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A couple more and I'll chill.... :cool:

I was knock'n it out this weekend :D :drink:

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Did you lay out the guages to clear the wheel at all driver angles? Or was it to accomidate the larger size? I have not seen a Pantera dash laid out that way. nice work!! That looks great!! Chris

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Hey Chris, I have some nic nacs for you.

Yes, to both your questions. I wanted to add a different feeling to the helm so I diverted from the straight lines. It took several lay outs before I setteled on this. We discussed some options earlier in the post. I knew I wanted the tach and speedo side by side and I wanted the other small gauges to have a little flow to it. the rest was dictated by the space restrictions on the dash.

I couldn't get stainless angle cut bezzels (Alum only). I decided to powder coat the alum angle bezzels white and then put the stainless on top of that. We'll see what it looks like when I get the gauges back.


Thanks Mike, I still need to install tack and speedo, interior, and adjust drive shifter, make new steering lines and that's about it. I hope to fire it up this next weekend and check for leaks. I made alot of new lines (fuel, water and oil ) so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Tom

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That dash layout looks great. Is your interior installed yet?

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Thanks, interior should be installed this weekend.

I finished building new steering lines last nite.
Tomorrow I'm starting it and checking for leaks and such.
If everything checks good I will splash next week some time :D :D :D

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Finally cleaned up my mess and finished off the bilge

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very nice looks awesome

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looks awesome , you put alot of time and money in her , I'm sure it's worth every penny and then some . When will you be ready to get her wet ?

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Ya gotta love a guy who takes your old girl and turns her into a first class hottie!
Tom, I love what you did to it .
Unbelievable !
Now its time to go kick some ass with it .
When are you getting it wet ?
You might want to let Albert turn that 540 into a 600CI for next season . I am sure he will take good care of you .

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Hey Jerry,
I fired it up on monday and had two oil leaks. I had two AN-fitting leak at the swivel. I had two new ones sent next day and put them on tonight. I will fire it again on wed after noon. I should have the new tach and speedo by Thurs. If everything checks out on the hose tomorrow she'll be wet on fri night or sat morning. I will post some pics.

YEE HAW :D :D

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The interior is in

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looks very nice :drink:

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Damn tom, its a new boat.

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Hey Tom that thing is looking awesome that's for sure. Good luck with it. What year is that boat again? It looks brand new to me!!!!
Mike

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Its a 1994-5.

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Thanks guys. it's a 95
I just got a phone call and my gauges are in. Looks like someone is going home early today :drink: :D :drink:

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I'm keep'n an eye on those guages ;)

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Finally got the gauges finished. Thanks for all your help with this Fred. Now I'm "TRICKED" out.

It looks better when the holes are full of gauges :rolleyes:


Todd at Out Law disc brakes...Good idea thanks :cool:

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Looks great!!!!

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WOW....I just read the whole thread. Damn, you've been busy.

Great job on the personalization of your boat Tom. Thank's for allowing us to be involved in such an interesting project. :)

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Come on Tom , get that bad boy in the water while the air temp is still cool down there .
If you get some 2 foot chop under that bad boy , youll see 77 on the speedo , believe me .
Im not kidding about the 600 CI -
call me tomorrow if you get a chance .

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Believe me, I'm trying for the last three day to get to the lake. :eek:
I'm going home to check it for leaks today before lunch and might be on the water in early afternoon. :D

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Well I made it :D

Dinner is ready I'll finish posting later :eek:

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Looks brand new , great job . Got a name for her yet ?
Did she run as good as she looks . Give us some details !!!

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OK i'm back

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OK jerry here you go. I didn't have my camera in the boat so I had to wait til I got back. When I made the run the fuel was between 1/2 and 3/4 slight chop and strong cross wind. I was alittle afraid to string it out with out another boat with me in case i had a malfunction and left myself stranded.( this is the firt time out sense I reassembled everythig)
This run went to about 5300-5400rpm hard to tell because my eyes were tearing so bad.
(forgot my goggles)

I had to adjust the idle mix screws just a tad to get it to idle in gear correctly. Other than that the boat had no issues so I'm going back tomorrow. I will take some picks of the gauges at speed so no one thinks I'm full of it :D

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impressive first run , glad to see you got her out for a run , congrates on a beautiful job .

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thanks Talon25, no name yet but I have a few I'm
considering.

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Tom,
slight chop ? Looks like a goddam bathtub .
That hull needs 2-3 footers to loosen it up-
74 mph on the lake - Not bad !
What is the temp down there ? Was it humid ?
Dam that boat looks good !

You are the man ! Come work on my boat Tom.

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It was smooth in the marina but the wind was 15-25 mph on the lake. temp was 70, not too humid. We'll see what happens tomorrow.

I'm just glad I'm not getting up early in the morning to work on the dang thing. I dont see how Jo and the boys do it. This one has surely kicked my butt :eek:

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Great job Tom, I`m impressed with the speed without a chop, like Jerry said these boats need a decent chop in order for them to loosen up. What prop are you running now, good luck tomorrow and don`t forget your goggles. :D

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Great job, looks brand new. You sure you have anough airflow into the engine? Crack the hatch next time just to be sure...seriously!!

What prop were you running?

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Tom, your boat looks real nice, by the way give me a call tomorrow, or should i say today to talk about your fuel gage Guess what, it is 1 am Sat and we are ready to leave, BUT have to be back @ 8 am to work on Morgans boat and the ARMY race boat.
Thanks God I still like what I do after 30 years.
Later, pepe @ pantera.
PS, Sonny will probably post some pics of Jewels on Sunday.

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Tom, You can call me here @ the shop to discuss the fuel gage wiring.
It is Sat 8am I am here now. Later, pepe.

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that boat looks just awsome, you really did a nice job on the interior....I wish iwould of had the extra money to make my mag that nice........

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Way to go tom!!!
:evilb:

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wow looks great those all white pantera sure look nice congrats........

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and black ones, grey ones, yellow ones and on and on! Later, pepe.

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well you know thats true...............,thats why Ive had two

Andy

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a base ball game ,yard work, and intermittent rain killed the lake idea I had. I am still working on little nic nacs though.
Mybe I can sneek off this week to do some testing.
Albert/Kirk
The prop I'm runnig is a stock B1 4blade 26

Nocig- keep up the good work on the mag

Thanks pepe!

Stormrider :D