1980 in the Diaries

I thought the same thing! That would be a nice snag.

Hell, thats damn near in my back yard. Just e few minutes from the house. I can go by there take a look / pictures if someone was interested?

Hawktique wrote: That would be a good start to a v-drive conversion.

what the hell are you smoking? better lay off of it while you have a brain cell left.

Why do I get the feeling there maybe a few parts missing since the photo.

If I had a spare grand laying around, I'd be headed to Fort Worth.

AT

Nice...
how much the trailer it self..probably close to 1k..so the boat its actually for free...

Talk to owner, he said some guy from Georga has made him an offer but.......If someone wants me go go by there and take some photos, I'm about 20 minutes away.

Said his name was Stan.

79nautique wrote: Hawktique wrote: That would be a good start to a v-drive conversion. what the hell are you smoking? better lay off of it while you have a brain cell left.

Just curious why you had that reaction Chris. I realize its not original and all that, but I think the two v-drive conversions we've seen have been pretty cool projects.

Chris can speak for himself.

I did have the thought myself that this particular setup would not be a good candidate for converting to a V-Drive. I have my doubts that the 1980 hull would make a good VDrive. Potentially, it could be very fast in a straight line, but I would guess it would handle poorly, and I don't think it would be very good for skiing or wakeboarding in a VDrive configuration.

Also, there would be a lot of fabrication involved moving that fiberglass pan around to accomodate the axle move on the trailer.

BKH

what is a v drive conversion not a I/O and not a shaft like mine? whats the purpose and advantage disadvantage

nothing like screwing up a good boat, good luck selling it one day, value goes to zero after the conversion.

just not worth the time and effort to redo the stringers, relocate gas tank and destroy the boat's value, oh and the pylon sticking up like that really cool if your a tool I guess, but POS comes to mind for me.

better use of space? being on top of each other now, guess they're midgets too. Butt ugly IMHO and a waiste of money that you'll never get back out of it.

Well then my suggestion to you Chris, would be to not do it. However, maybe its what these guys wanted to do for themselves, and didnt mind spending the time and money doing what they wanted to do for themselves. Maybe they didn't do it to sell it, maybe they did it to use it. I don't think its that much different than guys making hot rods out of 30's or 40's vintage cars or chopping a motor cycle.

Riley wrote: or George Barris turning a Corvette or a GTO into a station wagon...

and did you see how little money he got for those customs at Barrett-Jackson? And how much more the 30's and 40's resto mod's sold for? three four five times higher? Class and taste isn't something everyone has or this example either.


to each there own, if their happy great, hope it turmed out the way they wanted, just not my cup of tea. Weather they want to or not I feel they will be holding on to the boat for quite some time or will be taking a hugh loss to unload it, then again maybe 75 can bail them out and be stuck with it.

79nautique wrote: ... just not my cup of tea. ... then again maybe 75 can bail them out and be stuck with it.

Didn't say it was or wasn't my cup of tea...just saying everyone here is entitled to have their own tea however they want it without having someone tell them they can't have their tea that way, or that they are wrong, stupid or bad for having their tea that way...which is different from saying I don't care to have my tea that way...big difference, one that is overlooked around here on ocassion.

Customizing brings too much personal taste into it and most don't have the eye or creativity to pull it off and end up in left field like these three examples, nothing like turning a good design into a piece of junk because they are color blind and have no style or taste for what really looks good, If done right yes a real head turning can be made but everyone's not a Chip Foose or a designer either and that makes all of the difference and what works and doesn't work, and the 70's and 80's hulls are just too narrow to be a v-drive and look good well unless you like the trailer park look or don't care how stupid it comes across to others.