No they do not.

That is a great boat! My buddy had it for several yrs in TX.

One quick tip.... With as much work and detail as you are putting into this project, do yourself a favor, put in some alum tanks. It may be a bit more money and time up front, however, it will save you headaches and will probably make the boat more valuable in terms of resale.

I thought the same thing. Josh the last owner had just put brand new bladders in it, but there was still a strong fuel smell. I pulled the floors and pressurized the tanks and went after them with soapy water. I found one fill hose that the inside was folded over from prying it off with a screwdriver. After pulling the tanks and looking them over I decided to give them a try. It really isn't that big of a job to pull them. We found a few areas that could cause some chaffing issues. So we cleaned them up. We also have made the cells more secure with the way we're going to hold them in. Time will tell.

The transmission bolts to the front of the midplate.[ATTACH=CONFIG]564924[/ATTACH]

Isn't that the tail stock of the transmission?

Awesome. Love these boats. When you say 565s is that the merc 565s or is this some custom built 565ci engines? May have missed it if you said.

It is the new M series closed coupled connection. The same as the M8. Your trans bolts to the mid plate this way you don't have to have transom specific for drive line or closed coupled. You can do either with this style. I will post a picture of it with the drive line kit as soon as I get back to the shop.

565 cu in

She's gonna run good.

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Drive line attachment.

Does the design help reduce engine room space used by partially putting it in assy?

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M8 close coupled attachment.
This way the M series transom can be used for either.
Also same trans. Just need the flange for drive line.

No that's where your driveshaft would bolt to.

Not to confuse anyone the close coupled is the same as the plug in.

That's awesome, about time they used a simple crossover design. How long do you plan on keeping this boat? I'm gonna start stuffing my piggy bank and eating peanut butter sandwiches now.

I'm going to ramen noodles. Peanut butter is expensive. Lol

Notice I left out the jelly!

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Transmission's have arrived. With CP Performance dual cooler bell housing's.

Just dropped her off to GlassDave for transom rework��

Awesome!!

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Heavy duty drive stand.

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Just got back from Glass Dave. Excellent work!

^^like. Looking good.

Love the look of a nice clean ass

Sweet. What's the measurement between centers on the props?

18.5"

Thanks.

thanks for trusting me to help ya out kieth i enjoyed working on it . . . . . my only problem now is i really want a 42 PR Fountain, man these things are cool. :cool:

This thing is going to be a runner! Can't wait to see the cockpit layout.

I was drooling on it (sorry bout that Kieth, thats what i was cleaning when you got here lol) while it was here and it was empty :D


See now i get a pic sent to me over the weekend of a 42 that DeMarco is parting out and I'm thinking . . . . hmmm . . . . what would it take to do a full on conversion of an old derelict 42 to a PR style deck :cool: . . . . hmmmm . . . . . Jamie? hows the progress on yours?

Holy wah! That is looking GREAT!

Coming along very very slowly lol

Kieths boat may be coming back for fresh color in the fall . . . . I'm thinkin sneak a deck mold off it lol . . . PR Editions's for everyone!! lol :D

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What are the transmissions. They do not look like B/W.

Look Like their newest,72L-HP. Although Velvet Drive isn't owned by Borg Warner anymore, division of Regal Beloit.

Yes these are the 72L-HP.
Dave don't forget the cabin.

oh yeah cant forget about that, the worlds first lightweight poker run cabin :cool:

I like where your heads at Dave