A 76 Hondo GT comes home

**OhHondoGT** · 01-18-2016, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by hyperpasta

I see you cut the base of the steering column to angle the steering wheel downward a tad. Sweet!
Looks like your build is coming along nicely! Keep plugging away!

Hey Art, I actually installed it just the way I got it from Bergeron with the 7 degree angle on it. It might be that the dash in my ole Hondo GT has a different angle which lays it down flatter?

**OhHondoGT** · 01-19-2016, 10:37 AM

Well folks here she is straight from the body shop last night. I really like the boat being all white, can't decide if I'll put any stripes on it or just throw her numbers back on it and call it good? We'll see.
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**2manymustangs** · 01-24-2016, 06:56 PM

She lookin purrrrrrdy...

**OhHondoGT** · 01-26-2016, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by 2manymustangs

She lookin purrrrrrdy...

Thanks 2MM. The body shop that painted it mixes their own tint of white, really bright!

Latest update, hardware going on the transom and a few other odds and ends on the inside:

**hyperpasta** · 02-01-2016, 03:12 PM

Very nice Tim! Clean and defined.
You hull is a knockout!

**OhHondoGT** · 02-02-2016, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by hyperpasta

Very nice Tim! Clean and defined.
You hull is a knockout!

Thanks Art, us old guys have to show 'em we still have game! When are you going to update us on your build, haven't seen anything in a while?

**hyperpasta** · 02-07-2016, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by OhHondoGT

Thanks Art, us old guys have to show 'em we still have game! When are you going to update us on your build, haven't seen anything in a while?

Here's a couple of teasers.....they were taken during the mockup stages. I'm still figuring stuff out, some of it has changed while some parts are now finalized. You'd think you could just knock this stuff out, but that ain't so, if you want any type of accuracy. Of course rigging the hull/motor for some spray didn't help the final configuration either.

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**OhHondoGT** · 02-02-2016, 10:26 AM

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Turnbuckles installed, just have to finish the water pickup.

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V Drive cases polished and at Casale to be assembled.

**2manymustangs** · 02-04-2016, 01:35 PM

**hyperpasta** · 01-25-2016, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by OhHondoGT

Hey Art, I actually installed it just the way I got it from Bergeron with the 7 degree angle on it. It might be that the dash in my ole Hondo GT has a different angle which lays it down flatter?

Hi Tim,

Mine is uncut for the angle. So mine tips upward a tad. Sort of like driving a Model "A"!