Yeah Cracker, Actually I have. The wide thin style hulls I think you refer to are what I believe is a Miami style boat. These style hulls were first developed by Franny Taylor (I think) Other builders include Thurman, Cloninger, ext. My Dad still has a Thurman, and it performs well, and slides like ...

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Dave,
Check this site address above. They have some pillow block that have composite bearings w/ 3/4" bore.[/url]

Cracker, You keep thinking about that pile of material Pinkston has listed don't you. I don't blame you. If I had the cash I might snag it myself. The part about the patterns is what gets me. Shoot, if you check into what that material sells for, it's probably a darn fair price for the metals alone....

Yeah Marshmaster, I have the Bendix s-200 "shower of sparks" mags on my 200 lycoming. It is actually an old system that was popular years ago. It uses a main set of points in each mag for normal running, but has an extra set in one mag for starting. The extra set is the retard points, and comes into...

you can buy new parts for your bendix mags on-line at aircraft spruce for one, but the prices on new airworthy parts are very steep. I don't know where you are located, but if you find out who the local aircraft mag man is, he probably has a box full of these components in "as-removed condition" tha...

what do those denso's cost. are they more than the champion's?

All shielded ignition harnesses used on aircraft are used with resistor plugs. They do this on aircraft to keep radio interference down to a min. On your airboat this will probably not be a big concern, so you want to get non-resistor wire for best spark energy. The hardest part is getting a good co...

Marshmaster, I agree that for all around performance, I think that the Palm Beach style hull is the best design ever devised. It evolved over several decades in the diverse airboating environments down here in Florida. There are other areas where airboats are run that this boat would not be the one ...

Hey Marshmaster,
Boyd Stossel 561-688-1981 I don't know if he is still around or not.There are other Palm Beach hull builders around here if you can't get ahold of him.

I agree with you that he builds some of the very finest hulls availible.

Nice job airboat4fun,
Those photo's kick butt.
Where did you get those?
If you have any more throw them up there.

Nver seen a boat wuth that name.
Good Name thought.
Keep on spank'in.

Alaskatours, If you can't foind a manual, I would try running it on premium pump gas and an ester synthetic pre-mix oil at 25:1. A ratio this heavy should be a safe starting point. The worst thing that could happen is that you oil foul a plug. Get it hot, and run for a few minuits at a high throttle...

There is a company called Mosquito airboats out there who is building small stuff for John boats. Also, right now there are two drop in units for sale on ebay. One is a 25h.p. Onan unit that looks pretty good. The other is a Muculloch 4cyl 80h.p. air cooled 2cycle. This engine I have always thought ...

Happy New Year to all.
I'm gonna lay low tonight, and celebrate the new year tomorrow in Port Mayaca.
(Port Mayacca Yacht & Country Club)

Say cool

Yeah Marshmaster, Fix that thing. You might try calling Don Tooten in West Palm. (561)686-2486 "Don's aircraft" He builds the finest Palm Beach hulls around, and did one fine job on a hull we have that had issues similar to what you've got. He won't try to rob you, but gets a fair price for high qua...

Is it a full deck? Is the transom ok? Does it have polymer on it? Those questions would impact the difficulty of the repair job. If the hull is still basically sound, then the bottom could have a new sheet capped down the middle of the hull. Must of those style boats have two bottom sheets that meet...

I figured out how to reformat some old pictures for posting. They are not my photos, but some I downloaded off the net.
Hope you all enjoy seeing these, as I have.
Keep those old airboat pix comming.

Muddpuppy,
I like the pin-up blown up skirt idea. I have thought of it myself, and if I did some rudder art like that I would have called her "Glamorous Gail"
I would try and do it up like nose art on a bomber.