Velvet drive

I have a 64 American Skier that I acquired without a transmission. I am looking to buy a velvet drive but I am unsure which ratio to purchase. The engine is a 260ci interceptor, I am unsure of the prop (if it is important I can check). Im pretty sure it came with an eaton originally but someone has installed 15 degree wooden wedges under the motor mounts. This leads me to believe it was swapped to a velvet drive? I also don't have transmission mounts, is anyone aware of a source for these? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Josh,
Bruce has a great suggestion to call Jim Harris. He seems to be the one with lots of vintage Interceptor parts.

You would need a 1:1 trans. The engine mounts have no bearing on what trans was in it nor what you want to install. The output shaft center lines are the same on any straight 1:1. The wood wedges under the mounts are there for alignment of the engine to the prop shaft and are original.

Welcome to CCfan. We'd love to see the project.

I probably have the transmission and mounts for that setup as well - the mounts came on an interceptor, however the boat was so far from original I would have to confirm they are correct by looking at some pictures in the diaries

Jacob,
From the looks of the wedges, I have a feeling someone tried to do an alignment without fully removing the lags and then re drilling the holes. The other potential issue is the lags are no longer firmly holding the engine in place and it's shifted. There is no pocket. The wedges sit on top of the stringers. They are used for vertical engine adjustment to align it to a aligned prop shaft. Make new wedges and do an alignment. Alignment starts at the strut. Clearance holes for the lags are drilled in the wedges after alignment. I also have to ask what's the condition of your stringers. The engine may be out of position and shifted due to poor stringer condition?

He beat me to it. Please post some pictures of that HM powered 'Cuda!

These are the only ones I have on this computer. Will attach a couple later this evening. Thanks for the information on the wedges. I will get working on that in the next week or so and post after pictures. Will reach out with any more questions. Thanks again.

I agree. Long story short. This boat was my Grandfathers. Passed down to my Uncle in Arizona. He sold it many years after his passing. I stumbled across this site, looking for a boat like it. Came across a member that had posted it for sale in Arizona, contacted him and he had already sold it. My contact information was passed somehow and the third owner contacted me a couple years ago. Uncle (still in Arizona) went out and verified, it was my Grandfathers boat. The rest is history. So Thank you CorrectCraftfan. lead me to my Grandfathers boat Arizona to Ohio. So thus having it trucked up to Ohio, my budget on repairs and modifications has been slim. Thus the original trailer he had it on still resides as is.

Gary S wrote: .You don't see many 'Cudas in that color scheme. .

We had one up here in the same color but I haven't seen it in years. I too loved the color. When I was working at Watercraft I always enjoyed seeing it come in for gas. I would make a point of going out on the gas dock to take a look at it or rather the owners daughter that was always driving it!!!

And Pete did you harass her on everything that was wrong with the boat?

Was just curious Jacob, my wife and I both are retired Bell System and forum member Jbear is also. As to Art,he's retired from Correct Craft and a member here. When he has spare time he looks up the boats record and will tell you what they have on it. New boats are on computer, next ones down are on microfiche and older wooden boats records have been lost due to a fire. Just write the factory with your serial number and put Attn Art Cozier. It may take awhile, I know he's sure to be busy especially with the Masters coming up next month.