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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 12:24 AM
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Had to workin it for a few days but drove it today and it did pretty damn good, only hit about 40(or so the speedo said) but it is a 71 sea ray with the old school GM I6 by mercruiser, i am sure a 5.3 can bolt into place with a carb when i want to

Not anything fancy but it is a good time!


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Here is my rough draft MS paint version of the design i will be doing just to tone down all that yellow a bit, hope you guys like:

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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 04:01 AM
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looks fun man!! im in the market for my first boat too
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They are a lot of fun, but doing some PM is your friend.
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I have an 08 Mastercraft X2 with a 6.0L and love it. You'll like more power.
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They are a lot of fun, but doing some PM is your friend.
O think PM is why the boat is a 71 and still runs good, if not this thing would have needed allot of money to get going again, i just tinkered with plus, wired and points along with a little attentiong to the small stuff.

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I have an 08 Mastercraft X2 with a 6.0L and love it. You'll like more power.
Damn, i think i would be happy with a 5.3, LOL.
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sweet! congrats on your purchase, it looks like alot of fun and im sure itll be badass once you get it painted etc!
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It floats, LOL.
Thats a start. Dont get ship wrecked.
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I think that paintjob will set it off. If you get a chance, come on over to TexasHotBoats.com, I'm a moderator over there..CorDog009. We have members all over the place. Any and all boaters welcome.
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I think that paintjob will set it off. If you get a chance, come on over to TexasHotBoats.com, I'm a moderator over there..CorDog009. We have members all over the place. Any and all boaters welcome.

Boats and Ho'z, y'all got both, site wins.
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I think that paintjob will set it off. If you get a chance, come on over to TexasHotBoats.com, I'm a moderator over there..CorDog009. We have members all over the place. Any and all boaters welcome.
Will have ot check it out man, thanks.



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nice first boat . . .

Get some 3M heavy duty rubbing compound, it'll do that yellow paint job wonders
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How much did you pay for that classic boat?
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Was 1800$, took it out and was getting hot a pinging so i had to throttle down and limp back, pretty sure the 1971 water pump is just ****, we will see, LOL.
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Yep, am a friend offered me a hull with a trailer for free, i was like,"Forget that hull, i will just use the trailer", so i am going ot make a trailer for bikes/ATVs.
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