Newly Restored 1979 Ski Tique |
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kevinfinney
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Posted: August-08-2018 at 3:55pm |
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Hey all,
I recently finished my complete restoration of my 1979 Ski Tique, as original as possible, and spent Saturday on Badin Lake and Sunday on Lake Tillery, both in North Carolina. This boat was my father's and I learned to ski behind this exact boat. Here are a couple pictures to share. I also have shared some on the Classic Correct Craft Boats Facebook page. I even met David on Badin Lake, another Tique owner, while cruising the lake Saturday. Kevin Finney Concord, NC |
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75 Tique
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Nice job. Nice Tique. We might have just missed you on Badin. Greg and I were at David's dock at about 10:00, admiring his yellow Tique. You and David were probably both amused to run across another nice tique while out cruising.
Did you redo the lettering on your boat? Just curious because the dark blue air brushing on the light blue matches my Tique lettering exactly, except mine was redone in a smaller font. Unfortunately, I didnt realize until after about 14 years of aggressive cleaning, I was taking off some of the darker blue. there used to be more of it. |
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“So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
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kevinfinney
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Mine wasn't as worn down as yours and I was able to paint match the dark and light blue with what was there. I did the entire job myself and even painted it myself. I taped it off. It isn't perfect but neither was the original work in 1979.
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8122pbrainard
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Kevin,
Very very nice. Fantastic job! |
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Alex47
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Very Impressive!
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jimsport93
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Welcome to the site Kevin.
Great job on the Tique ! |
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Timr71
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Very nice!
You're a better painter (and taper off er) than I am. I struggled painting my windshield frame. |
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samudj01
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Always good to see another nice old correct craft come in the cove. I promptly flagged him down to say hello and check out his 79. It was great to meet you Kevin and as I mentioned, please come to badin in oct for the badin mini. There will be a good group of people there. Edit...I see you already signed up. Now how about some engine pics. That 302 looked brand new!
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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Fabcon
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Very nice
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1976 Ski Nautique 351 Escort
1984 Barefoot Nautique (Parting Out) |
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kevinfinney
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Safe Boating!
Kevin Finney |
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kevinfinney
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Posted more pics in this thread. You will enjoy them.
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Safe Boating!
Kevin Finney |
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8122pbrainard
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Enjoyed very much and again,
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MACS81SN
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Very nice
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Mark
1999 -SN - 502 Python 1981 - SN Owned 33 years - Sold 1968 - Mustang - Sold |
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Gneil
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Great pics and impressive work indeed !!!!
Inspiring to see and a beautiful shop too. Cheers!!! |
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G. Neil
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Donald80SN
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WOW !!!!!!
I love it . Nice job. Great job with the rewiring of the electrical under the dash with the bus bars. Donald |
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1980 Ski Nautique SOLD Back to Cypress Gardens
2002 Sport Nautique, GT-40, FCT2, Cover Sports, Tower Bimini, Inc., Wet Sounds Audio System, Star Gazer Wake Edition S. 1968 Ski Nautique, Project. |
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NCH20SKIER
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Excellent job but Carolina blue.......#backthepack
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austinbenincasa
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Great looking boat! Was that the original 302?
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NGP
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Nice
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Hollywood
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Dang, that's top notch.
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kevinfinney
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Yes this is the original engine. We honed it to 0.010” over so there is still room to go later if needed. New cam (same grind as original) and new pistons, also a valve job on the heads to make it work with today’s fuels. Although I am running some race fuel that is excess from our race team at this time!
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Safe Boating!
Kevin Finney |
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8122pbrainard
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Kevin, Did you rebuild with a RH rotation? |
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austinbenincasa
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Turned out fantastic! Love to hear what it sounds like going down the lake. |
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kevinfinney
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I kept the original reverse rotation.
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Safe Boating!
Kevin Finney |
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Smithfamily
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Nice work! Beautiful.
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8122pbrainard
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Great to hear. |
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dwcar
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Spectacular! Great work
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gt40KS
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Outstanding work Kevin!! Everything looks Awesome!
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kevinfinney
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For those following, I also produced my stringers using CAD. I have a tremendous amount of time generating these files, so sharing them for free isn't going to happen. I may consider water jet cutting sets of stringers like I did if you have the same model, for a fee that includes the material. I hate to sound greedy, but my time is worth something.
FYI, I still had to do final fitting of the stringer to the hull bottom so it isn't exactly a drop in an glass system. But, it got me really close. |
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Safe Boating!
Kevin Finney |
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Donald80SN
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Other's, here on this site , have uses CAD Files to cut composite materials for stringers for Ski Nautiques. This is the first I have seen for a Ski Tique. Very sharp.
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1980 Ski Nautique SOLD Back to Cypress Gardens
2002 Sport Nautique, GT-40, FCT2, Cover Sports, Tower Bimini, Inc., Wet Sounds Audio System, Star Gazer Wake Edition S. 1968 Ski Nautique, Project. |
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Rigger
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Wow! Beautiful boat. Awesome job!
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