winter mods

In all seriousness it would not be something you would want to use for tubing, as Joe explained, you really would want to have total throttle control when pulling a tube regardless of whether it being slow and straight or wild and wiggly.

JoeinNY wrote: Pete is pushing it. Chris will seriously like the tube

quinner wrote: 79Tique wrote: I'm planning on adding Perfect Pass to the 94 in the spring. Totally agree with Joe on the PP, it makes driving almost a no brainer which is very important when you ski with guy's like Hollywood, Brownie and Booby! Never use for barefoot however always use for everything else, once you dial in the speed all you need the driver to do is steer a decent line/pattern. You will love it!

CQ, Can you use it for tubing?

My dad had a delux trailer under his 78 SN. It did not have carpet in the bottom of the pan, just plain white fiberglass. I remember washing the boat and the trailer when I was a kid.

I'm doing a cutlass bearing swap on my 2000 this fall, and maybe a PP Stargazer upgrade in the spring

79Tique wrote: I'm planning on adding Perfect Pass to the 94 in the spring.

Still by far the best mod I have made to date in terms of increasing the fun I have on the boat is the perfect pass. Might not be as important to those who have a significant other that can make a steady pull and stick mostly to slalom/barefoot skiing. But for those of us still in the girlfriend of the month club or who wakeboard/skate a lot it makes life a lot smoother.

quinner wrote: Alan, Was that the trailer under that boat in St. Charles? If so How did you manage that deal? You will like the deluxe trailer, when you throttle off it will almost lift the boat off the bunks from the prop wash. IIRC mine had carpeting along the bottom center of the pan, bought the boat from the original owner so my guess is that is how it came from the factory. Looking forward to seeing your setup once the restore is completed. Congrats and good luck!!

Thanks All,

CQ, yes it was the one from St. Charles. I intended on buying the whole rig , swap trailers and sell the rig quickly but the boat is so bad I didn't want to get into a restore job. He was asking too much money to turn it without costing me a ton of money and time.

I just made him an offer to swap trailers with me and a little cash.   He actually got a good deal because my trailer had all new tires , bearings, bunk carpet, etc. This ones almost as rough as the boat so I almost hated to do it but it will look great once it's done and I have a fairly easy winter project to keep me busy now.

81nautique wrote: Should be a nice addition to the 81 when done.

Great news Alan- that beautiful boat deserves a trailer to match. I cant think of a boat more worthy of a rare deluxe.

Way cool trailer Alan...had one of those under my first boat...a yellow '79. Always got lots of comments.

john

I plan on adding some more horse power, around 50 to 70, so (bye bye) Reid and boat dr.

new- heads
new- cam
715 holly carb
under drive pulleys
fluid dampner
install-my edelbrock manifolds
new-steering wheel
install-my stereo
new-gauges
Im sure I will think of a few more!    

Hi Joe,

I'll be using it for the 78 SkiTique. I have a FlitePipe and I like it, but the lower clamp block and the doghouse do not always get along well.

I'd love to get yours since yours is already cut, and I don't have the heart to cut mine. Swapping them out would give me a cleaner install.

Hope we can work something out.

Thanks,
Mike

ryanandrews wrote: damn joe- looks like your gonna be one busy man this winter..better have some deep pockets for all those upgrades..hopefully santa treats you real real good this year!

What Santa could bring me is some nice heated workspace, and a little less work travel, and an injury free year and all would be well. As for buying parts the trick is to never ever add up the money you have into a boat.

69 Mustang wrote: Joe, Want to sell that cut pylon with the extension? Mike

Yep,
   Would have listed it here after it is actually removed but I am still skiing on it as of now. If its for a 69 mustang you might be more interested in my extra flite pipe which clamps onto the stock pylon instead of sliding over the top. Let me know what you are trying to do, I have so many old parts I am never going to use at this point I have no room to work.

Hi John,

No problem - I have the template almost finished. Glad to see you back onboard.

Mike

Joe,

Want to sell that cut pylon with the extension?

Mike

Ryan-

The only thing you should be doing is buying a boat lift.