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Thanks Patrick, after the dust settles I'll look him up. Hopefully it'll be up this weekend.

Rocket, nice project boat.

Right now I'm getting ready to drive the high banks of Daytona. The Porsche has a blown motor so the Miata will have to do. Good way to get your mind off of life!

Regards,
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Greetings to everyone, yes the b25 forum is still down and hopefully we'll get it up and running in a few days. The last month has been a little overwhelming as Linda & I are no longer a team and it's hard to get her to help with the site. She has all the passwords and the knowledge I don't. Hopeful...

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I'm sure polyester resin would work but it would be a rather large hole if it fails. Spend the money on epoxy resin
and sleep well at night.

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The trick for getting your paint to lay down & shine is proper thinning and conditioning the paint. A easy way to see if it's thinned enough is to use the stir stick trick. After removing the stir stick let the paint roll off and wait for it to start dripping. Usually 12 to 15 drips is a good mix, o...

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Pete, Linda & I plan on stopping by. Looking forward to seeing Brew again, it's been a long time.

Till then,
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Brew, I'm in the area every day working in the pocket. 772 485 5485.

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Bruce,

My eyes were tearing I laughed so hard. We have a abundance of North East Manatees up here too. They don't taste as good and smell a little funky but the silver mane makes them stand out.

Seasons Greetings,
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There are wet and dry torque specs. I have them somewhere but can't find them right now. I've had good luck using slug wrenches to brake loose frozen bolts, much safer than hanging on a 6' pipe.

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Kevin, The way the Pursuit is laid out the port engine water pump impeller is a real bear to change and lesser mechanics will not go through the hassle to replace it. Last one I did I had to remove to left front motor mount to get it done. Make sure he buys good quality impellers and replace them be...

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A second option would be a Hamilton Jet Drive. I've been turning wrenches at Hinckley Yachts in Stuart and the jet drives are super simple, low draft and easy to maintain. I haven't got to run one yet but with a little baby thruster they spin & turn on a dime. I wouldn't put them in my boat but they...

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Kevin, 3116's are also known to crack exhaust manifolds, don't overheat them. The 3126's are a better choice. I just attended Cat School and there are dozens of versions of the 3116, if they made it this far they are runners and should be fine. Contact your Cat dealer or service center with the comp...

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Anyone with a half ounce of self respect would drop the extra pounds and get in shape before the hosted a TV show.

JMHO

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Pete, put a second set of lines on with a foot or two of slack on the second set. If you loose a line the second one will take over. Chaffing protection is also a good idea. You can never have enough lines during a hurricane.

Good luck,
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Scott's list is spot on but you should also take tons of pictures of your house and possessions so you have a good reference when wrestling with your insurance co. During Gloria in 85 we went to Porkies for bisque and beers during the eye, this looks to be a horse of a different color. Good luck eve...

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Frank, as Patrick described prep for non skid. For a 100% pro finish mix 50% fine & 50% coarse non skid material in a conventional spray gun. Roll on the paint to be non skidded and spray the nonskid material over the wet paint. After it dries blow off the excess material and your done. I know it's ...

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UV, Linda & I are saddened to hear of Snow's passing. I remember taking him out to the wreck right outside the south pass and he hooked up on something big. We couldn't get is out in time and it settled in the wreck. He hung on to that fish for a good 1/2 hour trying to pull it free before I finally...

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That stogie is really smoking up the place.

Enjoy the holiday,
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I worked on a sport fish a while back named CRACK OAR.

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I got to work with Patrick for around 9 months finishing Buddy Boy. He taught me how to work with fiberglass and epoxy among many other things. If you ever get a chance to hang with him in his shop it's time well spent. Patrick, I hope your sweeping up every day and keeping the place neat & tidy! Ru...

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I appreciate what you guys are saying about the Japanese people and some of their business men. I got burned by my Japanese distributor of snow board clothing back in the 90's and it almost cost me my business. I know a few other manufacturers that dealt with similar problems. These were new school ...

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Bruce, your right! Heading to Sebring this weekend to add to my carbon footprint. Just finished my brake cooling ducts, no more cracked rotors. I think I'm finally done!

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Spencer and Chase, On the general discussion board their is a Announcement post on how to get registered. My email address is rpellecc@gmail.com . Please send me your user name and we'll get you registered with in a day. Since we dropped the 25bertram email address we've received 0 spam. Linda is ju...

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Lucky the bow sling on the second rig slipped off or it would have been a double dunking. Things like this should never happen with computers in the modern cranes. The rigs were so overloaded they never even boomed out or swung over the side when the bottom fell out. Boy I'm glad I don't operate cra...

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We have a 96 4x4 pick up with a 7.3 and run the shit out of it, 256k with no problems. Also had a 2001 with the 7.3 with 100k with no problems at all. I would stick with the 7.3 if you could, it takes the Ford middle man out of the equation as you could get the parts right from International.

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I agree, fuel burn was too slow. bringing the octane down made a big differance.

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The airport down here won't sell avgas unless it's going in a plane. We could get leaded 94, 100 and 112 octane at the track. Some Sunoco stations have leaded racing gas 100 octane but for a dollar or two more I could get 112. It doesn't come cheap, between 7.50 and 9.50 a gallon and I get around 8 ...

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Greetinga Bruce, This ethanol thing is with the GT3. At Sebring they only have non ethanol gas but we also take it on the streets from time to time. With the 911RSR I blend race fuel to 105 octane. Running 112 seemed to be too rich for a 10.5 to 1 compression ratio. Dam that race gas costs a lot but...

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Has anyone heard of problems mixing ethanol and non-ethanol gas in a car. When were at the track we use 94 octane ethanol free gas but on the street were forced to use the blended gas. I would think you would be dilutung the ethanol gas but who knows.
Thanks,
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Bruce,
Linda & I will be at PBIR next weekend, 1/8&9 running the cars. Saturday is a instructor school, Sunday is open diving. We'll have the GT3 and the new RSR down there.

Happy New Year,
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http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

Didn't show up here, but still good viewing.

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1957 a verry good year!!!!

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Both days.
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Jeremy,
we'll be looking for you at Sebring this weekend. We'll have a White GT3 #190.
Cheers,
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Char, did this boat come from a small yard in Stuart Fl.

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I found a B20 Barron at a friends yard just waiting for someone to jump in. I will be down there this week to pull my radar dome off my old 25, if anybody wants some pic's let me know.
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Howdy Bill, this is a PCA HPDE. Patsy and Bill will also be there. This is pretty cool, B31 & Porsche's go together well!

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Jeremy, I noticed you'll be at Sebring next weekend. Linda & I will be there running our GT3. The IROC is getting close but not ready yet. We'll be looking for you.
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Years ago linda & I crossed the sound from Huntington to Bridgeport on a friends 21 Challenger to check out the off shore power boat races. It was so rough they canceled the race and we had to make it home the hard way. The 21 Challenger is one of the best off shore pocket boats. I would love to hav...

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A original 21' Challenger would be a great choice. I always liked the 24 Superboat.

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I have a friend in NY that had one of the first 21' Challengers designed by George Linder later to become the 21' Superboat. He had a slight hook and spent a bunch of time and money to straighten out the hull. After all was said & done he picked 0 knotts. Granted back then we only had a oil filled s...

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I'll keep you posted.
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We are scheduled to be at PBIR, Road Atlanta and Roebling Road over the next few months. I can't wait 260 to 270 HP in a 2000# car. She is at Franz Blam Racing right now ready for a fresh race engine, gear box and corner balancing. As you know doing this from scrach takes huge time and a huge budget...

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It's going to make your hands hurt and maybe a blister or two but resist useing a screw gun. You will shear the heads off some of the screws and on the SS rail you will bugger up every screw head. Turns a nice job into hammered dog shit.

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Cool Bruce! I didn't know you got back into the game. I spent 4 months in the shop building our new fun track car

have fun,
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A while back I worked on Sandy Bird the Jetty Jumper which had the same problem. I pulled the bronze plate and the pick up tube had a screen packed wih crud and algee. I removed the screen and it fixed it self. Since I've been building a race car the last 5 months our 31 has been sitting idle. I thi...

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Linda & I would be up for a winter get together. West End in the winter would be iffy but Palm Beach or Liquordale would work.
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http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/us ... rid+Scored

Ian, this is what you need.
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Scott, is there any way you could bore holes in the stringers and run a crossover pipe connecting the two tanks at the bottem so they equalize them selves and only run one fill, feed and return. Your diagram looks like it would work but you will need two fills to insure there are no air locks and bo...

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