Agreed no different than factoring the cost & or time commitment required to get ones boat to & from the OEM (Skater or other).

I chose to have Skater do my ILMOR Indy drive upgrade for 2 reasons. 1) it had never been attempted before know one knows the boat like Skater does. 2) ILMOR is also located in Michigan so they worked thru the project together. The end result was not cheap but it was a 100% success!

For sure, I dropped the boat off right at 2 months ago, I'm picking it up on Friday. This also includes fresh paint for the trailer too, as well as fixing and replacing a few rusted spots on it. My hats off to Chris and his team, they have done an incredible job, I'm still floored by what they have done in a VERY short amount of time. This might also include fixing an uh oh going through a toll booth on the way up there. I'll be avoiding that Turnpike on the way back for sure.

Post pics!! Please

Thats correct, we do the polycarbonate windshield and base for 12k ,the bustle extension is 10k have molds for both. The windshield, cockpit work and bustle tunnel extension and step complete from skater is 90-100k, we also do the pleasure canopy retrofit to flat deck.We did a complete retrofit on a classic 40, removed rub rail, glassed together, no seam,tunnel extension, flat deck retro on canopies,added wrap around windshield, bustle extension. Looks like a new boat, total custom skater

love to see pics

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Hello Mr Darr! :)

thats him !!!! HE,S BACK !!!!

At least he picked a screen name that fit him well.

I guess we wont see pics now, he's off to banned camp.

Can't wait to see the boat. Your gonna get some windshield time for sure.

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any pics of the finished / semi-finished product?

we all may a have to wait to see it at the tickfaw 200 now...I'll try and get pics of it then for sure!

I saw what have to be the engine hatches somewhere on Facebook, the scoops are amazing! Can't wait to see it in person soon.

came from a corvette hood?

Yes, Styled after a '67 427 hood

My Company, www.downscars.com, supplied the mold to boat customs for our 67 stingray big block hood, they pulled two parts, and customized them. Turned out sweet!

Tom

ok lv...what time you gonna be in town so I can come check it out seeing as we are getting no pics :rolleyes: LOL...

Boats done and on it's way!!! Sorry for lack of pics! It looks great!!! Jim

can this one be done with a wrap around? 308 classic

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Sure!! Need to have Chris look at it but I'm sure it can be done.

Hmmm two for one for the southern contingency?

Skater Pics
 

Hi everyone sorry for the delay little busy and hectic around the shop, we update our Facebook page more often.
like us at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boat-...27634217413312

We will try to keep the picture updates on here also
Thanks to Jims Air delivery
The boat is finished and has shipped out late Tuesday night, Larry and friends are at Tick-faw as we speak

WOW!!! boat looks great. Nice job.

Saw pix on FB and want to congratulate LV. Its like you got a new boat.

Here is a pic on the water, looks great Chris!

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Tom

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There just aren't words to describe that beauty! Drive it like you stole it!!

Looks awesome.

Wow! Nice job guys. It's a new badass skater.

That boat came out great. Love the orange in it. Congrats and enjoy.

Maybe time to investigate having my 2000 32B hull upgraded -

it is killer in person LV. absolutely outstanding job done on it all the way around!!

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LA, did you catch any pics in big mega-pixel format by any chance :grinser010:

only phone camera shots... lol... My wife was on a pontoon with friends on Saturday morning at the mouth of the Tickfaw river . I can check she took tons with her camera....More boats this year than I can ever remember.

Tom, thanks for your help on that. They are amazing!

Sorry for the delay in sending pictures and updates, been busy on the river enjoying the poker run weekend, thank you for all of the complements. A HUGE thanks to Jim Lee for delivering the windshield last Sunday in his personal plane while all the tornados and storms tore up the Midwest. Service at its fullest and huge balls!! thank you again Jim.
Obviously a huge thank you to Chris Mills for killing this project, Beyond words Chris!. BTW, congratulations on that new baby girl! Just so everybody knows, him and his wife had their first child a week before the boat left the shop. I still don't know how he pulled it off!

At the end of the day I was looking for a nice update for this ol' girl, I didn't want a wider bigger boat because of the hassles of pulling the boat around and my dock at home is restricted on size and the half Million $$ I was short so I thought this might be a great way to get everything I wanted. But what I didn't know was that Chris had delivered a brand new boat to me and blew away every expectation I had for this project. For those thinking about this retrofit or just an updated paint job BOAT CUSTOMS certainly has the skills and talent to make it happen. Thanks again Chris Jimmy and Tom, let's go Boatin' !!!!

It's awesome Larry. Chris killed it for sure!

Tom

Boat looks awesome. You docked next to us in New Orleans. We were in the old fountain to your port. Great job!

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