New Mistress in the Family
04-25-2009 | 10:39 PM
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New Mistress in the Family
ACK! I bought one! $1800 of last minute trailer work later, got her home OK.
1985 Mistress, just about all original except for a custom hatch (I do miss the race hatches). The cabin interior is pretty decent, but the cockpit interior is shot. It will need some upholstery work, but that is fairly easy(cheap) to come by here in MS.
Both 454's have been rebuilt, but the port engine ate its camshaft. I'll pluck both out and go through both just to cover my bases. TRS drives and Merc transmissions that are servicable and will hopefully get me through the first season (which will be next year after the rebuilds, uphostely, etc). Eventually I'd like to get some 3A's but that is down the road.
This will be a big project but I have seen enough other nicely done mistresses (cigrocket, justice, you guys know who you are) that I'm inspired.
I'll upload some pics. I took some this evening but they were too big for upload.
1985 Mistress, just about all original except for a custom hatch (I do miss the race hatches). The cabin interior is pretty decent, but the cockpit interior is shot. It will need some upholstery work, but that is fairly easy(cheap) to come by here in MS.
Both 454's have been rebuilt, but the port engine ate its camshaft. I'll pluck both out and go through both just to cover my bases. TRS drives and Merc transmissions that are servicable and will hopefully get me through the first season (which will be next year after the rebuilds, uphostely, etc). Eventually I'd like to get some 3A's but that is down the road.
This will be a big project but I have seen enough other nicely done mistresses (cigrocket, justice, you guys know who you are) that I'm inspired.
I'll upload some pics. I took some this evening but they were too big for upload.
04-25-2009 | 11:12 PM
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04-26-2009 | 03:10 PM
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Looks like a clone of my old boat. Good luck with the project, if you ever have any questions, feel free to contact me. If I can help I will. You will love the boat. The ride is awesome. Classic paint that never goes out of style.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
04-27-2009 | 08:27 AM
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http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/c...-complete.html
Here my thread to inspire some ideas. Keep that classic alive!
Good luck,
Jack
Here my thread to inspire some ideas. Keep that classic alive!
Good luck,
Jack
