39 Express
 

Who owns the 39 Express headed west on a trailer out of Swanton , Ohio last friday?

I don't remember Swanton, but I think that was me? Just bought it in Toledo and towed it back to Minnesota.

Todd

Do you have any pictures? Who did you buy it from?

Bought it from John Schessler in Genoa, OH. I actually traded my 50' Scarab Meteor and a few bucs for the Express. It needs some motor work but that's my bag. Hope to have it running before the lakes turn hard this fall.

I'd appreciate any info you have about the boat, or general info on the 39s.

Todd

Congratulations! That is a beautiful boat, John has a lot of time and effort in it. It shouldn't be a problem to have it in this season, I didn't think it needed too much mechanical work to be ready to run.

Thanks for the congrats. Yea, John seems to be a really good guy and in the short time I've known him seems to really know what he's doing. On top of that he didn't appear to spare much time or expense in rigging it, so I am excited to get it going.

The history that John gave me is that one motor proceded to eat an intake valley screen after the epoxy let loose with only about an hour of run time on the boat and motor. That was 6-7 years ago. Hard to believe a 1994 boat with one hour on it, but he said that it's been in pieces for over 6 years, and since he bought the hull and deck new in 1996 and rigged it himself, it doesn't sound too far fetched.

Regardless, the hull seems to be about as close to perfect as you could ask for, and same goes for the cockpit and cabin. The motors have some scored pistons and are a little strong on compression for my liking considering they are supercharged. I'm calculating about 9.7+:1 now. I'm going to drop it quite a bit from there so I can get away with pump gas. Maybe 8.0:1 or there abouts. The little power loss should be worth the gain in reliability.

Well thanks again, and I'd love to hear about how yours and any others that you know of run. I understand from John that there are quite a few 39s in that area.

Todd

Congrats Todd. Looking forward to seeing it on the water!!

That is a great lookin ride Todd. Can't wait till I can get a ride!

It looks real nice.

Ross Builds A Rock Solid Boat, I Won The World Tile In Mine Years Ago In Key West In A Really Rough Race. Half The Boats Didn't Even Finish. After 2 Seasons Of Racing My Hull Didn't A Stress Crack Anywhere

Nice boat. I hope that one day my boat will look that good. I bought boots old 39'. If anyone has the history on this boat I would love to hear about it.

I can't wait to see it in person!

Todd,

Any updates? Did you get a chance to put it in the water yet?

VooDoo you haven't post in this thread in three years what's the story now??

Ok - sorry for not keeping an eye on this thread, I'm asleep at the wheel! And not the wheel of the 39'

It was going slow already and then I bought a Wellcraft Excalubur 45 to have a weekend cruiser while I worked on the 39. Probably shouldn't have because now I spend my summer weekends with a cold one in hand instead of a wrench in hand getting the OE going.

The motors are all completely rebuilt and ready to dyno. They got new JE pistons and a complete new valvetrain from roller cam to valves and about everything in between. Everything else was already top notch.

I've been derailed lately though as I am buying a company so it's been just as slow going. I know I'll get tarred and feathered by you guys for saying it but I might be interested in selling the 39 OE it if the price where fair. Problem is I haven't even thought about what a fair price would be.

I'll keep working on it and maybe next summer you'll see it splash!

Todd

Hey Todd, the motors look great. Who did all of the motor work? What did they dyno in at?
-Jason Parvey

Hi Jason,
Thanks! We didn't spare any expense when we put them together. The machine work and much of the assembly was done by Jimmy Dean in Rochester, and I did the rest myself.

Haven't got to the dyno yet but I'm working on it. I usually us Ron at R&R in mpls. but I have one that turns backwards with the Arnesons and he can't run them. There is a new DTS up near Ashland, WI that a friend told me about. I think I'll take them up there when I'm ready.

Awesome, we will be dynoing our new intercoolers tomorrow at Rons. Let me know how the dyno sessions turn out.
-JP

Morots look great post pics when you get things back together and on the water. :)