1975 Vmate restoration

[Will30]

Well got her back a day earlier . Here is the finished product . I think it turned out really nice ...

 

[DropTop5.0]

Very nice. Fits like a glove.

 

[nathan]

 

[redstrat]

Looks great. Did you get your other gauges hooked up?

 

[Kurtster]

A thing of beauty.

Would love to see a nice pick of that classic shootin up a nice big rooster.

Congratulations Will on a very impressive resto

 

[Will30]

Looks great. Did you get your other gauges hooked up?

The only gauge that isn't hooked up is the fuel gauge . Since we haven't hooked up the 12 gallon permanent tank yet .

 

[Will30]

I had the old girl out on Belleville lake Tuesday but didn't get any video or pictures . I left my phone in the truck . But she did run flawlessly . Even had a guy yell out to us saying Hey that's a bad ass boat ... Sure make me feel good after all the hard work and money that went into her that for sure . I plan on having her out again this coming week ill get some pics and video for sure this time ....

 

[Will30]

Here are some recent picture for you guys .

 

[Will30]

 

[atc250r]

Looks great Will. Saw the pics on FB the other day. I can't wait to see one of it trimmed out, aired out, and at full song.

John

 

[Will30]

Here is some video from labor day weekend ... Don't mind my dad acting a fool on the pwc ...

 

[rickvi]

Looking good Will, keep that hammer down.

 

[Will30]

Here is one more form two weeks ago out on Belleville lake . Couldn't go past 35 mph my brother was about to stroke out . He was like wow this is fast I said Robert I still have half the throttle left . He says u try to go any faster im gunna bail lol .....

 

[atc250r]

Why all the vertical video?

 

[Will30]

My sister took the one and my brother took the other . For some reason thats the way they do it and I dont like it . Looks real crappy to me .

 

[redstrat]

Looks and sounds great Will. I'm still starving for fuel over 4500rpms with my MX. I'm going to try raising the tank about 4". Fingers crossed.

 

[dream4ta]

Looks and sounds great Will. I'm still starving for fuel over 4500rpms with my MX. I'm going to try raising the tank about 4". Fingers crossed.

Not to hijax Will's thread but what about putting a simple low pressure electric pump in it to push fuel to the motor?

 

[redstrat]

I thought about that but there is a lot of opinion that that is a dangerous situation if the motor stalls and the pump is still running. I pulled the tank last night to take a good look at everything and realized that I had plumbed the water separator in reverse. Just when I was starting to think I was smart.

 

[atc250r]

If it still acts up try bypassing the separator altogether.

 

[paulsboats]

fuel vent

Had problem with my vented plastic tank cap at high rpms.it was getting sucked back into cap and caused fuel starvation. Drilled it out and put thru hull vent in cap.