She doesn't like the big black Mercury Outboard from the looks of it. LOL! Yes I see progress. Glad to hear your still at it. It won't be long now. Have a good vaca. Cali is a long haul. Lots of free radicals...

Finally got to take the boat out and run it today for the first time since i started this project. Have to say I'm pretty pleased looks like the hard work is paying off. Still have some stuff to do but at least I can say I know what it runs like. Top speed was 53 at 5700 rpm. So I think my prop is pretty much spot on since I think wot is suppose to be 5600-5800. :nice:

A few pics

Not sure why but this site only seems to let me upload one pic a day then all other attempts to upload a pic fail

Let her eat. That is a good sign for sho. Bret I will try to get another pic uploaded for you. Spot on with that prop. That is cooking on water in a old antique boat.. LOL! :news::time::clap:

Best vintage by far...

Thanks Ridge! Yeah not runnin too bad for a 32yo boat! Kinda reminds me of ole Shelby the swamp mans boat! Lol. Still have a few bugs to work out and loose ends to tie up but all in all I'm very happy with the outcome!!!


And tried to upload pics again and still won't upload so I don't know.......

Thought about doing same could you email pics and part list [email protected] how she handle are scuppers still above water line

No scuppers since it was a I/o originally. Handles about same as it did when it still had the inboard. I'm very happy with the set up as a whole. Still have little things here and there that need to be addressed but for a 30+ year old boat that's to be expected. I'll see if I can dig up any more photos and send them to you. Most of the ones I have of the swap are in this thread. I'm not the biggest pic taker just wanted to get it done. It's been almost a year now that I've been running it with this set up.