Ultimate48

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Hey Jon

Welcome back. now thats a very cool looking fuel tank.

How much did that cost, just the price of your vacation. $$$$$$ LOL

I hope you had a great time !

Steve

firefox144

LOL, Just a mear $4500 per tank. But at least I got to enjoy the contents.

crazyotto

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love to get my engines drunk with those bottles /////lol

45deepvee

could always use those aluminum rods for aluminum repair and braze it shut with aluminum. i beleive there brazing rods, almost liek welding though cept it wont burn a hole in it.

good idea, to bad i cant use it

firefox144

Dont even need to go that far, The rubber fuel stoppers fit in the opening. Just mount and stick the fuel line/vent inside and its finished.

I placed them inside the boat and found that I can use 4 tanks. (2 + 2) and mount them just about anywhere for balance.

Just a thought I have been tinkering with so far.

yeeharacing

Hey you made it back to NJ!!

Let's get painting!!!!

firefox144

Yup. On all fours.

firefox144

Well, decided to give the boat a purple base coat, and two coats of clear.
Didn't come out too bad

danitolaboy

That purple is very nice. good job

yeeharacing

The wife threaten to kill ya yet???

crazyotto

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awesome !!!!!!!!! i knew when he left my shop today that he was gona paint that boat.....but wasnt expecting pics so soon .....looks great jon!!

Paul M

Not bad?? Looks pretty darn good to me. What are you planning to do with the inside?

firefox144

Yes, the wife is pissed, stunk out the house. The pictures realy dont do it any justice. In person its bright and shiny.

The inside I think I will go with black. Someone told me that they use appliance paint. I may go that route.

All my hardware is anodized blue, I may change all that to polished aluminum as it may go better with the purple.
Flame graphics are next. I hope it comes out good.

Ron Olson

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I tried appliance paint, it's not stuff that you'd want to use indoors. If you think that the wife was pissed then, spray some of that stuff and you'll have to leave the house. It's nasty stuff, seriously.
I just went downstairs and looked, it was Krylon that I tried.

Ultimate48

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Jon

great job, looks mint , I knew you could do it !

did you paint the bottom of the hull ?

Steve

firefox144

I didn't paint the bottom, the bottom is still white gell coat. The bottom has a nice solid gell coat and I dont feel I need to mess with it.

I will also look into the Krylon for the inside of the hull, but I dont see how thats going to make the wife any happier. She quit smoking 2 years ago and now she smells EVERYTHING!!!!. Lucky me.

Ultimate, I have more questions on this paint job, I cant find your number. If you still have mine, give me a call. Took me a while to get the B___ls to do this so far.

Thanks guys.

wayneuk01

did i read that right a moderator swearing in a post isnt that against forum rule's & regulations ..??
P.S THE BOAT LOOKS GREAT

Paul M

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Here we go!!

wayneuk01

lol.. here u go !! I was only commenting

crazyotto

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this is firefoxs thread for his build , im asking very nicely for everyone to keep on track ,

jon make sure you get that fine line tape this week!! gotta finish stripping you out.

Paul M

Sorry Kevin. I couldn't resist. I'll behave myself

firefox144

See, I dont have to defend myself, I have friends to do it for me

I will pick up some tape this week, I spoke with Ultimate and I'm going to wet sand the whole boat before we stripe it, If it comes out as good as I expect it will, I dont want to pull the tape off.

yeeharacing

Check this out.. a little inspiration.

Paul M

Good gosh that's EVIL and I used to like clowns

firefox144

That boat is evil, I,m gonna lose sleep on that one.