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Old 01-18-2016 | 01:16 PM
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Hey Guys
I can finally join the 28 club ,I recently picked up a very clean 2000 28 ,that was originally owned bye The Morgan family from big thunder marine
I am not a very big fan of solid white so I just dropped off to Chris mills at boat customs on Friday
To do his magic ,new paint ,rub rail ,deleted rub rail on transom, deleted bow rail ,I will be replacing all bezels
An doing some interior work when I get it home ,the 300x's from the old 24 will be going on her ,
Keep ya updated as Chris progresses ,
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Old 01-18-2016 | 01:49 PM
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Congratulations Tom! Saw your old boat at TNT in Miami last week.
Spoke to the guys. They seemed happy with the 300xs's on it. Post some pics of the boat for before and after! I am sure Chris will do a great job.
If you need anything give me a call.
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Old 01-18-2016 | 01:52 PM
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Seems like you would have put some good motors on that thing...



CONGRATS MR TOM!
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Old 01-18-2016 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Double Rigged
Congratulations Tom! Saw your old boat at TNT in Miami last week.
Spoke to the guys. They seemed happy with the 300xs's on it. Post some pics of the boat for before and after! I am sure Chris will do a great job.
If you need anything give me a call.
Hey Ron
Ya I just spoke to John said he was happy but could use a bit more prop for the xs motors
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Old 01-18-2016 | 02:10 PM
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2005 300x doesn't get much better does it lol !! Ok maybe 400 Ros would be nice
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Old 01-18-2016 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by tom kennedy
Hey Guys
I can finally join the 28 club ,I recently picked up a very clean 2000 28 ,that was originally owned bye The Morgan family from big thunder marine
I am not a very big fan of solid white so I just dropped off to Chris mills at boat customs on Friday
To do his magic ,new paint ,rub rail ,deleted rub rail on transom, deleted bow rail ,I will be replacing all bezels
An doing some interior work when I get it home ,the 300x's from the old 24 will be going on her ,
Keep ya updated as Chris progresses ,
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Old 01-18-2016 | 06:39 PM
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Are you doing any mods to the hull regarding water ramps or hull pick ups?
Saw the ramps the on the 24. Looked pretty deep ccmpared to what Pete did on the 28 I had.
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Old 01-18-2016 | 07:12 PM
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Im looking forward to seeing your 28 in person at loto this year Tom. Itll be cool to see it run in the shootout too
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Old 01-18-2016 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Double Rigged
Are you doing any mods to the hull regarding water ramps or hull pick ups?
Saw the ramps the on the 24. Looked pretty deep ccmpared to what Pete did on the 28 I had.
Yes I made them just abit deeper= higher engines = more water pressure!
they worked flawlesly
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Old 01-18-2016 | 09:22 PM
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pics of when I got the boat home
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