Where are all the Pantera's at?

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06-18-2009 | 10:01 PM

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JO - PANTERABOATS

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Looks great Russ !

JO

06-20-2009 | 07:57 AM

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Russ G

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Originally Posted by onesickpantera

Did you have to modify/lower the helm when you switched to the sit-downs? Where is the throttle/shifter?

GREAT looking boat!

All I had to do it trim about 2 inches off the bottom of the dash for leg room. My seats sit a little high because I am used to a stand up boat. I may lower them as i get used to sitting down. Up I will tell you I'm not going back to standing. Its sooo much better sitting. They are PPI seats and you just feel locked in like a race car. And no problem with big landings.

The stifter is still the old school type. Its in the dash in the factory location. It seems perfect. When I upgrade to the offshore style i will install the shifter in the same location.

06-20-2009 | 08:03 AM

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Russ G

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mikeb4 Pantera572 Dude! Sweet! Thank you very much.

Jo, you made my day! How cool is it to get a complement from the people who built my boat almost 30 years ago!

06-20-2009 | 01:51 PM

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As the others have already said the fairing looks really good !! Glad to see you went that route.

06-20-2009 | 03:56 PM

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JO - PANTERABOATS

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Originally Posted by Russ G

mikeb4 Pantera572 Dude! Sweet! Thank you very much.

Jo, you made my day! How cool is it to get a complement from the people who built my boat almost 30 years ago!

Well actually Jo was about 8 years old when your boat was born.
Really I am the proud daddy!
Later,
pp.

06-20-2009 | 04:13 PM

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scippy

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How did you secure the fairing to the deck? very smooth and clean look from the outside. Nice work Russ.

06-20-2009 | 10:53 PM

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rchevelle71

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Originally Posted by Russ G

I used standard wood, wrapped fiberglass around the wood 6 times. blocked it out. Then skim coated it with body filler. Blocked it again. Urathane primered it, blocked it again. Then just painted it with base coat- clear coat in my garage. The color is off alittle. I made the yellow at work and didnt have the right tints to adjust the color but its ok for now. Im going for a overall look for this year.

Nice,

How did you mount it??