Tim, get back to work on the boat.

Can't thank you enough for all of your help!
How's the move coming along?
If I can help you with a set of hands in anything, just say the word. You're only a few hours away, and you and Sue are great company.

Tim,
have you considered a seat rail mechanism from an automotive seat. It may work very well, quick easy and cheap.

Tom
Any links to what you have in mind??
I'm open to any suggestions.
I think I need to have the bases fabbed up locally - just weld some aluminum tube. I can't justify spending $1200 on some billet bases that don't fit the old-school boat that I have.

Ha ha... I did read the entire thing..... Yeah, I've gotten myself into trouble with that mightaswellanoma.. I'm very familiar with the condition.
On our last house I wanted to remodel the master bedroom and bump out the foyer.... turned into a whole house remodel!

The 4 most expensive words in my life have been "while we're at it"

Bouyhunter,

Man, took me a while to get through this thread. Great work and I hope those seat boxes work out for ya.

I did see your banged up rubrail. I didn't realize it was metal. Mine is white plastic. When I get some time I'll post a close up of it so you can see the wavyness.

The rub rail was like that when I bought the boat a while back. I had planned on belt sanding the aluminum smooth and powdercoating or polishing the whole thing but never got to it. I think that that aluminum one is even a better design than the stainless one on my 28.
Tim, would the sliders from the old seats work if you removed the swivel parts? I think that I installed them in 01 or 02.

Thanks LM.

I was thinking about doing the belt sander routine, and then bring the shine back up and everything else, but for about $500 to replace it, and the risk of having dips/waves in the old... I'd rather just replace it. I do like the aluminum rail, it's pretty damn beefy! - The sliders would need major modification (I considered that too). I think I might just install some stationary bases that I want a local guy to fab for me, and see how that works out. If I don't like it, I'll change them next year.

Yep, even though I could adjust the old seats fore and aft I probably only did that twice a year and it was not necessary. Some stationary bases with some manual adjustment method would probably work beautifully. I don't think that the even the $350,000 Cig Gladiators seats adjust fore and aft but I didn't look that close at the show and have not driven one yet.

OK, I posted this in another thread, but it belongs here also - for history's sake.
I spent the evening fabricating new inner exhaust rings.
About 4 hours with a drill press, a circle cutter, a few drill bits, a file, and sheet of aluminum 3/16" stock.
I know hardly anyone would ever see it, but, I know it's there.
The old, and the new.
I feel I need to say, I'm not bashing on anyones work before me, and mine will have it's own imperfections. I just want to give this old gal what she deserves.