Right on Tim! Go get 'er!

And by the way, I only take responsability for the marine silicone on the outside of the boat!

Gee, thanks... You *****!...
just kidding bud, I've done it before myself for a quick fix.
You'll be glad to know I've spent hours crawling around under that hull, scraping every last bit of it out, grinding it with a sander, and rubbing enough acetone onto it that I was inebriated on the fumes ( of course I was drinking beer the whole time, so my arguement for that may be futile). I'm working small areas at a time, and I'm not an expert in working with this stuff - but it's fun to learn on the fly. I learned pretty quick that too much hardener means the mix hardens before you can get it off the pallete and onto the boat.
It's coming along well, and if my plans and budget align, you'll be amazed at what I have in mind for the old girl.
I'll try to start that thread on Sunday - I've got a project at work that is gonna require me to work the next few Sat.'s so I may be done until spring.
But, I have a few plans...

Sounds like you are really starting to make progress. One question, was that year 454 the 4 bolt block? I know the more recent ones were not.

Check! and copy that .... it's unbeleiveable that the hatch on ths 2003 looks brand new, seems perfect wherever I look at it and it's a work of art the way the factory molds the scoop and the NACA ducts into it along with the spring actuated relief doors in the back. Plus it's super light .... like Dude said Jo is going to make me a new rec hatch with the Pantera Racing embroidery on the sun pad. I'm going to put an aluminum swim platform on it as well to finish out the back end. Dude is gonna love this hatch .....

Mike I get jealous every time I look at your avitar photo! I love that interior!

Tim, I figured the silcone (only total of maybe a foot cumulatively) would be better in the bottom than sea-water!

And Chris, didn't you put that motor in the boat?!

Where's your boat in the LG poker run photos?!

My engine guy had a chart for this, and that was the year it could be either a 2 or a 4 bolt.
So, we didn't know what we were going to find until we tore it down.
This one happens to be a 4 bolt.

Sounds cool! The Mig is at the shop. We're looking into adding drop down seats to the race bolster. My motor guy is working on some options incase my Donzi sells w/ the motor. Is Casper the motor that just came out of the Mig minus the blower or is it a motor that Albert used earlier? That's a nice hatch on the Shogren boat.

Dan

Casper is the motor that was in the Mig before the big monster (not sure what it's name is, I'd just call it "Sir"...).

I thought about the blower motor, but decided that I didn't want to get murdered by my wife...

Maybe next year!

You got a a nice boat for sure. I like the combo of race bolsters up front and pleasure seating in back. I got close to working out a deal w/ Scott but not close enough soon enough.

Dan

Tell me about it, lol. The Mig purchase was followed quickly by a jewelry purchase.