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OK Pantera gear heads this is my project.
I bought the 1995 "GOUMADA" 28 from Jerry in NJ a couple months back. I've had it out 3 unforgetable times and now I want to redo it so to speak. Basic hard core TLC. The boat is solid and runs great. It does have some gelcoat issues ( looks like it made love to the trailer at one time) and some items that need to be repowder coated. I want all new gauges, throttle, switch pannels w/ switches, and of course many other things. We will see how far I get. The stripped boat is currently being worked on in the fiberglass shop. It's not due back to my place untill mid to late Febuary. I will be under the gun when it gets back. My goal is to be on the water the begining of April. I will try to give before, during and after pics the best I can.

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Before and during

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The holes will be filled and glassed over. I'll make sure I arrange the smaller gauges evenly around the larger ones.
Still not sure I should go with the Monsters or standard.

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Looks good! Do you have any more pics of the foot bracing in your boat?

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Those sweet mamas went to the burn pile to keep me warm :D

I plan to make some from aluminum(sp) and cover it w/ the flooring material

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Damn, I like the design of them. It looks like you can "lock" your feet under the padded part?

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Please keep us posted with more pictures. jeff

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Noboat,
they realy did work quite well. The top part worked as a foot rest when the seat bottoms were up, they kept your feet from dangling. I'll post some pics of the ones I make.

Jeff, I'll keepum rolling the best I can.

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keep us posted !!!!!!!! look forward to seeing the progress in the next few months:drink:

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You are doing things right , strip, throw away and start all over again with new wires connectors and gauges. keep us posted, plan to race it.... :D

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Tom, glad to see you're cleaning it up nicely.
Good luck w/ everything and keep the pics coming.

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Hey Tom, let me know if I can help you with anything else. You know how to get ahold of me.Good luck !!!

Happy New year.


Regards,

JO

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Thanks guys!! I'm starting to feel like one of the family :cool:


It looked ok as long as it was clean.
There were exhaust changes over the years and water dumps ect. ,etc. As you can see once I smeared the exhaust soot around the patches become visable So I'm having everything sanded, sealed and re-gelled

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Tom, you bought the right boat.
When I was thinking about it... it was too much for me.
But you are doing it right!!!!

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One more from the inside. You can see the exhuast height difference.
And one more shot before I sent my baby off to fiberglass camp for the winter.

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Thanks Storm.

Fred at Trick is gona love me :D

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I already do Tom..... :D

She's looking good.

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Glad to see you making it into reality! Take your time and do it right like you are!!

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Just picked these up from the powder coat man. I thought I would also through in some of the goodies I got from Fred at Trick
Man I can't wait to bolt this stuff on. I might bring one of those valve covers to bed tonight :D :D

The powder coat turned out nice. It looks like new money.

Storm, I'm still working on getting you those pics. my email deal sux right now.

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Those cleats came out nice!
no drippage.:)

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Nice job !

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Hey Tom ,
I'm glad to see you are giving the boat the TLC it needs .
It going to be sweet .
I really like that motor - When are you going to sell it back to me ? :drink: :evilb:

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Tom,
I see you got new valve covers -
Sell me back the old ones :D
If yes , call me .

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Thanks Jerry. I just want it to look as good as it performs :D
Somebody beat you to the valve covers, sorry :(

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I'm hoping to get some input on a few configurations for gauge placement. I'm trying to work with the monster racing
series.
The tach and speedo are just shy of 6" (5"11/16) with bezels added. The others are approx 3"3/4.
According to my estimate I have about 8" of vertical room on the dash.
I want to plan for six accessory gauges.
I will be removing the alum. square plate from behind the steering hub. And the wheel will be replaced with a dino three spoke.

Basicly I need pros and cons on the pics. The helm/dash is being glassed in and re-gelled, so I will drill new holes.
I want to think of all my options before hand.

As the saying goes measure twice drill once :eek:

Pic on left is #1 pic on right is #2

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some more.
Pic on left is #3 pics on right is #4

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I vote for #1. I like the tach and speedo next to each othere and the layout is symmetrical.

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I would go with #3

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I go w/ #1. Install the main 6 gauges.
Then figure where you want the last 2.
I still say to get water pressure in that thing.

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I too would go with no.1 I'm just not real crazy about the two under the steering wheel. Will you be able to see them there?
Mike

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I also like #1 do you have room above your kill swich for the other 2 gauges?

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I have to agree with you guys. #1 and #3 have the same set up on the upper section. I like this one best as well. The large gauges look best closer together.

Mike : I'm not sure if I could see'um or not. I wont know for sure until I mount the new wheel and stand in the boat and tape some templates on there I guess.

Craney: The kill sw is on the lower lip of the dash. There is room over the hatch sw though.

I wonder if the size of the speedo and tach is too much for the dash size. I really like the monster series gauge on all the other boats I see it on.

Any thoughts on this?

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I like the looks of them. I don't think that your test photos are to scale, the guages look bigger than the compass and that is not true. The orig setup was nice but I think the smaller guages were lost in all the white. Go big.

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What u talk'n bout Willis :D

Now I'm gona have to bust out me ruler :eek:

It wasn't a perfect science but I had to make them at least as big as the actual gauge so I could be somewhat sure it would fit. The feed back I got from a few was 8" of vertical dash. I'm guessing I have about an inch of dash on the top and bottom of the bezel.

Check out the pics below. The cut out of the gauge is 5"1/4 add the bezel and you add 7/16 ( almost a 1/4" to each side of the gauge)
I don't think I'm too far off am I ??

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Is there room to do a pyramid of 3 on either side of the tach and speedo? Have you thought about an eye on the tach and the opposite on the speedo? :drink:

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I don't have room for the pyramid. (too much like fountain :D )

Thanks for you help today Todd. I look foward to the finished product :cool:

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You are right, I guess the compass looked smaller because it is farther away. I still like the big ones though. I may even spring for the bigger ones. My current tach is the bigger one now but I don't like the black VDO.

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Ironman, I think the pasted on gauges in the pics do look a little big but that's most likely a result of the crazy way I made it.
I took the pic from the Livorsi book w/ my digital camara, cut it out, shrunk it, and pasted it.( Kinda like a frankinstein gauge)


Besides the picture looking stupid, does anyone think that the Monster series might not look right on this dash?(too big for the space) They will fit. I am concerned about the overall look,and popular opion from other Pantera owners means alot. I would hate to spend the money on a custom tach and speedo only to see them in person and realize I made a mistake. :eek:
I am definately going with monster accessory gauges just iffy on the speedo/tach

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I'd like to see it w/ the standard tach/speedo sizes.
What is the od of the monster acc's vs the standard tach?

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Storm if I'm reading the info correctly, It looks like the monster acc gauges with the trim bezel added is 3" 3/8th overall and still not sure on the standard tach/speedo. There are a couple of options in the book I'm still looking at.( you have specialty, standard ,and another I think. plus O.D. is different on the angled bezel verus the flat. :eek: :eek: )