Pretty cool my buddy was doing some shopping on Hardins website and found a pic of my bilge on there! Had no idea.

Well, enjoyed the hell out of the boat this season. Had a few minor problems with rigging and outdrive but all were fixed. Unfortunately we ended the season having low oil pressure, engine is out and at the builder already but we are already working on improvements. After some research I found that 7 marine outboards had raw water cooled intercooler being made out of copper. So I got one of those to eliminate high IAT’s on extended runs with the current set up. Also going to be doing a bigger oil cooler set up and possibly headers. The boat went a best 78mph at 5500 rpm. But also went 75mph with 5 people, full tank, and full beer cooler. Can’t wait to see what next season brings.

Forgot about this thread.

AWESOME!

congrats Nick! thats a great season! excellent numbers!

Where did you get the navigation and stern lights from?

I actually just flush mounted penny lights that are used for cars and trucks.

go pro video from last season. Have a few others I’ll try to upload.

Little update..


scored a decent deal on this 84 Cig 38 flat deck out of Michigan. Absolute dream boat. Here’s a link to the thread on that! 38 Flatdeck “over compensated” any info?

But don’t worry the Pantera isn’t going anywhere. Just needed something a little bigger for longer runs and it has an awesome cabin. Pantera will remain a bad ass river boat.

Another cool thing on the way back from Michigan we hit a bar in Lake Orion called “Opa”. Where the owner hung a 24 Pantera deck cap from the roof of the bar. Believe he currently owns the 28 Pantera 3 man boat named Opa as well. Pretty cool spot.

Now I want a deck cap for my man-cave!!

I need to visit that bar! Awesome build!