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Originally posted by MartyMabe MartyMabe wrote:

OK, Keegan. Take a pic of the 'red' stripe vents and let everyone decide whether or not to do the rear scoops
That front vent looks awesome, like I said, especially with the 'red' pipping on the seats

I say go for it!

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I think he should do a bow stripe! Not sure what years they did them, I think reid's got a few with them.
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OK, Keegan. Take a pic of the 'red' stripe vents and let everyone decide whether or not to do the rear scoops
That front vent looks awesome, like I said, especially with the 'red' pipping on the seats

I say go for it!
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Originally posted by horkn horkn wrote:

Houston, we have tubers! LOL


It was so rough out there that was all you were going to ride that particular afternoon. We'll get them all grown up eventually. Lets face it the kids love it, but you wont catch me on it.
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Houston, we have tubers! LOL
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Oh no!
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That does look nice.

"rectcra", hell, it Killed him! LOL

I put a few hours on my 78 this weekend too. Good times in a quality boat, especially one that's been redone by yourself. Priceless.
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Wow, Looks great. Nice Work.

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We had a great 3 days on the water. Here are some final pics.











And that pretty much wraps up this thread! A million thanks to the Correct Craft Fan community for all of the support, knowledge and friendship.
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Originally posted by vondy vondy wrote:


Either it fell off to the bottom of the lake or it was stolen.


Either way that sux! My port emblem is broken and just says rectcra. That sounds like a crazy rectal disease, maybe I should take that off

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Originally posted by Keeganino Keeganino wrote:

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I was trying to sell or trade the emblem but got this idea and decided to run with it. I got it cheap from the metal plater I used on my tailpipes and lift rings.


There's two on ebay right now. Already up to $152 and 2 days left.

I'm still not sure what happened to mine. Either it fell off to the bottom of the lake or it was stolen.
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Originally posted by Donald80SN Donald80SN wrote:

Keegan,

I see you put that old twisted ring and broken finger on that I gave you. Have you had a chance to try to work on it yet? Were you able to improve it any? It looks like you have not put the roll pins in yet because it is turned at a different angle.

I sure love my new old one. It has a complete finger and it sure does make it easier to hook a ski rope to it.

Curious,

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I have not tried worked on it at all. I have not put in the pins because my pylon and the shaft of the ring have different hole patterns. I have been so preoccupied getting the seats in and all the other details. My plan is to take it to a machine shop and get them to make me a new finger and drill new holes so it sits all the way down in the pylon. It looks like the real thing from a distance so in that regard it is doing its job.

Mike- Thank you I was kind of nervous going ahead with the emblem but I have no regrets over it at the moment. That is the only place it says CC inside the boat other than on my Coast guard plate by the controller.

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Originally posted by Keeganino Keeganino wrote:

I know some people are not going to like what I did but I love it.






Is that where my starboard emblem went?

Going to have to find me one of those, every time someone pulls up to my starboard side they ask if it's a Chris Craft. Guess that's not really a bad thing.
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Keegan,

I see you put that old twisted ring and broken finger on that I gave you. Have you had a chance to try to work on it yet? Were you able to improve it any? It looks like you have not put the roll pins in yet because it is turned at a different angle.

I sure love my new old one. It has a complete finger and it sure does make it easier to hook a ski rope to it.

Curious,

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i think that looks great, Keegan. Cool little personal touch. I like it a lot.
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Thanks I am looking forward to a long weekend on the lake with everything dialed in! Jordan Lake in North Carolina come on out to Ebenezer area I have rented a shelter there as base camp if anybody wants to come out.
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Keegan - Looks awesome, who cares what these guys think anyway!!

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I know some people are not going to like what I did but I love it.




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Let's see, forgetting to put the plug in the boat and sinking in 12 foot of water?-- or Wedding band flying off in 12 feet of water!?


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Looks really nice Keegan. I bet it is really a treat being on the water with her and with the family. Bummer on the ring.
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I did not take any pics today because I did not have time to properly screw down the seat mounts before heading to the lake. I have been on my knees so far so I was just happy to have something to sit in!

There are 24 screws involved in fastening the 2 buckets to the floor so I want to do it right. Pilot drilling, cpes, and 5200 is going into every last one of them, which will take some time just to install, and the 5200 will need some time to cure before our next excursion.

Then one last photo shoot and I can call it a wrap on this thread!

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Awesome, cant wait to see it all together!
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Picked them up this morning! Headed back to the lake this afternoon
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Looking good! Did you get the seats back yet?
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Today was the first day my wife got to go out on the boat since we have owned it. We had a great day relaxing in the water, cruising the lake, and a nice picnic on the shade of a sandy beach. The only bummer was losing my wedding ring!!!!!! I tried to swat a horse fly and bloop there it went into about 12 feet of water. It was so dark and muddy down there I did not have a chance at finding it, but I did try only to come up with hands full of mud.

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nice, nice, nice!!!!
gotta be proud of that boat and family!!!
nice help there from Marty!!!
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Originally posted by Donald80SN Donald80SN wrote:

Wow!!!!!

That Gel looks great. I need to drop my boat at Marty's house to get it buffed.

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He does a great job!
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