Re: [OMC-Boats] lookie!

jd... stupendous..... do you have a complete picture of the boat? a front
and rear view would be much appreciated..... dan.............

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From: "jd" <jdood@...>
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's"
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Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:58 PM
Subject: [OMC-Boats] lookie!

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> So after crazy electrical weirdness affecting my temp gauge (see
> previous posts) and driving me nuts, I decided to do a little bit of
> "remodeling". Two weeks later............viola' Im done! No more
> risky wiring causing weirdness. Now have new fuse block,
> instruments, switches, heat shrink terminals, etc. And a nifty new
> console i designed - complete with a subwoofer behind. It was a
> pain to do it all (lots of time on back under dash), but at the same
> time really fun, and I'm really happy with the way it turned out.
> And other than stereo gear, actually probably only about $200 or so
> in parts/mat'ls. Used (but late model) speedo and tach off ebay.
> Depth and switches are new and were probably the expensive part.
> Also rigged up my temp gauge with a separate light and buzzer fed from
> a sender that triggers (i hope) when it hits 200 degrees - no more
> surprises - i wanted it to practically hit me on the head when (if) it
> starts getting hot. This all has actually been on my to do list
> since day one of owning the boat. None of my instruments have ever
> worked. So it feels GREAT to get it done finally and now have safe
> and functioning tach, speedo, fuel gauge, etc. And no more stupid
> cracked no longer available anywhere instrument cluster cover!
> Tried to stay as vintage looking as possible, but yeah, still not
> quite as cool as the original probably looked new. Of course the
> boat still doesn't run right, but that's besides the point. As long
> as it looks good - that's most important, right? . ;) Actually,
> putting final touches on the cowling vent (pix of that soon) then I'm
> hitting the river for a test - probably thurs. Seeing a finish line
> in the distance!! Jeff D
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Received on Wednesday, 12 August 2009