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1979 Checkmate Trimate II

speedman79

speedman79

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Hey everybody, I've seen so many great shots of old Checkmates - I just wanted to be a part of this site! I have a 77 Trimate II that I bought 4 years ago. It was in pretty bad shape. The floor was rotted through the metal flake finish was worn on the top surfaces and all interior was toast.
(and it came with a running 1969 55hp evinrude)
I bought the boat, motor, and trailer for $800.
First thing I did was take off all the hardware, interior and sold the horrible electric shift 55hp on ebay. I replaced the floor with West system epoxy, wet sanded and sprayed clear over the tired metal flakes, replaced all hardware with stainless cleats, new gauges, and steering.
I use a manual HI-JACKER jack plate with 6" of set back. I wanted a mercury but being on a budget I settled for a 140 crossflow Johnson...price was right. I put a 22 pitch omc raker prop on it - It runs about 55 on my speedo but I haven't been able to GPS it yet. The motor is a little tired since I blew a head gasket and got water in the cylinder - one cylinder is down
20 psi. - It still runs ok though - until a piston shoots through the back of the block- I'm not fixing it!
Every year I try to improve something - this season it got Boyesen Power reeds, and CD player. Cant wait to try the motor with new these reeds - supposed to help idle through top end...we'll see.
I'll post pictures asap - is there a way to upload photos to this site or I have to host the picture and paste the link?
 
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Trimate owner. You need to host the pix and when you make a post there is a spot on the small toolbar where you put the link. Took me a few trys to figure it out. Cant wait to see the pix.
 
Welcome to the board. Just have to love the trimate. Fun boat.
As far as pictures go you can host them on a site and link them here, or you can send them to Chris and he can post them.
Better to host them on the web and link them. Keeps the bandwidth down on this site.
Have a look around. There are several topics about posting pictures.
 
Thanks for tips, I'll post the pics this weekend - I didn't realize most of my good pics were not digital - I'll have to scan them first.
First time I get out this season I'll have a buddy take some action shots!
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Thanks for the offer - I might take you up on that... I have 2MB of FTP space from an old AOL account - but that isn't much!
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It's not a problem at all, I have 1GB of webspace. I'm hoping to setup a home ftp server, then I can create accounts for people to upload to and host from home. We'll see when I can get around to that. Work and school is taking up lots of time, with little free time.

Kevin
 
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Nice job on the floor!!
Sure sounds like you are enjoying it!
I needed the inspiration to help me stay focused on finishing my floor. Have even considered selling.

Thanks!
 
speedman79 did a great job on that boat. Haven't seen him on here in awhile. I wonder if he has done anything else to the boat yet.
 
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