Baker rear cowl, or not?
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Baker rear cowl, or not?
has a flexible rear cowl with it. Not sure who first put it on the boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by WaterZebra
So the cockpit sides were two pieces of 4mm FIR plywood laminated together. the outside piece came down on top of the deck ply requiring that i split this apart to properly remove the deck ply and the hidden row of staples. Interesting to note all the holes in the cockpit sides yet the fir plywood is in really great condition. Plan is to relaminate 4mm Okumi on the outside and Inside of the cockpit walls so it has a fresher new look. All those holes will be hidden.
Another interesting feature of the original construction was a solid piece about 3" x 4" that was fasten across the very wide transom using wood pegs at each end and 4 carriage bolts through to the outside. Everything was countersunk and then covered so you could not see the bolts or nuts on either side. This will be replaced as well to maintain the original construction of the boat. Transom , by the way, held TWO inline 6 motors at one time to set the SJJ record.
here is what the cross-transom piece looked like upon the transom removal... YUCK !! count the holes......
That transom saw a lot of changes. Evinrude Strangler, Merc 1350 inline, TWO Merc 1350 inlines and then back to Merc 1350 inline. Why are you pulling the transom now? How does this affect all of the bottom work you did? Sounds like the dowel and bolt work Delrosa did was to prevent the addition of aluminum side plates that were added to cockpit boards and transoms on wood tunnels as they aged. Remember the steel tie bars Mercury added to the T2's and V6's back in the days?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Smyth
Oh no the transom was pulled a year ago. New one already installed. The old one had over 170 holes in it at my best count. Yes lots of engines and stuff bolted to it during its racing days…..
Was the transom height reduced for the Merc inlines after the Strangler was used? It's my beleif that the OMC race engines had a longer mid section than Merc?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Smyth
No clue who cut the transom. It was restored to its original height.Quote:
Originally Posted by WaterZebra
The boat changed hands a few times after Bob Holloway, Ron Baker and Greg Horn owned and raced it. Maybe a 12” mid was used by someone at some time. I know it was used by one owner for testing stuff.
So your original transom is a "tall" OMC set up? My memory is that Merc boats (short transoms) could never be adapted for OMC power (tall transoms) without a fairly complicated build up of the transom). OMC "talls" could be converted by cutting the transom down provided the combing boards would allow it? It you had power trim rams that went thru the transom, it really got complicated. When Mod VP came along, everything went sky high (literally). I thought your boat may have been run by Burt Fraley (Evinrude) but the tunnel depth is deeper and nose is different. Fraley's boat was built by Bill Kelly (MasterTech). Only owner driver I know that ran a Johnson Stinger in the Seattle area was Randy Zevales.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Smyth