Next Project for my 29
 

Now that Troy Hannon and the crew at Supreme Marine have gotten my 29 powered right and running well it's time to do a little cosmetic work. As you can tell from the pictures below this boat is in bad need of new skins! Over the summer I had Kenny Hohwiesner over at Velocity Powerboats re-powder coat my windshield frame and while I was there I got a chance to look around their factory at some of the interiors they were doing including a 35 Executioner and I was impressed. I figured these guys have been building boats for over 34 years and if they’re willing to work on my boat... why not.
In September I asked Kenny to order some of the factory embossed skins from Fountain but before our order could be completed Fountain shut down. After talking to Gail in parts at Fountain she didn't believe they were going to be able to get us those skins until Fountain opened back up. With no warning about a month ago the skins showed up! Gail said they are still slowly but surely trying to fill orders so I guess I just got lucky.
I met with with Brian, Velocity’s interior guy and he told me that he would have no problem installing the skins as is but recommended that I let him liven it up a little bit so it wasn’t so plain. He thought adding silver carbon fiber and a little more purple would really make it pop. Sounds good to me me I'll let you be the judge of that.

So here we go!

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Wow, what the heck happened to your interior, its only a 2006? It looks like they never covered the boat?

Can't wait to see the finished product.

Mine is a 2000, and it looks new,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,well except for a hole that I put into it. Maybe I'll have to visit them when I get it down here. Where are they located?

I know the interior's trashed. This boat was really badly neglected and I'm sure your right about it never being covered. It's been a fun (EXPENSIVE) project but when it's done it will all be worth it.... at least to me.

As far as Velocity goes they're over in Sanford, FL just north of Orlando, not that far from you if you're in Crystal River? I go to Crystal River every year round July 4th to go scalping. This will be my first year to take my boat. Lots of fun!!!
Anyway here's their website and contact info. http://velocityboats.com/ If you have any questions just ask for Kenny. He's a super nice guy.

Thanks! I over by Sanford often, show go by in 2 weeks.

I'll stop by then.

Wow......cant wait to see the finished product!

Was you boat a repo? Man I cant imagine letting a $150,000 boat go like that. Glad to see you are fixing her up

Are they just that dirty? Looks to be in good shape otherwise.

And for chist sakes, get matching speakers. :D

That's my next project, I'm going with all JL stuff. 2 JL 7.7 coaxials for the back with 2 10's under the back seat, Component 7.7's up front, a JL 900/5 amp and a Alpine head unit ready to go.

Yes it was a repo. I knew it was going to need a little work I just didn't realize how much. It's definitely been a learning experience for me. I'm just about done getting it all fixed up the way I envisioned it when I bought it. I have to admit it’s really fun watching her transform into a really nice boat.

Doesn't the JL grilles come off so u could paint to match?

I guess you could. I've been looking at those grill covers with the Fountain logo on them that they've been talking about in an earlier thread but they’re a little expensive for me right now. Maybe later.

I don't 'think' the coaixals will, do to the tweeter wiring. Assuming the center grill is glued to the outer frame?????


At least when I installed mine, they didn't come apart just by handling. Imagine with a little fidgeting, anything is possible. Going to look closer at mine to see if I can't get some LEDs behind those grills

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Those are looking good, did your boat have the step plate or did they add them?

It came with the step plates.

Going to look awesome! So the Fountain factory parts department is still operating?

Yes as far as I know the parts department are still open.

It's all starting to come together!
 

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Looks great. I'm going to re-do the interior on my 29 next year.

Very nice how much???$$$

Looks good.
I took my bolsters apart a few yrs ago and sanded the wood in rear inside corners some. Seems like that areas is a high impact point with coolers. Knocking off the sharp corners really took the risk of the vinyl getting damaged. Just something to keep in mind while installing all the skins.....doesn't take much, just a nice round over.

She's done!!!
 

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You have done a great job on that boat, you should be proud of it.

Wow. Looks great. Nice job. What did all those new skins cost you?

+2.. what kind of speed did you end up seeing once you got it propped better?

nice work

have any more pics of your dash setup?

sweet - looks great.

Wow what a difference looks awesome!

New skins installed were just about $5700.00.

I still haven't had a change to get it dialed in yet. With the Miami boat show everything it was a little hectic down here in south Florida but now that things are settling down we're going to start prop testing again, probably next week. I'll keep everyone posted.

Next and final project (for a while anyway) will be the audio system. I'm planning on starting that one in April.

Thanks everyone for the comments!!

Looks great!!! Anybody have any tips on taking the bolsters apart? I need to do that this year
any help would be appreciated

The Dash, glovebox, and the side panel were all done by Innotech. (314)432-1900 Ask for Steve, super nice guy.

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That looks awesome. Would definitely like to upgrade mine in similar fashion.

looks classy .

very nice . . . very jealous

Looks great!

Is the panel under the rear bench seat where the 2 speakers are mounted, bolted in, or is that a false front? Not used to seeing that as a bolt in section

To be honest I'm not sure. Good eye, I've never noticed that!

Brought my JL coaxials home to mount LEDS behind the grills and recalled this question. Yes they come off. The standard components grills come off no problem. The coaxials required the tweeter wires to be carefully removed, then 2 grill cover to housing screws removed, to remove the covers. Real easy, just gotta be careful with the tweeter wiring. Not sure how you'd keep paint out of the tweeters though since they are epoxied to the grill in the coaxials. Probably can't

wow that's some nice work !