1/10th scale

Would love to see pics

Ask and you shall receive. This is such a cool project:

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Thanks Matt!

Any new pics?

Couple, started building the windshield frame Saturday. I'll see if I can post up what I have

Any progress reports?

Wow that came out great. Very nice Job. Looks so much better that way.

Got the windshield all shaped out
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Then decided to shorten her a bit
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Any more pics of the half 90 cig in the background

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whats the base of the seats made of?looking good

Thank you, I appreciate that. The seat base is plywood, and framed with 2x3's for support. Coated it with epoxy to seal it, then covered in foam and busted out the home ec skills and stitched up a carbon print vinyl cover for it.

Nice, is it a 35 or 38? As for the fountain I like what your doing. Excited to see it progress.

The cig is a '99 38' merc 600sc's and bravos.
Just over 400 hours on the hull and 90% of it was in nh on fresh water. It's a real clean nice boat that a friend/customer picked up last year.

This is what I did with the stand up bolster in my race boat.

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Even though you cant see them in this picture there is removable cushions for the seats.

A little better picture from the boat show calendar.

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Seats and console done besides adding cup holders
Wired up the amps, will get a finished pic of amps and intercom box soon

Perhaps it's better this amplifier put on the floor, they are heavy and could fall on the rough sea,not immediately, but over time

Appreciate the input but they aren't going anywhere. They are mounted like that on every boat I've looked at or worked on, and if anything loosens up its easy enough to through bolt them to that wall.

Nice work. Do you have a plan for foot rests? I prefer sit down boats myself, but I think foot rests are a must if you run in rough water.

My feet are flat on the floor but I did build a wedge to go on the bulkhead as a footrest. I'll prob make flip down one for the passenger seat

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Finally finished stereo and intercom wiring (minus a couple small screws)
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And made a Velcro enclosure for the front of the console for storage of the headsets

Please take no offence but I would never mount an amp on carpet. If anything I about guarantee you will extend their lives by mounting them on a hard surface.

Care to explain how the 1/16" pile of the carpet is going to shorten it's life?

Alittle late to the game but here's the sitdown conversion I did on my race boat. Hands down far and away the abssolute best thing I've ever done for rough water stability, comfort and control.
Here's some before and after pics

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So I've looked all over stereo install instructions, manufacturer websites, and installer how to's etc and find nothing about not mounting on carpeted surfaced, in fact most say how to mount it on carpeted surfaces. So if you know something I can't find info on please chime in

Heat. Under there on a 90 degree day with the stereo pumping. When I installed a set of amps in my maroon van I installed them on a hard board and put 1/4 rubber washers behind them so they would have air all the way around. Did the same in the boat but there was already a hard surface to mount it on. Yours also look to have very little cooling fins.
JMHO

I see, I would just think that if that was really an issue there would be some kind of note from the manufacturer. Trunk of a black car has to be pretty hot mid summer too.

Boat is coming along nice! reminder: never put beer in trunk of black cars

right,,you just leave the cooler on the front seat w/ you.:Dmakes getting a cold one easier.:D

Is that 2 dudes sitting side by side? Not sure about you Fountain guys...

My wife is always in the front seat unless I'm out alone. They are further apart than active thunder and out limits puts them.

I can't believe boats are coming back full circle to sit down.

As practical as it is in a Low freeboard boat, I just can't get past the DuneBuggy seats in a boat.:evilb:

Dunebuggys have come a long way....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XlVVvESXBA

I am pretty hooked on the whole trophy truck thing. I think they might be crazier then the offshore crowd. Seems like they wad them up every race running all out. But some incredible machines there. If I wasn't on the east coast I think I would have one over a boat, or atleast consider it.

And the seats of today's world are far from the fishing boat seats of the golden years. Ppi and some others have some pretty high tech composite bases and shock midigating foam now.

My seats are trophy truck seats....

I'm aware..... I have a friend that has a similar boat to yours and recommended your exact seats to him, even sent him the pic from earlier in this post

Long story short, he has what I call fishing boat pedestal seats and hit a wave, his big ass broke the pedestal and seat, ejecto seato himself into his drunk passenger buddy and bent the throttle like a horseshoe. His passenger took the brunt of the impact.

What do those X-Craft suspension systems costs per a seat?

About 1700$ Usd including shipping per seat depending on the exchange rate (euros). With the black cloud that follows me around the exchange rate went up about 6 percent over night so it cost me Afew extra bucks and shipping was alittle pricey from the Netherlands. Also I reccomend if you run a heavy seat like the ppi on top of the frame to ask for the heavier spring from jump street. I had to order them after testing and setting up my boat as when we were trying to run race speed in a stacked up 3/4s when you would catch a good flier it would bottom the spring out. X crafts customer service was top notch and they sold me the next size up spring (think of a mx Shock spring) for 65-70$ each and they fixed the issue 100 percent and I would say they're dialed in now. My exact science for testing was to wait until it was blowing 25/30 from the north in the bay and go riding around. And also tested it by hitting every sport fish wake at top speed to see how it reacted lol. Afew minor tweaks on some Shock settings after our first race and it's been perfect since.

It's basically like riding on a cloud and honestly allows you to push the boat harder.