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Old projects never die....

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Im Matt, Kent's oldest son, now 45, these pictures were 15 years ago when we got the boat, had to cut out all the covered stringers because they were hiding h2o treasure.. yes, it stunk... opened it all up and started to move the "X" Dimensions up because why not?

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Transom filled in, and re-painted
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this is me.. matt, waiting for the jig to drill some holes back in the boat.
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Gary, our Race buddy showed us the way.. Thanks Gary!
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Raise it some more! Imco to the rescue!
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I Made some Stainless brackets for the steering to hook to, 36" K Planes... mean rear end on just a 24' baot
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I am going to catch up this thread with what we did with the P&D, Seems so long ago, but I still have the pictures so I may as well Share. This is a dying past time I feel and we need to keep this going.
Cleaned up the bilge, ran hydraulic lines for steering and trim. mounted and finished transom work with drive, tabs and steering. looks mean a hell.

A dash of This and a Dash of that....

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I spent a bunch of time finish sanding the dash work...
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got it all painted up in a really pretty blue
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ready for gauges
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and I get back to the house and dad "Kent" goes ape S*^& on the dash with a Saws All... I was pretty pissed.. but....

take a seat sir...

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a bit of CNC router work with aluminum and a frame is born.
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hand cut.. I'm not even sure if both seats are the same shape.. but they fit me and dad so who cares right?
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dash and seats installed

Wetter is better

Updated as of 2026...

The PnD Was with Kent, My dad for years, the water testing was done back in about 2007-2008. That is the year when I Joined the Air Force, I then moved up to Spokane to serve at Fairchild AFB for about 10 years. I drove down and brought the boat up to Washington so I can resurrect it. I found out dad found the limits of hull integrity when he launched it in some rough water and cracked the hull in 3 places, taking on water as he drove back to the dock.. it sat on the trailer for the time being. the dash rotted out, the engine sat in the garage and the whole project went to waste.. Now, the boat is with me, I now run a Snap-on Franchise and have not had a good place to work on it nor the time, but faced with the reality of time ticking away, I need to get this beast back in the water. I Found this old thread and I wanted to revive it, share our story, and and enjoy some more "Smiles Per Gallon" once again!

Stay tuned as I continue this project, none of us are getting any younger!

This is awesome! Keep it coming!

Awesome revival /continuation of this project. Thanks for posting, and thanks for your service!