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When I first brought the boat home it was pretty busted up. I traded it for my 007 Glastron/Carlson Clamp-on.(which I restored
2 years prior) The Kachina had a rod knock because the guy who built the motor didn't put the oil pump drive shaft in until
he relized there was no oil pressure after running it for about 10 min! So I took it away in that condition(Screwed up).
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The first thing I did after getting it home was start cleaning! I busted out the buffer and dove in. The boat originaly had
Big bright orange lettering on the bow, which read "Family Tradition". But all that was left was the "M" and the "d" so it
looked like it was saying "MD" pretty funny. So I sanded off the "MD" which made the cream and brown deck look 100% better.
I could also make out some writting on the back off the boat, that showed it had been raced before. It said "Larry the dog
Sogstan racing" and under "crew" it said "who ever shows up". And last it said "sponsered by" "something marine engines" I
could not quite make it all out.
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After the clean up stage I pulled out the motor(460 Ford) and started taking it apart for the rebuild. Well to make a long
story short I flatted three cams in the same block after three rebuilds in 2 months. So I only had the boat in the water once.
I think the cam bearings were put in wrong and it was pushing the cam foward in the block causing it to flatten every cam.
So I don't know how fast it was or how fast its going to be when its done. This is when I decided to just start rebuilding
everything. I started with the paint, top and bottom, them the trailer, and finally I sent the pump off the MPD to get a stage
1.5, a (B) impeller, and the rideplate & shoe. Right now I am working on putting a floor in because it never had one. The
new motor is almost complete, its a 1971 Ford 429 bored .040 with 11.1 compression, C8VE heads with 2.19 intake valves, and
1.76 exhaust valves. The cam is a COMPCAM solid roller with 236 dur @.050 and a .634 lift. And I just bought two 600cfm holleys
for the weiand polished Tunnel Ram I bought from the newspaper.
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This is when I first started taking it apart for the restoration! (Nov 99)
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In progess (Nov 99)
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This is what I found under all the 20 coats of Laquer paint .Wow look its the WIDOW MAKER HeHe!
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Cam eating Ford 460!
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Nice motor!
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After hours of paint stripping
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I think it needs help?
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HAY! How did my car get in this roll of film???
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There's the stock Berk JG-A
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HMMM? Should I paint it Black or brown???
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More Web designs??
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I think that primer color could have been a new fashion statement.
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Almost gone!!!!
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Trying to figure out the scanner?
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AHH! Finally primmed and guide coated. Ready to be blocked.(that took forever!!!)
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Last day of painting!!!!!
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Many coats of white Depont Imeron
(One helpful tip" don't wait very long to cut and rub it) that stuff gets so hard that 1500 grit sand paper wouldn't faze
it.
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All waxed up and no place to go!
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AHH Back on the trailer and safe!
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Ghost Flames in the making
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Thats me having fun with fine line tape laying the ghost flames out my hand!
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Me being Stupid??
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Where 's the motor??
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All ready fo me to spray the red pearl!
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The pumps all in! Now all I need is a motor, interior, ETC!
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A picture of my buddie daves eLEMONator(gold) & my buddie Brians Miller(white&red)
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eLEMONator before we knew!
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It looks fast????
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I want that Place Diverter!!!!!
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Heres Daves Bahner Jet boat with a 454 chevy!
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There's my first boat, a 007 Glastron/Carlson with a huge 150 Merc. It did a whopping 58MPH!!!!
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I think I spent to much money on this CLAMP-ON???
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