For the V-Drive Fanatics

[RiverDave]

Couple more pics of Wheelers 21. Mocking up the oil cooler

 

[RiverDave]

One of my biggest regrets.. I should have bought this boat.. it was priced fairly for what it is.. to duplicate it would be crazy money.

It is just in getting plates reannodized

 

[RiverDave]

So this 21 is just kinda sitting there.. Mike hasn’t heard from the guy in awhile. If the owner is on here and interested in moving on get ahold of me!

 

[RiverDave]

New build getting started..

 

[RiverDave]

Mikes Rayson has been color sanded and buffed (mostly). Little progress here and there.

 

[RiverDave]

This is off that red white twin turbo with the shotgun exhaust. I am a machinist and I still can’t figure out the fuck this guy made this thing.

Under the leather it actually steps down about a .100.. wTF? Before it was rewrapped the leather used to be flush with the machined surface.

 

[RiverDave]

Here’s the pillow locks off the transom of that red and white boat. People don’t usually notice the details. These things don’t have a flat side on them.. 3Dimensional billet art.

 

[spectra3279]

One of my biggest regrets.. I should have bought this boat.. it was priced fairly for what it is.. to duplicate it would be crazy money.

It is just in getting plates reannodized

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External rudder?

 

[74 spectra20 v-drive]

If I lived in Havasu I would volunteer to sweep the floors in this shop just to look at the machine work and watch him bust out some of these things. Those pillow blocks are beautiful, I have never seen anything like that, the bad part about this shop is that if you think you have some clean stuff, after looking at his work everything else is just weak.

 

[AZLineman]

I was thr a coup hrs before RD and was just like f in wow. The turbo hemi build should be interesting. I cant wait to see what Mike does with his 24.

 

[sintax]

I was thr a coup hrs before RD and was just like f in wow. The turbo hemi build should be interesting. I cant wait to see what Mike does with his 24.

yea, hes got some serious hardware in that shop. I could have talked his ear off for a week about just the stuff out and laying about.

 

[rivergames]

Bitchen Work right there

 

[RiverDave]

If I lived in Havasu I would volunteer to sweep the floors in this shop just to look at the machine work and watch him bust out some of these things. Those pillow blocks are beautiful, I have never seen anything like that, the bad part about this ship is that if you think you have some clean stuff, after looking at his work everything else is just weak.

Should he noted those were Cnc’d elsewhere but yes he does amazing work with the tools he has and his ideas and what he subs out is second to none.

 

[lenmann]

Thanks for the update @RiverDave ! As mentioned above by others, I too could spend days in that shop just soaking up all thats going on.

Mike is clearly a creative genius with mad skills.

 

[lenmann]

This is off that red white twin turbo with the shotgun exhaust. I am a machinist and I still can’t figure out the fuck this guy made this thing.

Under the leather it actually steps down about a .100.. wTF? Before it was rewrapped the leather used to be flush with the machined surface.


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Kellered on a CNC in two set ups, front and back. Hand finish the edges on the bench?

It would be pretty easy to EDM also, big chunk of carbon on a sinker, or a smaller chunk staging the wheel several times.

Pretty cool idea, I liked the idea better before the second wrap. That said I never had my hands on it.

Agree 100% on the possible purchase of this boat back when, I can speak from personal experience these things are expensive to put together not mention a shit ton of work.

 

[lenmann]

So this 21 is just kinda sitting there.. Mike hasn’t heard from the guy in awhile. If the owner is on here and interested in moving on get ahold of me!

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I think the guys name is Justin, this hull was finished at Menace Marine right before mine was started. @HowardRC is buddies with him if I recall correctly.

 

[GN107]

We are lucky to have him here in Havasu!

 

[mbrown2]

Wow...how did I miss this thread....Andy's Orange RC...that's flat out over the top!....Given the blowdryers...should name it "Anti Vacs"

 

[NeedlesRat]

I think the guys name is Justin, this hull was finished at Menace Marine right before mine was started. @HowardRC is buddies with him if I recall correctly.

If it is the boat I am thinking of, his name is Jason, and I work with him.

 

[RiverDave]

If it is the boat I am thinking of, his name is Jason, and I work with him.

Let me know if he’s interested in parting with it.

 

[HowardRC]

If it is the boat I am thinking of, his name is Jason, and I work with him.

It is the boat you are thinking of. I haven't talked to him in a while, so I am not sure what his plans are for it.

 

[AzMandella]

You don't see to many of the old Raysoncrafts like that anymore . Eddies Inboard has one he is doing for a customer

 

[RiverDave]

Where is that?

RD

 

[AzMandella]

Where is that?

RD

Eddies Inboard Marine in Tucson . He is the one that built the #90 Mandella you liked so much at the boat show . You can see another Long Deck Mandella in front in a gold brown named "Brown Sugar"

 

[RiverDave]

Eddies Inboard Marine in Tucson . He is the one that built the #90 Mandella you liked so much at the boat show . You can see another Long Deck Mandella in front in a gold brown named "Brown Sugar"

I would like to go check out his shop sometime

 

[Gone_Flat]

omg what awesome rigging going on here . Keep the pics coming .

 

[Western Flyer]

Not knowing or seeing this guy's work until now, all the stuff I thought I was doing that was trick... Call me Scrub.

 

[RiverDave]

omg what awesome rigging going on here . Keep the pics coming .

I need to get back over there and update the thread again

 

[sintax]

^^ @AZLineman

 

[RiverDave]

^^ @AZLineman

Am I missing something ?

 

[sintax]

Am I missing something ?

nothing serious...

Dave and I have a 1.5 yr old inside joke running trying to get into Mike's shop.

 

[RiverDave]

nothing serious...

Dave and I have a 1.5 yr old inside joke running trying to get into Mike's shop.

I always found it to be pretty easy. Ya Jist show up and open the door. Lol

 

[sintax]

I always found it to be pretty easy. Ya Jist show up and open the door. Lol

Mike is the NICEST guy, no doubt.

 

[Community]

I thought that is how it's supposed to be..

Was it Carroll Shelby that says no such thing at too much HP....not enough traction.....and brakes. Same applies on water I guess.....keeping it in the water.