Chuck, If I come up friday night is there a room available at the Inn? :D

Sure. Tacos and Margaritas included!

Oh yeah its T&M night at the Hacienda!! Remember I have to work the next day:D

Drives installed and test fired!!! Maybe a day and a half's worth of finish-up work left, but the engine compartment's

DONE!!!!

FU Chuck on the hot and cold water system!!!!!!!! :D Looks awesome!

And they sound reeeeaaaallllll Good!:cool-smiley-011: I wonder if the people in the house next door have come out from under the table yet:D

The factory rigging on the water system wasn't quite as......elegant. It took me a long time to figure out a good way to clean it up. There are a lot of systems in there, so no matter how hard you try, you end up with a certain amount of clutter and crossed lines/hoses.

Still..................:D

Thanks for the Kudos!

In that first picture... I can not beleive that you let that throttle or shift cable hang down like that...... I mean really!!! :D:D

Looks good Chuck.

It's a capillary line for the water pressure. I fixed it today after I saw that picture. :p

Hatch is ON!

...and the last details finished underneath. Coolant tanks back in and the starboard door on the new diamond plate platform.

Those of you with keen eyes may have noticed that I did indeed find and install replacement stickers on the flame arrestors. (I dare you to try and find some of those babies.)

Back to the marina tomorrow, and a few final touchup jobs.

I see that you found the bracket for the hatch ram:cool-smiley-011: Give me a call when you can Chuck.

Todays the day!! Back to the marina with her:cool-smiley-011::D It was a learning experience helping out Chuck.....Now wait til I pull my AT all apart. www.mcmastercar.com :D Let the Blingin' Begin!

Phew.......

Special thanks to:

• My wife, for tackling so many difficult, dirty, and "tedious" jobs and doing them so well. ...and putting up with me.
• Treads, for a loaner trailer, free of charge.
• RAddiction, for several days and nights of help.
• Sox, also for several days and nights of help.
• KnotNormal, for a loaner dually for only the cost of fuel.
• <edit>Bobby Moore, for his infinite knowledge and first-class advice.
• <edit>Budz Motorsports, for a 3-day turnaround on my cyinder heads!
• My paint shop guys, for tackling a big project down to the smallest detail.
• Formula Boats (especially Daryl Johnson and Chuck Miller), for building a boat worthy of the effort, and for having an answer to every question I came up with.
• Innovation Marine and Volvo Penta for first-rate technical support on out-of-production engines.
• Hamilton Marine, for having almost all the plumbing stuff I needed, and getting it to me quickly.
• McMaster-Carr, for having just about everything else I needed, usually in 316 stainless, not charging me double for putting it on a boat, and for having it to me the next day every time!
• And especially to all the OSO Formula brethren for your invaluable enthusiasm, advice and support!!

nice job! Enjoy the summer!

I need to check the Formula forum more often.. Great project, and looks awesome...Looks like you'll Have a fun summer:cool-smiley-011:

Looks Great looking forward to seeing it on the bay

Great job Chuck!!! You amaze me with the way you handled this project. I don't think I know anyone as organized and focused as you. You handled so much without ever losing your cool and always with a great attitude and a smile on your face. Your engeneering talents show in every detail and unlike most engeneers I know, your engeneered designs all work! I wish I had the patience, organizaton, and mechanical ability you have.

Congratulations to you and Dianne, I know you BOTH worked very hard on this and you both did a fine job.

Now lets break out some WINE!!! :ernaehrung004:

Take care,

Rob

dude awesome job looking forward to see her run.

chuck it looks awsome and good luck i just read the wholeeeee thread :boat: now go boating hope to see you in NJ maybe this year

You are one talented man! Lucky to have good friends and a great wife! This thread has been very interesting and informative! You boat is one of a kind, better than new, and drop dead cool!

I hope you have many years of boating fun in store for you and your wife!

Stu

Incredible job Chuck!

great job,were you painted the sides what were those cars under the covers?,glad the misses helped

SIIIIIIIICK

Nice work and tenacity Bro!

AWESOME :cool-smiley-027:

Superb. Thanks for showing us how it's done! Love the paint scheme, too.

Looks like you are going to have an awesome summer! :D

Very nice job you have done. CONGRATS!
And as a Swede it's nice to see you run Volvo Penta. Theese DPX -drives is one of the best drives out there.
The question is why I dont run Volvo-drives.....



//Mange

I'm inspired!!!

Dmaxx3500 - Those are Van Diemen Formula Vauxhall Juniors, stored in the truck bay where I work. They were used for a consumer "Racing School" program we ran a few years back.

Everyone else: Thank you! Everyone's tastes are different, and some people might not find what we did as impressive or even appealing, but we have no regrets, and it means a lot to us to read your comments.

One last important acknowledgment:
In 1997, I met Bobby Moore and contracted him to re-rig a 28' boat I had purchased. Needless to say, the boat came out great, but we also became good friends. Bobby, his wife Joanne, and son William have remained in touch with us, and we see each other on a regular basis. Bobby's knowledge and experience have been absolutely invaluable to me in this project. While he did not have time to come up and assist me personally, the work he did on my other boat and the advice he has given me have been terrific. He saved me from making some potentially costly mistakes, and helped in a myriad of ways.

Thanks, Bobby!

looking for the invite for a day of some sun and fun! :cool-smiley-027:

And while the pictures look great, they don't do this job justice. The amount of time that was put into this is astounding. Quite a learning experience for me Chuck and we are looking forward to a great summer rafting up and overnighters with you and Dianne.:ernaehrung004:

Annapolis anyone?:D

Hay BOB where have you been hidding havent seen you around much

Hey Bob, I see your old boat everyday on the way to and from work. Its at futurline getting some work done. Hope to see you this summer.:D

The party's over...

Here's most (but not all) of the hardware, plumbing and wiring that was removed or replaced. The round discs at the bottom of the first two shots are roughly 3/8" thick steel left over from lightening holes I cut in the engine accessory mounting plates. Although they only weigh a combined total of about 5 pounds, I feel better about having removed unneccesary material... (Anal Compulsive? Yeah, I guess...:rolleyes:)

Also a shot of the shop. Only 1 mile from my house, it had heat, light, compressed air and BIG JOE, who lifted the genny, both engines, all four headers, both drives, and the sun pad. That's why I can still walk today.

SEE YOU ALL ON THE WATER!!!!:party-smiley-048:

I work for a Formula dealer and told my rep about how cool your boat looked with the "flagship" style paint, he was very impressed!!!!! It's been great following your progress, thanks for sharing.

"Flagship" style paint...


Chucks boat IS the Flagship! Hands down. :cool-smiley-011:

Thanks. The boat was all white from 2000 through 2003. ("The flying refrigerator".) We put the original "straight" Flagship scheme on in mid-2004. After Scott Porter and a few others saw it at the 2005 Rendezvous, it did inspire some of the current factory paint schemes, although all of them are considerably more elaborate. After seeing the factory schemes for 2008, we decided to add the "swoosh" to the rear to keep up with the times. Formula was even nice enough to supply some live Adobe Illustrator files from the 400SS scheme to help with cutting our paint mask templates.

Can't wait til next weekend Chuck.:cool-smiley-026: