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64294501 01-03-2018 12:09 PM

I hope this works http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img924/2563/KWnJsc.jpg

Barnacle Bill 01-03-2018 02:29 PM


Originally Posted by 64294501 (Post 4602713)

Wow. That looks nice and clean!!! Love the blue.

64294501 01-03-2018 03:49 PM

Thanks, it sure is a labor of love lol, the blue is similar to the merc racing blue. I bought the valve covers because of the color :)

Barnacle Bill 01-04-2018 10:26 AM


Originally Posted by 64294501 (Post 4602746)
Thanks, it sure is a labor of love lol, the blue is similar to the merc racing blue. I bought the valve covers because of the color :)

Good color choice and i like the mirror on the underside of the engine bay hatch. Do you have pics of the rest of the boat?

64294501 01-04-2018 04:15 PM

https://imageshack.com/i/pmFZJKXxjhttps://imageshack.com/a/img922/2165/b2Dln8.jpghttps://imageshack.com/a/img924/2770/J9gWS3.jpgHope this works https://imageshack.com/a/img924/8236/YXLZON.jpg

Barnacle Bill 01-04-2018 07:47 PM

nice. We have almost the same boat. And do you have en enclosed cooling system?

What length? Dashes look the same, too, but my door to the cabin is on the port side. I wish it was centered,though.

I also like how you have the seats mounted and I'm doing something similar with a plastic base/storage and hard foam to form the seats. The bench and the captain's chair are both light enough for me to easily lift by myself. The previous ones were wood frames covered in fiberglass and combined weighed a little over 500lbs. Yikes!

64294501 01-04-2018 08:48 PM

Yes our boats are quite similar :) mine is a 1980 38 Excal. It has a notched transom and a "notched" upper step. Both your hull and mine are a Bill Farmer build of the former Tom Adams Signature 38 hull. I have seen the entry below both ways, the port entrance like yours and the center like mine. As for the cooling it is raw water pickup. And my seats are mounted on stainless tubing and are quite heavy as well lol. I have yet to find anything on these old boats that is light weight :)

Barnacle Bill 01-09-2018 11:36 AM

What is the vent tube coming out of your port side dash dash used for?

64294501 01-09-2018 03:09 PM

LOL, Dam you caught that : ) It is a special flux capacitor hyper drive motor cooler !!!! Its actually a hillbilly air setup : ) The boat had a compass in that spot and no air, I purchased a relatively cheap AC unit and stripped the chassis off of it and shoe horned it inside my cabin where the fridge used to be. It needs a vent stack so....... out came the compass and low and behold the vent tube fits perfect !!!!! no cutting or messin with the fiberglass on the dash. So no more compass but the air is fantastic in the heat :) oh yea and no more fridge I keep YETI in business

64294501 01-09-2018 06:10 PM



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