Thanks - here are the latest progress pics from Mitch. She's white as can be.

Looking good Bob!

I know it has been a long time coming but it will be worth it!

It sure has Tom, and then some. Finally getting there though. :)

Wow, what a resto!

Very cool resto of a great boat man. Glad to see she is getting the love she deserves!

what he said , Mitch is a great guy

Some more pics. Reworking the canopies and deck to fit was a bigger job than expected.

Deck is coming along.

Mitch Finished painting it and installing the canopies. I posted a bunch of pics in the general discussion thread.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...nzi-zrc-4.html

Makes me want another one. Beautiful.

Nice Work!!!!!

Thanks guys. Can't wait to see it in person.

very Very VEEERRRRRYYYYY NICE!!!!!

Paint is incredible,Can't wait to see power you put in.

Great Job!

boat looks awesome are you putting the ilmor and arnesons back on the boat

What a great looking boat!!! WOW. Good for you.

Looks great and amazing to read through and see the process. I just became a member recently and purchased a 35ZR with ilmor 710's. I love the boat so far but it's stored for winter now. Next summer should be a blast.

710's:eek: That must be a hand full with the sticks pegged!!!

That is the sweetest 35 I've ever seen! What speeds will it run?

PS start a new thread with pictures of that thing please!!

That's the plan.

ChrisL, we need pics man, pics!!!

It will hit 100 and on the test drive we hit 97 by gps. I have not pushed it because I'm still getting used to it. At one point it had Hering propellers on it but when I got it it had standard bravo 1. I think with the Herings it was about 105 but not sure. I'll post some pics on this thread.

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Marginmn, the boat looks amazing... wonderful job so far on this resto!!! :cool:

Thanks :)

Awesome ZR!

How is the ZRC coming along??

The boat is done, the engines however are at Ilmor getting complete rebuilds after the effects of leaky headers and an ill-advised and time-killing attempt to have someone other than Ilmor dig into them. Ilmor hopes to have them completed in a few more weeks.

Here are some updated pics.

Looks great! Can't wait to see it running Lake Cumberland!!

Tks, Ditto. :)

Looks great! I can't wait to see it in person!

Any chance you will have it ready to do the Cape Coral Poker Run in October?
I have been without my boat all summer (blown engines in Tickfaw) and that will be my first run back in mine.

October hmm, What year?

Well back in November of last year I thought I would have it by March or April, but that was before I wasted half a year finding out that I should have just sent the darn things to Ilmor in the first place. That's what I get for trying to save a little money- well, a whole lot of money. Turns out both of them were in pretty sad shape from water reversion damage and it's a good thing I got such a good deal on them originally or I'd be just sick - well I am still sick but I'd be even sicker. :lolhit:

I was really hoping to make the Lake Cumberland PR to salvage my summer the second week of September but that seems unrealistic with Ilmor finishing the build in mid to late Aug. After the engines are finally in the boat we still have to do prop testing and maybe some bottom work to accommodate for the much lighter Ilmor and Arneson combo. Many are of the opinion that my boat needs some rocker in the hull to get the most out of Arnesons so it will probably require trial and error testing. At least we should have more power to work with then before.

If all goes well I just may have it in time to do the Cape Cora run. Would be a blast to run with you.

What happened to your mills. Did one blow or both?.

Bad gas I picked up on the way to Tickfaw, toasted them both (blown head gaskets, water in multiple cylinders, etc.). When Ron checked the fuel it came back as 86 octane and dirty as hell. Worst part is, we stopped at two different truck stops on the way so I can't even say which one it was.

Man I hate to hear that Tom. That just sucks.

I got burned by bad gas on that run 5 years ago. Shut down all three of my engines...sorry to hear about it.

I love the 38zrc's.....great redo....

Well well tested her at the Fountain factory on Friday. Pictures don't do it justice. Mitch's paint job is off the hook and it looks pretty bad ass with the Arnesons hanging off the back.

Ran 103 out of the box but ran out of prop with 6200 on the rev limiters.

Now get it to Florida and sign up for the St. Pete Poker Run April 17-19!