS side vents made??

I'll try to PM you.

Barry, you can e-mail me at [email protected]

Eddy