I had it made- a local company called RBI designed and built it for me, in my opinion it makes the boat- or at least updates it a little bit. As far as my boat is concerned- I haven't even looked at it for a month, and I really don't have a good excuse.
My motivation is at a all time low:mad:

If you don't mind me asking what did it cost you? It's fiberglass right?

No Motivation! Is the boat running OK? Must be almost winter time up there! :lolhit:

I am already preparing myself for having to wear my snowmobile suit when I sea trial mine!

If I had a fleet of NODICs to play with I mite lose intrest in mine too:party-smiley-004:

I don't remember exactly- I do remember thinking it was expensive, but everything on the boat has been that way:eek: Also its made out of Aluminum- not fiberglass. I want to say somewhere around $2500 with paint.

The boat runs wicked- thats not the problem. The problem is all the stupid little $hit you have to do to make it right. The main headache is the leaking from the transom- I have to pull both engines back out to reseal the exhaust donut in the transoms, and I am not too excited about it. I did however get the rear hatch pad done, I will shoot some photos and post them because it turned out really good. I have to give my mom a lot of credit- because she is the one who did it!!:coolcowboy:

Didn't happen- turns out my partner did not want a partner. So I just have my old Scarab. Looking at the world right now, I am beginning to think thats not a bad thing:eek:

I've had both of my engines out a couple times each since I finished my project...You can get pretty good at it with practice:coolcowboy:

:drink:

Is the market getting better on older boats yet? Lately looking at all the usual places things seem to be starting to sell again- or is it just wishful thinking on my part?

did you see the first fountain thread? 1981 fountain (first one made) selling for 510,000:eek::eek:

look on Shoguns website

So maybe I need to market mine as the first one made that year:cool-smiley-011:

Got the Scarab out today, installed the rear hatch pad, got the cockpit carpet ordered, and cleaned it all up and got it ready to go. Anyone have any ideas where I can get a cabin door made? I would like one made out of plastic, or plexi. Any ideas would be appreciated. :coolcowboy:

I made mine out of plexi...never really worked out well. It finally cracked after a pounding in the ocean (you won't have to worry about that). Been without the door for a season now...If I do anything I'm going to have my canvas guy make something with a zipper door.

Hope things are going well for you scottie...Glad your getting the boat out!:coolcowboy:

Good to hear from you Eddie- missed you at Havasu this year- how are things down south?

Couple of pics from building the rear hatchpad- not real great but I will get some better ones when I get the carpet.

[QUOTE=scottie150;3105036]Good to hear from you Eddie- missed you at Havasu this year- how are things down south?

We were there this year...things down south are great:coolcowboy:

I was thinking of making one out of plexi too. Or maybe starboard. Around here we have a place called tap plastics that will build stuff like that for you. Eddie how thick was the plexi you used on yours? Did you go with a one piece door or two that folded in the middle?

Buy this and he will cut it to the size you need. (5 free cuts)
Then go to a local tint shop and have him throw some limo (5%) tint on the insiede. Drill your holes and your done.

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-8-LEXAN-polyca...item19b12e2cf8

I am actually having the top hatch made in Acrylic (plexiglass) now but the original was Lexan. (polycarbonate)

pretty thin...less than 1/4

One peice

Thanks Rookie- great idea!!!!

Scottie ya cant sell that ride yet! Have you had it out in some swells yet? You're so close to point of satisfaction,

That will never happen....unless he finds a 50' sea ray to follow around:evilb:

I would try to argue with you- but unfortunately you are probably right:coolcowboy:

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we have a place out here in pleasant hill, calif. called tap plastics that we have used in the past. they will cut, shape and bend a piece of plastic to what ever you might need. i would assume you would have to send them a template of some sort but they are preety good at what they do. they also sell plastics in a sorts of differents thicknesses and colors-(clear, smoked, etc...)

Holy crap!! This thread and rebuild is epic! What is the latest on this work of art? I really like the wind-screen, really modernizes the boat.

Thank you!

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So its been a while since anyone commented on this boat so I thought I would give it a go. We bought this boat in March of this year (2012) and she was looking a little worse for wear. The owner at the time had had her parked up for over 2 years and not used her. After about 6 hours of digging we finally managed to get the trailer released from the ground it sank into and on her way to a new life!! Now we have her up and running, she has a new lease of life and WOW what an amazing boat she is. We have finished off the inerior that never got completed, tuned and fixed the engines and polished them up and installed a $3k stereo. Everything is working perfect and the boat rocks!! Literally. We have a youtube channel dedicated to her and our other boats so please check it out. I will post more now ive figured out how to use the forum so keep checking back. Thanks to Johnny at Hullside Marine http://www.hullside.com/ for all the work so far. Your awesome Johnny!!!

Thanks for looking

Rick

Always wondered what happened/ how it ended up. Kind of one of those bad nightmare scenarios where you want to open the closet door but you just can't bring yourself to do it.

Hopefully you got a great deal- as I lost my a$$ on that boat- whenever I look at doing anything my wife always brings up "the Scarab" to rub it in a little more:lolhit:

yeah she was not the prettiest of things when we picked her up the guy that we bought her from to be honest did not have a clue he basically ran her till she would go no more then parked her up but we have poured blood sweat and tears into her and she runs like a new penny. Scottie you did a fantastic job though I followed your thread from the original rebuild and to see her the way she turned out is amazing, everything looks professional and very sharp. We have a youtube group with videos of her now in the water and lots of pics so give me a shout and ill pass you over the details. Maybe we could arrange to meet up sometime and you can take her for a burn, let me know

Rick

Post a link to the you tube page, would love to see some pics of it running again! Followed Scottie's build thread way back when, always impressed with this build, glad to see it running again!

And welcome to the scarab club!! :)

Love to see the video- tried to PM you but I guess that is a premium member only function now. If you have any questions on the boat email me- [email protected]

Thanks,

Scott

502SS- the boat looks great- nice to see you still have it!!:evilb:

Thanks Scott, sorry to hear you had to let yours go!

Hey guys

Here is the link forone of the videos on our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb9nF...eature=g-all-u

have a look through our other videos and subscribe to our channel as we are always adding new videos. Scottie I will email you some picutres of the beast!!!!

Very cool, boat looks great in the water and it sounds great!!

Hi Guys

Its been a while since I posted to this thread so I wanted to give you guys an update. Now that the hot weather is here we now have things going on the water!!!!! The scarab is currently in the shop having blowers fitted and should be ready for testing out on the water soon!!!! I will post some pics of the full install once I can get over there to take some!!! Work comes first though!!!! If any of you guys are down in the Pincher Creek area of Alberta this summer then give me a shout and we can go out and hit the water, we have ten other boats to choose from so we are never short of some fun!!! Ill keep you guys posted on how the Scarab is coming along in the upcoming weeks and of course photos and videos are to follow!

Hi Guys

Sorry its been so long but here is an update...the boat is in the shop and the blowers are on it now just going through the final install stage. I have pics to show but I have no idea how to post them on here

Use a service like photobucket and post image links

Good Looking boat! I'd be interested in seeing more photos and video.