that's bad ass! cool old boat

thanks!! i appreciate the compliments!

Looks good Tim.

So, what info did Nunez have on the old girl Tim?

the boat was 1 of 2 built that year in the special edition trim with a step down in cabin. pepe built the boat for a friend of his and it was used as his pleasure boat vs the business boat. i was hoping to find a bag of cash or something in it lol. and he sent me a pic of the sister ship to mine
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That cleaned up really nicely!

"Business boat" ...lmao! Looks great after you buffed it. When is the shakedown run?

i wanna throw a set of valve springs in it since its been sitting for a while and give it a good once over. just gotta get my top gun done first

So whats the record for most pantera boats owned by one person? I think Tim is the winner?

im up to 4....

Are you go to keep this one or is it for sale?

everything is for sale. but unless that day comes im gonna run it

Looking to see how she turned out... running her yet?

i actually just bolted the heads on it today. when i was changing the valve springs i found a cracked guide. so i sent the heads out. all new guides, springs, titanium retainers, intake and exhaust valves. took the intake to my buddy's place to sand blast it and decided to powdercoat it. went through the carb. gonna go work on it tomorrow night. i wanna hit the water soon. hopefully this weekend. my buddy is starting a powdercoating gig so we went with a chrome powdercoat as a experiment. came out pretty slick!!

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That chrome typically needs a clear. It won't hold that color long it will darken, especially where its been touched.

X2 and gas will discolor it

ran her tonight. she runs incredible!!! got it cleaned up a little and tucked back in the shop. any takers?
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That is amazing.

Tim , Thats some good lookin water ya'll got there ....lol

we had a nasty storm roll through tuesday night and it stirred up all kinds of sh!t on the lake. it was nasty. the bottom was pantera green from all the little floating crap

what kind of speed did you get out of her

dont know the speed. didnt bring a gps. but i am going to pick the boat up from the paint shop today. had the logo hand painted back on as original. will post another pic when i get the boat
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I love this boat.

hand painted as original!!
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if anyone is interested in a original style stripe kit for their boat. my friend that did my paint work also took the exact measurements from my original stripes to make them in vinyl. he can make them in any choice of color.

here is his website. http://www.tomarsign.com/

Looks really good Tim. Can your buddy make new stripes for a 28' to cover old stripes.

I have Tomar making these stripes for my boat. Thank you, Tim, for making your boat available for measurements.

No problem Anu I think you will be very happy with your stripes. Tomar does excellent work!

if you dont mind me asking, where did you find that boat? i dont recognize the area. you are the guy with the eyes in the back window right?

The boat was in a garage in Wilson NY. Then when the last owner bought it at the estate sale he stored it in the same barn I keep my boat just down the street. It sat there for a couple years unused and tucked away in the corner. Its been in either Wilson or Alex bay on his covered lift since 1980. I had the green eyes on my last white truck. Now I have a black 2500he with a cig sticker on the back window

wow nice find . I work on the road and I am all over the county. Not much like that in this area. Boy you have had more trucks and boats than i have had boots.

The barn find can be for sale if anyone is interested. Let me know. Its sitting in the factory all covered up ready for summer.

Did you guys do anything to it?