Revenger build thread!!

[larby]

So i reverted back to making a 'race hatch' which is just as minimal as possible. Easy enough. The old one used to stick out at the back where it attached to the piano hinge, so I've stepped the back to avoid this issue. This part will then be covered to make it flush with the back of the boat and hide the hinge. Turned out much better this time and it all lines up.

I've tried everywhere to find a suitable scoop, but there's nothing that both fits and doesn't look ridiculous! So, I'm gonna just have the blower poking out and left bare. I'll have a small stainless scoop over the flame arrestors, which can be pointed backwards to prevent water ingress, and the blower assy will all be coated in a way to stop it corroding. Should look great this way and really fit in with the 'hot rod' style I'm aiming for. Only time will tell!

[larby]

Next up was to take out all of the bulkheads and floors that I'd so carefully made and put in place so I could glass them ready for fitting.
Only got one pic of the progress for this bit when I happened to have to answer my phone, you get the idea though!
That's all for now, tomorrow's job is to get them all glassed into the boat!

James

[John.Richardson]

Blimey Larbs! You don't do stuff by half eh! Fairplay to you mate! Am sure it'll be awesome when it's done!

Look forward to seeing it on the water and reading how you get there!

Good luck mate!

[gazza]

James
Whats the motor?

[larby]

Cheers John

Gazza - It's my '96 Silvia, had a few bits an bobs done. Might sell it soon as I'm hankering after a supercharged Jag. One day I might keep a car for more than a few years!

James

[Jon Holmes]

Originally Posted by larby

One day I might keep a car for more than a few years!

Why?

They don't get better with age.

[larby]

Very true. And I get bored easily! I just want something that's designed to be very fast now, which I can leave pretty much standard.

Got the lower half of the bulkhead under the dash in today. I was hoping to get a lot more done but you know how it is!
Hopefully I'll have most if not all of the rest in by the end of the week.

James

[cosworth mirage]

looks like its coming together really well James, What sort of drive/engine combination was fitted by the last owner .

[larby]

Sorry for the delay there! Had a busy week again!

She was fitted from new with a big block 7.4 (tuned to some degree) and initially a TRS, then changed to a bravo.
I'm fitting an 8.2 with a supercharger and keeping the bravo, along with crossed fingers!

James

[S1DEY]

hi iv got the pictures from the old Mariner/Offshore Bar in Poole and a great one of the boat right out the water if you would like it

[Carl]

is that the bar next to sunseeker,if so they had some great pictures in there

[Mark Wildey]

My favourite was the one just inside the door, on the left, that was looking down on a crewman with lots of buttons and switches.

There was also a picture of a rough looking yellow boat, that was near the managers office, where the throttle man had clearly got it wrong

Someone told me a funny story about the manager !!!

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by Mark Wildey

My favourite was the one just inside the door, on the left, that was looking down on a crewman with lots of buttons and switches.

There was also a picture of a rough looking yellow boat, that was near the managers office, where the throttle man had clearly got it wrong

Someone told me a funny story about the manager !!!

That was Curtis in the cockpit of something, prolly Bagutta.

You mean this picture of this yella boat & crap throttleman?

Chris the manager there, was a strange cookie, that's for sure.

[Jon Fuller]

I always rather liked this one of 'Ambassador Communications' too (Will Haycock) The surface drive Revenger that became 'Superluminal', then 'Team Tanglefoot', then 'Pink Beaver'.


Both these pics were rescued from 'The Offshore' when it closed down by James Sydenham, who kindly gave them to me.

My faves were those huge black & white ones. One behind the bar of a Cowes start, covering the whole wall and one over the back of I think, 'Passport' scotch whisky. Very cool.

[larby]

Originally Posted by S1DEY

hi iv got the pictures from the old Mariner/Offshore Bar in Poole and a great one of the boat right out the water if you would like it

I'd absolutely love it!! Like a bit of history! I'll PM you.

Jon - That is a great photo of 'Ambassador Communications' too, those were some big props, no wonder it shook itself apart!!

James

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by S1DEY

hi iv got the pictures from the old Mariner/Offshore Bar in Poole and a great one of the boat right out the water if you would like it

Taken I believe by Gordon McMath.

[Scand]

still looking for a drive?



http://www.finn.no/finn/boat/parts/o...nkode=24309073

[larby]

Wow!! I'd love a blackhawk, but the consensus seems to be I'm best off not being surface piercing, so it's probably not the best move. Awesome drive though, and seems a good price to me!
I really must get on with the build, or at least update the thread to where I am now. I'm newly inspired to push on after a weekend in lymington.

James

[motorvator]

Aw go on go on go on you know you want to.

http://www.racingjunk.com/category/1...SuperSize=true

Expect a big bill for props though if you can find 'em

[steve h]

Originally Posted by larby

Wow!! I'd love a blackhawk, but the consensus seems to be I'm best off not being surface piercing, so it's probably not the best move. Awesome drive though, and seems a good price to me!
I really must get on with the build, or at least update the thread to where I am now. I'm newly inspired to push on after a weekend in lymington.

James

, black hawk only any use on stepped,hulls or large amount of rocker built in,and dont respond to trim very much,and need atlest 17 inch x dim, and upgrade the gears, then find the props