Mike Fountain new Pantera 24' SE pics.
 

We are in the final stages of Mike Fountains new 2005 Pantera 24 SE. Black hull with a White deck. Custom upholstery with Black Pantera embroidery with Flourescent Green cat eyers. Motor looks good in the engine room with the Green and Black Combo. Full Imco Hydraulic steering,Pantera logo race trim tabs,Pirelli rubber Flooring, Black Momo wheel,White Livorsi gauges with Black bezels, and CMI tubular headers.

WE should be able to test it next week sometime.Boat looks awesome !!

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Shorty exhaust tips were Mike's Request.Stand up bolsters with drop outs.Back seat will have 3 custom divisional sections with high dense foam.Angled foot rests are going in with padding and Pirelli non skid flloring.

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Sweet.....

Enjoy Mike.

Angel

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Looks great!
I dig the black accents on the sides of the rear headrests, or is that just the foam that has not been covered yet?

Can't wait to see some #s.
Is this the last 24 to be built?????

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Its just the foam color.

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Looks great Pepe and Jo!!

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A few pictures of the transom.Imco hydraulic steering with Pantera logo race trim tabs.Transom looks real nice with polished steering rams and polished cyliders on the tabs which are much more $$$.Mike has done a great job on this motor.Should run real strong.

Saturday at 5:30 PM and we are all still working.

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Bad Azzzzzzzzzz..........

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Real Nice Job. Gotta Love Black And Chrome!

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i am getting very excited about the boat getting done!! It is really coming out top notch the whole color combination is coming together great!! Jo and Pepe do build a bad ass boat!!

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No one can ever dispute that

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here are a few more pics of the interior it is so close to being done and i am very excited!!

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and a few of the rear bench!!

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oh yah in post 13 the pic is of the eyes getting painted on, they were vinyl at first and i didn't like the look of them so now they are going to get painted on!!

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mike very nice you need to get out of palm coast and go finish that thing!!! call me if you need any fittens :D :D

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i have some more pics of the paint and interior!! i hope sonny doesn't mind that i copied a bit?? it does look alot more pissed off i think !!

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and a couple of more!! and one of the interior!! almost done !!

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keep'em coming...
where the grab handles on the back of the bolsters?

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saw this boat yesterday and it looks totally trick pantera has done a great job with this 24, really custom if anyone gets a chance to see it up close its a work of art and the black sides look bad asz they had just been polished and all I can say is woooooooooooooooowwwwwwwww.

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Mike,

Very nice looking Pantera. I like the black sides maybe even more than my American Flag!

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Holy crap that is a sweet boat.

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wow very nice.......what is the distance from the front bolsters to rear seat? don't look like much room?

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Not enough to stand behind, but perfect for the seated passenger.

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Cockpit interior

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All we need is in the water and running shots, Jo I missed you yesterday but saw you oldman hard at work with the crew... that boat looks sweattttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Andy,

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were are going to get this thing out on the water this weekend!! The boat does look badass!! i cant wait to get it out and see how it runs !!

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very nice, hardly wait to see more pictures. pissed off does look good. JAIME

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here are a few more pics! and how fast does every one think this will run??

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83-85.

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65 :D or 110 tied to my boat :D

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ill tell ya what scarab j i will race ya at the jacksonville poker run and we will see !!?? Any one else going to attend ??

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how are the quad roters looking??

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i dunno i have not figured out if they are supposed to be mounted on the top side or bottom of the block?? na they are coming along ok!! short blocks should be together this weekend and beginning of next week!! the poker run it right around the corner!!

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Your boat should run real close to 80 and will do it in a 2 ft chop. Do yourself a favor and call Hydromotive or Throttle Up. We (T-Mone, Throttle Up, Hydromotive and myself) did a bunch of prop testing this spring and the 24 Pantera really likes the 5 blade prop. They have a few different ones but T-Mone ordered one at the end of our testing. It came on plane great, was tied with the fastest 3 blade (GPS) and made the boat handle so much better than before. We were on Tampa Bay with a good honest 1-2 ft chop with the occasional 3+ and with the 5 blade you did not have to "drive" the boat so much. While I think it is self gratifying and fun to drive a 7' beam boat through nice rough water at 65-70 it gets nerve racking at 80. I will call T-Mone and have him post the hard numbers from all the different props we tested. Good luck with the new boat, It's looking good.

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i will be testing the boat today and i would like to try a 5 blade if jo has one ?? is there a prop swap that would allow you to try different props without buying a bunch ?? what pitch did he use and what hp did he have ??

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approx. 585 hp, and if I remember correctly it was a 26 pitch but we could only twist about 5100 but he ordered a 24 because he wants to be around 5600-5800. Our best GPS speed was 81.7 but it was rough and humid

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How was the testing?

Lets see some running pictures!!

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yes do tell