Sneak Peak- Rebuild Thread

[Andy Greene]

I agree Bob, No more pictures of the boat. I would like Rick to take one picture of Andy when he arrives in GA. Bet he's dressed like Nanook of the North

. How many blankets do you have Georganna?

All good, it may be chilly- but I have been at that pond in low 20"s so I'm all right.

Bob I have a fresh gallon of Otto fuel I dont plan on returning with and as far as the Winter Nats, it wont make its debut there, think Spring Nats -

I will be racing more out of state next year at a few select races. I plan on running the snot out of it with Rick there so he can share with ya that I CAN drive a scale

I wanna be first in line for that SP40 btw

Jack who ?????

Andy

 

[Dasboatman]

What??? Guess I missed that renege.

God willing and the creek don't rise - I'll be at the Spring Nats too. I shall look forward to it. We had a blast at the last one. Hopefully 2014 race will be better yet. I'll drag an Olde, rag tag scale boat along just for grins.

If it's going to be 20 degrees - bring dark Jamaica rum to kick start RB with. CHEERS!!! Bob

 

[Andy Greene]

I'm not gonna give him rum at 11 am- he can bring his own . Georganna and I are hitting the road bright and early in the AM

Early Christmas for daddy ..........

 

[Ray Sametz]

I'm not gonna give him rum at 11 am- he can bring his own . Georganna and I are hitting the road bright and early in the AM

Early Christmas for daddy ..........

Your GPS don't work out of the state of FL.

Better bring a road map.

RRRay.

 

[Dasboatman]

Hey Andy,

Can you hear it Ray??? O830 in Gainesville, RB about to roll out of the driveway, Zach Brown "Uncaged" blasting in the Sierra, coffee being poured down the cake hole.........

Further South, blasting Northward, the Space Shuttle heading toward Sycamore, the sound heard by all in vicinity is the chattering of teeth, knocking of knees as Andy punches, Recompute into the Biotch in the Box. Don't be late or you're liable to find 'himself' asleep in his lakeside recliner.

Only a gallon??? "Jack who ?????" - - - If you run it in Florida, you'll know.

Have a Great test session. RB - be nice. CHEERS !!! Bob

 

[moparbarn]

, bob! drew sent me a pic at the state line, now all he's gotta do is be allowed back into fl. george said it was 50*, andy had to turn on the heat in the car

. poor baby.........

 

[moparbarn]

just got a pic from the lake. boat ran great, drew says it's a rocket ship (not a space shuttle

). they're headed home now, or at least as far as the state line, i called the FHP & warned 'em

.

 

[Dasboatman]

Har, Har!!! Have FHP stop him and tell him to drive around to get home.

I haven't. Heard from RB as yet. He may have hauled freight home to sample some Appleton Estate XIV.

A rack available in the shop - what will he fill that slot with???

Get hot Andy and rack up some stick time on that beauty!!! CHEERS!!! Bob

 

[Andy Greene]

Amazingly enough, I was allowed back into Fla and we just got home,lol.

The boat looks awesome and drives even better, RRRick knocked this one out of the park- speed is very good and it corners like a dream. Will post up a short video here in a few, ran twenty laps or so(2 tanks) and its impressive to say the least.I didnt need to see anymore- The weather was pretty snotty and that boat handled it like a champ. Im smiling ear to ear.

Once again Rick, THANK YOU ............

Andy

 

[Georganna Greene]

Glen we took one blanket and it was for the Mark and Pak!

They let him back into FL cause he was finally smart enough to marry me ;P

Rrrick did an amazing job, I KNOW what a mess it was went it went up there and it is a whole new boat, beautiful work.

Drew is still grinning.

 

[FloridaScaleBoater]

VIDEO,,,, VIDEO,,,,VIDEO!!!!!!!!

You two are very welcome,, I really do enjoy reviving the old stuff back to running condition

 

[Glenn Gates]

Georganna and Andy, Glad the trip went well- He may have that grin for some time. I kind of got the "ear to ear" grin going on myself . After about two weeks of heavy frosts and highs in the low to mid 40's probably got about 70 here today

.

 

[Georganna Greene]

Glenn he's a happy man and that makes me happy so it's all good if he's grinning.

Dayum Rrrick... tech difficulties so here is what we have for now............. This is only about the 5th or 6th lap but the boss man called him in to do some mill laps. Short but sweet... no point showing em a dollar when a dime will do.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8y9dwl3hl25hun/20131215_121331.mp4

 

[Don Ferrette]

Looks like she runs pretty good, Rick does nice work and it shows.

 

[moparbarn]

glad ya'll had a safe & fun trip!! damn FHP, about average for state workers, slackin' as usual

!

 

[Andy Greene]

 

Looks like she runs pretty good, Rick does nice work and it shows.

 
You couldnt be more spot on . I have an entire new respect for those of you that turn out work like this AND it produces on the pond, hats off.

I promise to drive the pants off it- but I could NEVER have done the refinish as well as RRRick did.

Hell he even left me a love note on the inside of the radio box lid, NO I wont share- lmao

 

[Andy Greene]

I need to make a pretty stand ............

 

[Dan Kramer]

uhhhhh................ yeh!!

 

[Glenn Gates]

Andy, Joe Scarpino in Colorado makes some very fine custom boat stands. They are NAMBA legal and wrap around the prop and rudder and believe they have a provision for holding four spare glo-plugs at the ready. All cut out on a CNC router to your specs and for a few bucks more can be CNC engraved with your name or logo. I think Joe is still the webmaster on NAMBA's D-20 website so you could probably get his e- mail addy. there for order forms, prices or pictures of his work.

 

[Andy Greene]

Joe's stuff is VERY nice, but I'm thinking wood to be a bit more period correct. Dont get me wrong, carbon would look cool, just not for a 78 boat.

The one its on in the pic was just what I had laying around to get her home.