Do I see a hitch on that 225 Dodge?

Teak splash well door?

Congrats to Lil' Kenny on the find, good looking boat.

If that is the original transom, it looks to me that the boat came from the factory to be rigged with twins, or a 30" single. Boats set up for a 25" single have an knotch in the center.

BTW, we had a 1970 Dart when I was a kid.

Did you tow that nice 23' Sceptre home with that Dodge Dart? LOL!! Must have a HEMI!!!

Jim,you would be surprised at what the ole Dart will tug!
Dad used to pull a 24 ft toon boat with her..
Helper springs still on there.

Amen on that. Pure cheese.

Bones, with that big black porn star of a motah pushing that transom to the point of no return, I think Kenny will be a very happy young man. Great buy.

Those stripes are pretty tacky! The way Tracker built most of them was fortunately much better than those stripes indicated.

Ken-Congrats to Kenny! Great looking boat. Once again, your theory of how to raise kids right proves itself.....87 should be a tank with hardly any spider cracks in the gelcoat. The finished Sceptre will be a great useable project for him!

Don, you're right, those old V-2 compressors would shake and rattle but they were bulletproof and would run forever. Bet you didn't know they used that SAME compressor in the home A/C units! I've been thru the Chrysler Airtemp plant in Dayton and was amazed to see them putting that same compressor, driven by an electric motor, inside a hermetically sealed can and installed in the 2-3 ton package units just like the one originally in my house! Most folks don't realize how much capacity is in a car ac unit, but a full size car is typically at least 3 tons or more! (Big heat load + no insulation = big cooling requirement!)

Ken, that's because that small 518 Torqueflite tranny has a real low first gear, lower than the one in the bigger 727 Torqueflite used with the big V-8's! The drag racers actually prefer a beefed up 518 because of it's low first gear! My Dakota has the same basic tranny and I have to be real careful with the throttle pulling the boat up a steep ramp to avoid wheel spin!

If my experience and your history with that Ram pickup are any indication, I'd say that old Dart ought to last you at least another 20 years!

Did Kenny ever get his bracket mounting height questions resolved?
Denny

That Dart is the nuts BTW, especially with the fog lights, chrome window visors and CB antenna. :D

Had to bone up on the Geometry today...;)
Got the Stainless Marine Bracket on today and hung the motah.....
3.5 inches from bottom of hull to anti-cavitation plate.
Should be ready for seatrail by next weekend. :rolleyes:

If only I were 30 years old again. :cool:

A big thanks to Hermco & Jerry at SM...

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