Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Dave

It can't be too hot if it needs six sleeves. Sounds like it's cold to me

That's alright its warm over here and not in the snowy place that you are in Greg

Paul SA wrote:Yes that's it, I think that as it was so stuffed you should pay for half the rebuild
Paul

I think I remember you telling me the engine I sold you was a big bore canadian block grey. Sounds like it had been bored out within and inch of its life.
I could have given you another block.

Geez, was my last update on RB2 really back in October ??
Well, things have been progressing since then, albeit a bit slowly. You see, we only get to work on her one day a week, and that's only when we're both available on the same day. Dave's place is about 130 k's from mine, that's about 2 hours 20 minutes in Sydney traffic, so it's a bit of a trek getting there.
We're now at the stage where we have a dummy motor installed, the Zoomies/Megaphones/Trombones have been finished and the steering is in (and actually works as of today).
We've now started working on the accelerator, the associated linkages and the fuel tank. The wiring is looming (ha ha) up as the next step. Didn't take a pic today but will post a pic up soon.
Bob W

Here's a pic

looks awesome!!

Are they Bofor guns you have mounted on your Battleship ???
That should scare any other boats away without even starting the beast.

Rickshaw we are hunting terrorists.
We are making steady progress. Every job seems to take way longer than we think.
Its getting there.
Hopefully I get through all this court stuff and finally make some money that I don't have to give to the legal system.
Its completely cleaning me out.

Once again, it's been a long time since the last update on RB 2. Work has been progressing, albeit slowly.
So, steering is in, seat is in and bottom half of engine is away being balanced. Next will be the sign writing. Today we were in touch with the son of the original owner (thanks to info provided by people at Forster last weekend) We were after a colour pic so we knew exactly how to do the sign writing. Would you believe he doesn't have a single colour pic. so Dave's gonna take a bit of a guess.
Here's a couple of new pics.
Bob W

Did you knock off my steering wheel Bob? The one in Rebound has the horn rim too - funny with all the bouncing, banging. & bashing it has never fallen off.
Bob