My motor is finally IN ! #@$%^&* ----- A !!!!

[abl1111]

After many, many months ( almost a year )of ridiculous sanding and glassing and thinking, I'm proud to say that my vision is almost completely realized. I just saw a nice, brand new Mercruiser 350 Horizon w/ a Bravo III 'plopped' into my 23 Tsunami.

In the word's and expression of Ralph Kramer - " How shweet it is ! ". Sheeeeeet ! The job looks great. When taking the two i/o's out and re-installing (1), we had a lot of re-construction to do. And a lot of options. We ( a priceless, literally and figuratively, fiberglass buddy )left a little more side-room in the engine compartment - and man it is nice to have that room ! It is a very professional job, thx to my buddy ! I was basically the grunt sander and planner. He did all the finesse stuff to make it "right" and look it too.

A few loose ends and I will be ready to enjoy her. When she is 100% done, I will mail a few pix /CD to Jason to use as he sees fit, for the site. My jaw drops when I see the pix from the 1st day I got her to now. It's like a 65 year old woman going in for some 'plastic surgery' and coming out like a 28 year old "hottie".

abl