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Sharp shooter
02-05-2014, 10:32 PM
From the pages of Hot Boat magazine June 1986.

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb39/Roadroamer1/1_zpsd84b2239.jpg (http://s208.photobucket.com/user/Roadroamer1/media/1_zpsd84b2239.jpg.html)

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RPB
02-05-2014, 10:56 PM
Birth of a legend.....nice post SS.
SnoC653
02-05-2014, 11:10 PM
Beautiful post. I've loaded into my drive so I can blow up the pictures and dig out all the detail I can.
Billy-B
02-06-2014, 06:15 AM
A raise of your glass to Ray Brown. A excellent fab & boat builder. And a even better friend. I miss ya buddy.

Nice post Nugent.
Eli
02-06-2014, 07:03 AM
Great article and post!


Sent from my Bat Cave
westair
02-06-2014, 08:33 AM
Very cool! ......... 26 easy steps:biggrin:
HotWater
02-06-2014, 10:40 AM
What is the purpose of that "mid-section" that can be seen in picture #5? Does it have the same purpose as a whip strut only longer?
WESTERNAERO
02-06-2014, 10:45 AM
What is the purpose of that "mid-section" that can be seen in picture #5? Does it have the same purpose as a whip strut only longer?

I was wondering the same thing. At first I thought it was a jig to keep the hole-saw in line but it says the the bottom was recessed for it and it's bolted in.
white tortilla
02-06-2014, 01:41 PM
I was wondering the same thing. At first I thought it was a jig to keep the hole-saw in line but it says the the bottom was recessed for it and it's bolted in.

some people cover the prop shatft like that all the way to the strut in an idea of it being more hydrodynamic.
Sharp shooter
02-06-2014, 02:08 PM
Similar to this deal.

http://www.v-drivevideo.net/pictures/albums/userpics/v-drive_ads_152.jpg
HotWater
02-06-2014, 02:33 PM
some people cover the prop shatft like that all the way to the strut in an idea of it being more hydrodynamic.


Similar to this deal.

http://www.v-drivevideo.net/pictures/albums/userpics/v-drive_ads_152.jpg

Interesting, I thought anything with a larger diameter would increase drag. Don't some of the SS use a 7/8" shaft to decrease drag or do they use it for a different reason?
Sharp shooter
02-06-2014, 07:49 PM
Interesting, I thought anything with a larger diameter would increase drag. Don't some of the SS use a 7/8" shaft to decrease drag or do they use it for a different reason?

I always thought (maybe wrongfully) that it was for less reciprocating weight...?