Lets see those... Metalflake boats!

[rossi]

Mark Caspers old Viking with Bridgeport power. Does'nt get much nicer than that.

[bearclaw]

Checkmates, circa 1971:

[Scream And Fly]

Ah yes, I remember this boat. One of my all-time favorites. And the Bridgeports remain my all-time favorite outboard as well. I think that's the quintessential classic high performance V-King combination right there.

Mark Caspers old Viking with Bridgeport power. Does'nt get much nicer than that.

[Robby321]

Ah yes, I remember this boat. One of my all-time favorites. And the Bridgeports remain my all-time favorite outboard as well. I think that's the quintessential classic high performance V-King combination right there.

Thats a freaking...CLASSIC BOAT!....love the pic...doing 80mph, sitting STILL!

[Maple Leaf]

I think this one is pretty cool

[1BadAction]

Moar spy pics of some parts for my new metalflaked acquisition.

I painted these this past saturday, 1 good coat of flake suspended in an intercoat clear (like a base coat, but clear) with 2 coats of straight clear coat. Looks pretty normal here.



with the flash on, the flake shows...



Still not like it dances in the sun, but you get the idea. as soon as I get a chance I will shoot more flake on them, then bury it all in some klear.

[Stoker1]

Ah yes, I remember this boat. One of my all-time favorites. And the Bridgeports remain my all-time favorite outboard as well. I think that's the quintessential classic high performance V-King combination right there.

That was BOM many, moons ago. The pc is long gone but that image was forever burned into the screen.

[VernG]

1978 CVX20 jet ... metalflake still looks great!

[rossi]

1Bad - that is cool as hell..so far so good. Keep messing with it.
Is it going on something or are you just playing around to see what you come up with ? Either way I like it !

[1BadAction]

1Bad - that is cool as hell..so far so good. Keep messing with it.
Is it going on something or are you just playing around to see what you come up with ? Either way I like it !

Both. I was curious to see how that size flake shot out of my HVLP trim gun, and how it looked once it was on the part. So I killed 2 birds with one stone.

I'll be posting more pics of the finished stuff soon.

[Robby321]

Both. I was curious to see how that size flake shot out of my HVLP trim gun, and how it looked once it was on the part. So I killed 2 birds with one stone.

I'll be posting more pics of the finished stuff soon.

Keep it up!. I like graphics/wraps..BUT..ya can't beat good old "flake".
It the way ya see it, in sun.....the constant change!

[champ201]

'91 Champion. You can fry bacon on the black with the prism flake when the suns beatin' down.

[eagle-lake]

Here is a few pictures of my 1970 MX 14 Checkmate - we purchased it new in Dec.1970 and still have it!
Have run it every summer at the cottage north of Toronto.
The deck is totally faded but it runs great.

[bearclaw]

That is just outstanding! It looks great.
Just a thought, you could try wet-sanding the deck, or have it re-cleared.
Mr. Speath is not far away from you...
I had a '70 MX18 in about the mid-'70's, I had the deck re-cleared, looked great. It had the same kind of seat box yours did. Very cool.
I loved that boat.

I had a chance to buy a nice inline-6 Merc 1000 short shaft this summer.
This would have been my ideal boat to put it on.
But there just aren't any more around to be had. I don't think they made that many 14's.

When I was a teenager (early '70's), we used to run with a couple older guys, they were brothers, they had that exact color MX14 with a Merc 1000 long shaft. It was named "Myasis Dragon".

Here is a few pictures of my 1970 MX 14 Checkmate - we purchased it new in Dec.1970 and still have it!
Have run it every summer at the cottage north of Toronto.
The deck is totally faded but it runs great.

[1BadAction]

'91 Champion. You can fry bacon on the black with the prism flake when the suns beatin' down.

awesome! I've never seen a champion with a "ski" deck on it. My "new" boat is black gel too, it's been out in the FL sun for 6+ years and has really suffered, but with some wetsanding and buffing, the black is rubbing out to a very nice shine.