Nice 31

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A couple more pic's of "INFERNO" at MRD,

Nice. What's up with no backing plates on the drives? Not being a smart a$$, just wondering. I love the boat man it is looking sweet.

dave...
not notorious? you doing a full resto, or are those old pics?
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Christian, Ya, It's Notorious, I went back to "INFERNO" due to the heritage. WS,What do you mean backing plate's ? Remember these are TRS's , but are you talking about transom plate's? Just got me wondering! And yes I'm doin' a partial re-store ,Drives,All fuel line's,Wiring, etc., Going to 383 Small Blocks next yr. ,Possible 406's.

sweet...

Love it man! going back old school is the way to go.

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Thanks to all, I was tired of alway's wonderin' what was goin' to break next! Skip and Bucky at MRD are really gettin' it together.

Dave, hi.
How can you fill the drives if you need to top off the drive oil ?
I think what Wade was asking was- is MRD or you going to replace what looks like washers and lock nuts with a alum backing plate that goes between the inside transom and the drive line on each drive? The inside transom plate distributes weight and pressure much more evenly then large washers and locknuts by themselves and also has a oil tank so you can check and add oil to the outdrives while inside the boat. I wish i had dig pics of mine...

Hope its going great cant wait to see more pictures
building motors as we speak for TOASTY. Just need to find a good bolster shop to make anew 3 man...

Best
Christian Del Collo

If MRD is doing the work they know what they are doing so there must be a reason to not have the plates