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by javalin390
Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:53 pm
Forum: About My Boat Brags
Topic: Family Boat Resurrected!
Replies: 5
Views: 18588

Re: Family Boat Resurrected!

Beautiful boat, same color scheme as my 37'. The photo of the fresh engines makes a lot of gearheads like me drool. The story of her being a family heirloom reminds me of my dingy. I am planning on adding a davit to my Big M for it. boat 003.JPG This is my dingy ! She is a 1970 Wooster Hellion ! boa...
by javalin390
Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:41 pm
Forum: Engines
Topic: New owner engine stall issues
Replies: 17
Views: 25481

Re: New owner engine stall issues

Hi Todd, welcome aboard. Single wire alternators are the only way to go. If your battery is fully charged and she cranks slowly, misfires and stalls and the tach is acting wacky, sounds like it could be a combination of timing is out of wack and crossed plug wires. Firing order on the port engine is...
by javalin390
Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:09 pm
Forum: For Sale or Wanted
Topic: Here's something interesting
Replies: 2
Views: 6723

Re: Here's something interesting

Anybody ever seen this one? Know how it was converted?
by javalin390
Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:06 pm
Forum: For Sale or Wanted
Topic: Here's something interesting
Replies: 2
Views: 6723

Here's something interesting

Check this out, up in Beaver Island. Fella converted it to an outboard ! https://nmi.craigslist.org/boa/d/1975-m ... 78273.html
by javalin390
Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:21 pm
Forum: For Sale or Wanted
Topic: Craigslist
Replies: 3
Views: 7789

Craigslist

Holy cow, anybody looked on craigslist lately? There is a "boatload" of Marinettes for sale (pun intended), including a 1991 Maquiis 41' in Illinois with twin 5.9 Cummins.
by javalin390
Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:21 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Marinette History...Interesting Find
Replies: 8
Views: 15026

Re: Marinette History...Interesting Find

If you google the book, it's put together by Ed McKnew, along with many other marine publications. As with any massive "encyclopedia", as I have seen in my large, personal library of antique auto literature, no one author will get it all correct. There are several models he left out, and d...
by javalin390
Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:56 pm
Forum: Marinette History
Topic: Marinette Production History
Replies: 8
Views: 35496

Re: Marinette Production History

Here is what I believe to be a Tenn. built boat, for sale. https://www.boattrader.com/listing/1992 ... 103322307/
by javalin390
Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:45 pm
Forum: Engines
Topic: 318 Rebuild / replacement
Replies: 2
Views: 6670

Re: 318 Rebuild / replacement

I may be wrong, but I think swapping to the bigger engine different flywheels and other minor details.
by javalin390
Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:54 pm
Forum: For Sale or Wanted
Topic: Anyone???
Replies: 2
Views: 5518

Re: Anyone???

His photographs won't win him a Pulitzer ether !
by javalin390
Wed Jul 04, 2018 8:43 pm
Forum: Engines
Topic: V drive question
Replies: 24
Views: 35923

Re: V drive question

Not sure if this will add to the confusion or help. I was at the Marinette Rendezvous Talking with the fellow that owns one of the few 32's that came factory with big block Chryslers. The story goes that there were six built originally, with 1:1 Velvet drives and small props, the smaller 3 blades co...