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Recent content by caddman

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    Well Its about time to let ole Girl go... '78 Trimate III w fresh rebuilt Johnson V6

    I am not sure if 104 is accurate, because it was done with phone as i stated before I'm a little skeptical of that number, but running prop slip numbers based off of what I ran before with a GPS with the old 175, its close in theory. I would very comfortably say the boat is in the 90's, and...
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    Well Its about time to let ole Girl go... '78 Trimate III w fresh rebuilt Johnson V6

    Im still breaking the motor in, running great but I just dont have time nor place for the boat now... Check under my name for the rebuild of this boat, I am taking some new pics and video, just getting the post up as I finish prepping it for sale The boat has had all the hard work done for...
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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

    Yeah as Rob said, all the graphics were custom on a vynil cutter I had access to, if you are interested a local sign shop probably could do them for you, I'd offer but I no longer have access to the cutter, good luck!
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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

    looking through some pics came across a couple that didnt make it in the thread, so here they are...
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    Hi everyone

    Welcome to the forum!, What are you wanting to know about the windshield... I have the same boat, just the outboard version.....
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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

    Thanks! Thats the one I have been looking at, good to know someone out there has good experience with it!!:banana:
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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

    Last weekends outing...was a Fail... motor cranks and runs decent on the hose... but never ran it for any length of time... in the water... not so much... but nothing major, because this is an Second Effort motor... it has no Fuel Pump! :brickwall: So now I am on the road again with work...
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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

    oops how did that find its way there..... the counter rotating demon motor is gone... the new egg beater is on....its an 88 Limited Edition Second Effort motor... little info on it... it started Life as a 225... the Second Effort (OMC factory race team) got a hold of it...so its got the second...
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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

    Before anybody says anything about my plastic seats... they are temporary... being that I am not good at this vinyl thing, i decided not to brave it... Ill order them, either thru checkmate(if they make it) or i have found a set premade ones I like...but these allow me to get wet... now back to...
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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

    Then i got a little side tracked.... Ill explain that later... back to the interior...
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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

    Mounted the Fuel Tank... Pulled it outside fired it up after for sitting two years... little smoky because i always add a little extra oil after a motor has been sitting for a bit...
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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

    oops posted outta order... i did some remaining fiberglass work before the carpet....I built the "tach" pod and filled in the existing holes for the gauges, and wired them up!:bounce:
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    78 Trimate-III Resto....

    after frames built put the carpet down... i seemed to have misplaced the other photos i had of the carpet down... maybe Rob B will add those in as i sent some to him while was in progress....:brickwall:
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