16ft Boesch Design Restoration

[Damo]

Morning Jon, Oh how I wish you were right mate!!!! I'm getting the ( WHY DONT YOU JUST SLEEP IN THE BLOODY SHED ) from my lovely wife at the moment so things may slow down a tad so I can make the little lady feel loved again. I know you know where I'm comming from. I still have two hull repairs to perform either side where the former owner decided to screw on the ??? ummmmm , the wooden strip thingy that stops the water splashing up , with carbon steel screws which of coarse rusted causing rot in the wood as per the below pics. As you see the below pics is where I am currently at in the resto as I took these this morning. My plan is to repair these sections tomorrow morning, once repaired I will begin the painting and varnishing process ( More Sanding !!!!!!! ) In the interim I have uncovered a treasure trove of old Holden Red Motor go fast bits, about a trailer and a half from an old speedway racer c/w yella terra heads, manifolds and believe it or not a sprint car dissy converted to suit the 202 pic below. I am in two minds of which direction to go as I also have a 60's paxton supercharger which would be totally awsome on the boat mmmmmmm N/A or Blown, this is the question.

[Damo]

Pic of the old Paxton

[hookster]

Goddammit Damo you were steadily building credibility until you revealed a snippet of that Capri Convertible in your shed. Back to square one for you mate UNLESS you can prove that it was (a) an unwanted prize, (b) a gift or (c) the farmer where you picked up the boat demanded that you could only have the boat if you took the Capri as well

[piquet95971]

Those capri were really just a Mazda323 on Aspirin.

I think the XR2 version went quite well but still suffered from the problems of winking headlights (one up and One down) that seem to plague a lot of cars with pop up headlights even the porsche 928. I suppose that you could claim that it is a second cousin to an MX5!!!!!!

[Damo]

Heh heh, Morning Jon, First of all let me assure you that this is the first and only ford I have ever had in my shed, and you hit the nail right on the head. My beautiful daughter fell in love with it while i was at a mates house "so he gave her the Boody thing" . Soooooooooo, guess what my next project is fellas . The old VIP was next in line and the wife has pulled rank on me

[Damo]

Gents, I have stumbled across an old Holden Grey motor attached to an old type jet drive. Sorry about the lack of info but as of yet I am yet to see it. My question is were jet drives around back then or has it just been thrown on the grey motor????? , as this may be worth grabbing it its original. And No, there isn't a boat attached to it unfortunately

[Doc]

JET DRIVES :- Robbie Marine in Frankston Victoria was making Jet Drives in the 50's .I do have a photo of a sidevalve v8 rear mount with a "Robbie" jet drive attached.
Doc.

[Damo]

Thanks Doc, I wasn't aware they have been around for so long. I will definately chase this one up then as I may find some use for it or it would be perfect for someone elses project.

Damian

[DaveD]

Re the Jet subject, see below the price is in pounds so pre Feb 1966, mentions Holden and Zephyr motors.
Dave

[hookster]

Damo your excuse for having the Capri is acceptable I reckon I'm onto your motive for having it for your daughter....chastity belts are no longer fashionable, so you've settled for the next best thing for her Maybe you could shoe-horn a Y-block into the thing!!

Oh and one other thing, I'm tipping your wife is computer savvy, ie: she probably reads this bulletin board - because you seem to be very diplomatic and gentlemanly with your posting....kindly including her at every opportunity I know a couple of other member's wives peruse the site as well, which results in said members displaying a similarly censored posting style (you there Ray? Carol aka Pink Bits??) Haaaa Haaaaa, Jon.