Very nice! Good luck with her. I dig the colors and simplicity. Dave911

Of course you are.

Great job Wade!!!

Can't beat the Black/White color combo Wade. Definitely one of
the nicest looking Sutphens I've seen. Enjoy her when she's
done. Congrats.

Looks Great, Keep up the good work. Sutphens never die, They just get reinvented. Love the paint scheme and the simplicity.

Ernie

Absolutely beautiful work! That's one of the nicest Sutphens I've seen. :Score-101010:

Well, I took her out yesterday and everything worked great. I do have an electrical/fuel pump issue with the port engine though. It kept sneezing on me and wouldn't really run over 3000rpms. Other than that it was a great day and it gave me a chance to really break in the engines as we ran about 2500rpms all day. It was just good to be out on the water in January with it being 79 degrees.

Few More. No numbers yet as I have to figure out this Port engine issue. Shouldn't be too difficult to track down though, hopefully.

Nice job and great looking boat!

Awesome!!

Beautiful work, she's better than anything you could buy new.
I love to see people today with imagination and enjoy perfection in their projects. Keep up the great work Wade. Another great boat put in the right hands. Best of luck with her.

Wow. That's one of the best renovations I've seen, inside and out. Classy! Nice work!

Really Great Job. Looks totally different :):):) Love the lines on a Sutphen ..............

Killer work Wade....I'm sending mine down for that kind of love...I'll expect it back by April...
C

Thank you for the kind words fellas. Hopefully I can figure out this little glitch this weekend and get you all some numbers.

Compliment you on the refit ! You took a good thing and made it better. I was one of the "Old" riggers for Richie and he was a very conservative guy. He had his "Classic" Sutphen paint job and graphic name.

Beautiful boat! Awesome job. Congratulations!

That is terrific!! I wish I had the patience to do such a great job. BW

Hey wade,

a little more "isotta carlotta" please ...

back side ...
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front ?

Here you go...

Nice ! I was feeling a little DeJavu with the wheel on
JAMMIN' S 30 O.P. , but they are different .

What was the weight on it ?


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I think they are both issotta brand. Mine was heavy as $hit. It's got to weigh every bit of 15lbs.

Nice job on the boat looks very sharp!!!
Im also building a 31 and have a question about exhaust height from the water,how far is the exhaust from the water when it's sitting still??
If you could give me a call i would appreciate it
my #781 389 8055
thanks bill
p.s... I tryed to buy that boat and you beat me too it!!

And a little "Go-Pro" footage too ... :bunnydance:

Always liked this boat. Now it is just beautiful. Nice work. Hope I'm in the market when you want to upgrade. :)

wstultz will have it on the market soon...he can't stand to own a perfect boat...he hates getting them wet...poor fellow:evilb:

Took her out yesterday with an external fuel pressure guage. Think it's the fuel regulator. Going to replace it this morning and take her out again to check. Suck it t-boner. :bunnydance:

Well, replaced the fuel regulator today in the cool fuel system and, although it helped, it didn't solve the problem. We are pretty sure that there is a kink or crack in the fuel line leading from tank to pump. We were getting 35 lbs of pressure but when we pinched the vacuum hose we got the 43 lbs that is normal for these engines. I'm just going to replace every line and fitting from tank to seperator, to pump. If that doesn't work, I'm stumped. I did idle much better with the new regulator though so it wasn't for nothing.

I seem to remember somewhere around 96,97,98 those mpi's had bad fuel pumps. Just a thought.

They are '99 models but either way I replaced the pumps already. I will keep you guys informed after I replace all of the lines and fittings from tank to pump. It only takes one crack or kink to jack up the fuel delivery.

just read the whole tread and what a nice job! I also have a place at home to store toys, with a ''soft floor'' like yours where you painted the boat! I'm really impressed with the quality on pictures at least, of the paint, when you know where it was done... makes me think I could do it at home also !

Really, no flies or mosquitos or whatever in the paint? no dust?

Nice resto!!! don't give up the hard work, just a little problem to solve is quite simple from where you started !!!

Thank you for the compliments. We were very careful to make sure no debris got in the paint during spraying. First we wetted the crushed concrete down, then we rolled out a few rolls of old outdoor carpeting, and we had a ton of circulation going with three large fans. The paint turned out great, perfect, no, but after the clear and wet sand and polish the little blems went away. I am very pleased with the end results.

How long did the boat sit before you purchased Her ?

Okay fellas. Did the Texas outlaw challenge this weekend and took a little time away from the run to run her out in the gulf. The boat and the wife handled it like a champ. No whining from either. Enjoy...
http://youtu.be/l7XzebXQW1E

Sweet video. Looks like you could use some more handles. Anyway boat looks great.

Nice work!!



Jon

noticed the uflex cables i think there the best!

What's a uflex cable?

Great boat looked at the pics. What paint and primer system did you use? So many paints out there. Your paint looks great.

Looking good!

I used Awlgrip. Thank you