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75 Tique
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“So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
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Mojo
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Polish that snot colored beauty and get it to Green Lake !!!
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05' SV211 TE
73' Martinique had:96' SNOB had:76' Nautique had 77 Tique |
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81nautique
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shierh
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Tracks from a Hellcat, thought it would go with Wildcat post |
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75 Tique
Grand Poobah Joined: August-12-2004 Location: Seven Lakes, NC Status: Offline Points: 6110 |
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Joel, If you want, email me the pics and I will post for you
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“So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
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SWANY
Senior Member Joined: August-12-2014 Location: batavia Status: Offline Points: 384 |
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Exhaust manifold look very familiar. It's a single card setup
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8122pbrainard
Grand Poobah Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41040 |
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Joel and Brian,
Does this look like the engine? This one looks like it's in a Century. They loved to put lots of HP in small wood hulls!!! |
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SWANY
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I could email them to someone to post. Brian is traveling all day so he said he wouldn't get to it till tonight. Almost positive it won't become a parts boat it was just worst case scenario thought before we picked it up. I'm convinced because the size of the boat and the construction the gel is really thick, or there's just so little Flex in the hull compared to the smaller boats so there is virtually no spider cracking
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Riley
Grand Poobah Joined: January-19-2004 Location: Portland, ME Status: Offline Points: 7952 |
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How about some pics? Definitely worth saving if the gel is good.
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fanofccfan
Platinum Member Joined: December-13-2009 Location: North Bend NE Status: Offline Points: 1743 |
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I agree with Tim B.......Save the old girl! You will love the drive as much as the ride and so will the rest of the people on your lake! Go Team Mopar.
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2004 196 LE Ski 1969 Marauder 19 1978 Ski
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JoeinNY
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300 Hp could have been a hot dual carb 413 setup if earlier, or the base 440 setup if later - the 330 was 440 with a little warmer cam but not much change in compression or carb setup.
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8122pbrainard
Grand Poobah Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41040 |
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This is out of the 1968 brochure. It does list the 300HP. The Chrysler engine manual lists the 300 as a 413D. |
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8122pbrainard
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Could it be the 413??? |
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NCH20SKIER
Grand Poobah Joined: December-16-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2207 |
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Sweet
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'05 206 Limited
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TRBenj
Grand Poobah Joined: June-29-2005 Location: NWCT Status: Offline Points: 21136 |
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If the gel is recoverable then it shouldn’t be a parts boat... lack of papers can usually be overcome and plenty of engines available to swap in. I think that hull style may have changed in ‘70 or ‘71 (definitely by ‘72), joe may know the transition year as he’s had both (yours is the earlier one with more character). I thought the 426 was rated at 290hp, I know the later 440’s were rated 330hp. The small block LA/LM Chrysler’s had the displacement cast right into the side of the block- not sure about the big blocks. Very cool boat.
That’s a #4 Trailer btw, it’s notably wider than a #3. |
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Gary S
Grand Poobah Joined: November-30-2006 Location: Illinois Status: Offline Points: 14096 |
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I guess paperwork wise Joel it depends where it was last registered. A number of years ago if it was an Illinois boat there was an easy procedure to acquire them. IDNR was very helpful at the time.
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SWANY
Senior Member Joined: August-12-2014 Location: batavia Status: Offline Points: 384 |
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So I updated the thread title and I will add to this one instead of creating more threads on the same boat. Hint-Hint.
Anyways we (Brian) and myself went and picked up a Wildcat I found on Facebook marketplace pretty much, poorly advertised. I recognized it right away as a CC, what I thought from two pictures posted was maybe a Baracuda. Got more pictures from seller, turns out a wildcat. There's no paperwork so in there lies a couple problems. He said he was told its a 71' but we all know how that story goes. We showed up and got all the interior parts (shot) which I did not expect so there's a bonus. It has a Chrysler motor. Valve covers say 300hp, we have done some research and year ranges this motor was available in the wildcat but we can not determine this is a 440? We just picked it up this afternoon so little time with it has been had to dig into it. Brian will post the pictures hopefully soon, last time I tried I was having problems,ugh. Pretty cool boat, overall condition pretty decent all thing considered. Gel coat will clean up pretty nicely we think. #the lady's whip destiny isnt determined yet maybe a while. To restore or part out due to motor condition and no papers. Exciting either way |
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Hollywood
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Frankenotter had a lengthy thread going about swapping around trailers to fit in a small garage.
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TRBenj
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https://correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=27969&title=1970-barracuda-trailer
Add fender width and you’re around 90”. |
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SWANY
Senior Member Joined: August-12-2014 Location: batavia Status: Offline Points: 384 |
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Looking to know the width overall from tire to tire on a number 3 cc trailer from the late 60s. I can guess that it's over 7ft due to the boats that would go on them but probably narrower than my number 3 trailer on my 87. Nor did I find anything in the search engine, if it's possible somebody can measure for me that'd be awesome, or an educated guess from the trailer gurus
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