New to the forum

Hi Guys,

Im new to the forum. I am currently putting together a 1970 Weiman i purchased from a member on Socaljetboats.com

I have a friend that asked me if it was the same boat that was in a release of hotboat magazine. Thats what led me to this site.

Heres a pic of it, and ill update the thread with my progress as it comes back together

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...skb9ohxgm.jpeg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...sd1c1judj.jpeg

Thanks for having me

Steve welcome to www.hotboat.com, glad to have you. Your first post or two (maybe) get automatically moderated. Sorry for the inconvenience, its a spammer deal with the system. After that you're free to post at will.

That boat looks familiar, but I can't tell you if it was ever in hotboat magazine. We are not affiliated with the magazine in any way.

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Steve welcome to www.hotboat.com, glad to have you. Your first post or two (maybe) get automatically moderated. Sorry for the inconvenience, its a spammer deal with the system. After that you're free to post at will.

That boat looks familiar, but I can't tell you if it was ever in hotboat magazine. We are not affiliated with the magazine in any way.

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Thanks for the info, i thought you might be.

Hmm ill keep searching. Cant seem to find a website for the magazine.

Thanks for the welcome, sorry abotu the double post

Previously this boat had a blown BBC, however it did not come with the engine. AND im on a SBC budget. So i figured i would meet in the middle and do what i can

Im putting an all aluminum 6.0 liter LS motor in this thing (LFA is the engine code designation). Drove up to Fresno and picked it up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pslnolhip6.jpg
Yes, i fixed the way it was mounted on the engine stand after this pic

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psuoivqpmj.jpg

Pulled the motor down, and all of the bearings look brand new. This was the worst of the rod bearings
[img width=432 height=768]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/steves86ta/Mobile%20Uploads/0125150949a_zpsypnfsdyp.jpg[/img]

All i have to say is this thing is LIGHT. The bare block weighs less than my engine stand i think.

Going to throw a couple sets of rod bearings in it (the ones i knicked when knocking the pistons out) rings, and throw it back together

Got the motor cleaned up the other day

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psjcgzo06s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psznqiltrf.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psw7lv8scd.jpg

Well Christmas is starting to get here, got most of the parts to throw the lower end together.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pshshtn4gl.jpg

Still waiting on Rod bearings and piston rings, then can start throwing the lower end together.

while i was organizing everything and getting parts together, i picked up some spray paint at O'Reilly's. It is by Duplicolor and called Metal Cast. My boat has a lot of pieces that were originally Anodized but the anodize is no longer colorful. So i googled this Metalcast stuff and the results looked good online. It is a 2 step process (3 if you add clear). Needless to say, I am very impressed.

After cleaning
Step one
Spray what they call "ground coat" I did one light coat, followed by 2 heavy wet coats
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps6s5ogjgu.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psqta7hhnu.jpg

Step two
Spray the color coat, this stuff comes in Red, Blue, and Yellow i believe. Same process as before, 1 light coat, then 2 heavy wet coats
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psbvf2nsox.jpg

Then for good measure, i sprayed 3 coats of clear ontop of the red

Heres what the finished product looks like, you can see the red almost matches the anodized rub rail perfectly
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps4cqxhobx.jpg

And the carb bowl. Im going to break up the red with the silver (ground coat) I just cleared over the "ground coat"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psujbfostc.jpg

The red is really hard to photograph correctly. But its a nice deep red. It almost looks like a pinkish hue in the pics

Wicked looking paint

heres the finished product, also did some valve covers

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps8mx04fn4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psfsjt1ldf.jpg

Looks like candy apple red to me. Nice!

Got the engine block painted went the same color as the carb and valve cover

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pshcdkj6kv.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psofabbitx.jpg

Then started putting the headers together

Started with this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psw8uivros.jpg

Ended up with this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps4int5vvy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pspvanfhfp.jpg

Still have one more to do