Need parts for 71 promo Nautique

Side panels- now thats weird! Cant say Ive seen another SN with something like that. I thought they all got ski pockets or just had bare (splattered) gelcoat walls.

I havent owned any boats built between '73 and '78, I cant speak to when the shaft access port was added- but it definitely wasnt there by '72- so youre original there.

Reid knows the proper vinyl- youre in good hands! He's spent a lot of time helping JMurph get his '72 promo all spiffed up recently.

So is it single or dual pick up, fellas? Honestly, neither would surprise me!

i guess your right moj....it does have two hoses comming from the hull....so 2 it is!

tim..the (lack of)access panel may be original but i think i may add one for funcional purposes.

They make white access ports, but I agree with Tim.

Only "bad" is no port adds a couple of seams in the vinyl flooring.

62 wood wrote: Only "bad" is no port adds a couple of seams in the vinyl flooring.

Oh I wouldnt even consider making that panel non-removable- thats a must for being able to service things back there. I sure wouldnt want to be cutting the vinyl the first time I needed to get under there!

The '71-72 Skiers Ive seen had that panel screwed down, but otherwise 100% removable (with the aluminum trim on the edges). I cant say Ive seen a SN from that same era with the original floor still in it... but I would be surprised if it werent set up the same. There were floor seams everywhere in these boats- fore and aft of the motorbox. CC must have been buying plywood in small pieces back then!

you wouldn't want this thing steve....it is Chrysler powered! and your a Bowtie man.

I was just looking at the ebay wheel again. Do the spokes look like they are a satin finish? Should they not be chrome?

They seem to turn gray if left out in the weather. Has anyone had any luck bringing back the color? The one that came with our '68 Cuda was chrome plated steel.

Paul,

PM me your address. I'll send you some faces for your speedos. Like Tim said, the original faces were printed on polystyrene and that is why they all look off-white or yellow. The ones I had printed, I actually had the shop add some pixels to the background so they wouldn't be too white. They look good in the boat.

P.S. I may be able to dig up another Speedo for you.

If anyone else out there needs any of the white faces, let me know. I'm glad to pass them along if they can be used. They are actually stickers, but I have just cut them out and laid them on the original faces and that has worked fine so far. It takes some patience, but it's nothing that any one of you couldn't complete with a minimal effort.

Congratulations on the new member of the family Paul! She is a beauty! The new boat ain't bad either! Make sure you tell your girls Happy New Year! for me.

I did find an extra speedometer from that period. Dropping all of the stuff in the mail to you today or Wednesday.

Hey Paul,   Remember me? you came to the lake and bought the motor box for the Classic.

Awesome find!

Did you find it in MO?

Have you found a 3rd Airguide?
I might have a matching plastic Dial Face for you.
If you are leaving the other two the way they are.

Mojo wrote: It's like this ladder. The original owner swears it's original O.E.M. stuff.. It certainly looks period correct, but who knows..

Looks like you need a Balance tube for that 3rd Speedo......

I have several that need homes....Email or PM me if ya need one.......

Steve

Air206 wrote: Looks like you need a Balance tube for that 3rd Speedo...... I have several that need homes....Email or PM me if ya need one....... Steve

Hey Steve, sent ya an email on the balance tube.

Mojo wrote: Mojo wrote: Moj' Funny thing here guys. When identifying the hull number, Art confirms that the boat was ordered with a special black side panel interior, undermount glove box and a "Black" steering wheel.... Sounds like the wood wheel we thing should be in the boat, may not be the case at all. But if the black wheels that CC used from 73 to 80-whatever wern't around back then, could that be the original , possibly aftermarket, wheel in the boat???? Never seen anything like it...... Also, no mention of the ladder as an ordered option.. Moj'

hmmmmm, maybe that black wheel was on the same "special order" shelf as my red one?!!??

Chris,
All of the orange 72'Promo's I've seen have the woodgrain looking wheel on them, and for that red thing on Steve's boat, now I'm guessing you could get whatever you want back then.. On a 71' though, what was the standard wheel on a stock SN? I thought the black wheel wasn't really introduced till 73'??

Moj'