Thanks Sprink, I have to agree though, and we had a few boats swing in close to get a better look, obviously an appreciated design! I love the way this boat looks on the water- running or just sitting. We get comments, and thumbs up all the time- this has to be the coolest looking boat we've owned!

I just received some parts...
(Thanks HTRDLNCN)


Looks like a new project for the weekend! Very excited to remove the old home-made system!!

Photos of the project to come soon.

Well, I couldn't come up with a 'good' way to plumb the cross-overs into the existing setup, so that's going on hold until 'winter project time. I DID put the thermostat housings in, backwards- looks better in the current configuration...


This just 'fit in' with how things are plumbed now, it'll work fine for the last few trips of the season. Our plan is to pull both engines and drives at the end of the season, and rebuild everything, reseal the drives, put in real water pick-ups, pumps and strainers, re-gelcoat the engine room, and generally clean everything up. We will be reconfiguring the seat/ engine cover to something with an automatic lift, and a bit more style as well.

In other good news, I got the 'other' engine that goes with this boat. Starboard engine was removed due to a spun rod bearing, and replaced with a 'truck engine' sometime prior to us buying the boat. Well- we got the pulled engine...


It will get rebuilt along with the 'twin' port motor so she has matching (original) small blocks again. Not sure what we'll do with the present starboard engine... It runs great, just isn't originally a marine engine... We shall see.

More to come soon.