We're all retards...

[DiscoveryXD]

for building stuff out of metal. :shaking:


:laughing:
http://lrrforums.com/showthread.php?t=10154&page=2

[trkklr77]

youre a fawking retard for posting a link that we cant veiw the pics in:shaking:

[DiscoveryXD]

youre a fawking retard for posting a link that we cant veiw the pics in:shaking:

haha, my bad.:flipoff2:

but you can get the point by reading the shit. here's the pics.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n185/discoveryxd/BPR06Acrossthebottom.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n185/discoveryxd/BPR08Cornerdetail.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n185/discoveryxd/BPR02ViewedfromRear.jpg

[Tydes]

Who cares? It works for him

[knudsen]

I like it! It would be cool if he had stained it a nice dark walnut and finished it with spar urethane. Why hide the natural beauty of wood?

Who cares? It works for him

We can't say that here! Can we? Uhhhh, I mean, right on!

Functionally, there's nothing wrong with it. Remember back when tow trucks used to push start cars, back when cars had real bumpers, back when a driver could understand simple instructions given by the tow truck operator, back when they wouldn't get their asses sued off if something went wrong? Remember what the bumpers were made of?:shaking:

[DiscoveryXD]

I think it's funny cause he says it's more durable than steel...

[Roverhound]

I think it's funny cause he says it's more durable than steel...

Have you checked out his aluminium tube sliders?

[knudsen]

I found this on that innernet thang, so it must be true:

Douglas Fir, or similar construction wood has a tensile
strength of 87MPa (12.6KSI) in the X direction (lenght) but only
2MPa (290PSI) in the Y direction (width) Stainless steel has
a tensile strength of 860MPa (125KSI) in either direction.

For a typical 2x4 wood (cross sectional area of 8 sq. in)
and stainless steel plate of 4x0.04 (18 guage steel plate),
Wood has a cross sectional area of 12 times of steel.

So, steel has 80 percent of tensile strength of wood
in the X direction, but 30 times in the Y direction.

[Old Scout]

I like it! It would be cool if he had stained it a nice dark walnut and finished it with spar urethane. Why hide the natural beauty of wood?



We can't say that here! Can we? Uhhhh, I mean, right on!

Functionally, there's nothing wrong with it. Remember back when tow trucks used to push start cars, back when cars had real bumpers, back when a driver could understand simple instructions given by the tow truck operator, back when they wouldn't get their asses sued off if something went wrong? Remember what the bumpers were made of?:shaking:
I perfer my wood in my other hobby:
My 1946 Gar Wood:flipoff2:

[PLANE-SANE]

That is a sweet boat..........................:smokin:

[HandBuilt]

I perfer my wood in my other hobby:
My 1946 Gar Wood:flipoff2:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/gallery/files/1/7/DSCF2487.JPG

It even has the coveted original matching Garwood trailer :flipoff2:

[Old Scout]

It even has the coveted original matching Garwood trailer :flipoff2:

Now all I need is one of there trucks::flipoff2:
http://www.tigerdude.com/garbage/hopper/47garwood.jpg

[knudsen]

That's schweeeeedt OS! :smokin:

[colorover]

I perfer my wood in my other hobby:
My 1946 Gar Wood:flipoff2:

Incredible boat, love the Gar Woods. My family goes to the wooden boat show up here in Tahoe often. Lots of sick woodys up here as you know.

[MikeyD1]

haha, my bad.:flipoff2:

but you can get the point by reading the shit. here's the pics.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n185/discoveryxd/BPR06Acrossthebottom.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n185/discoveryxd/BPR08Cornerdetail.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n185/discoveryxd/BPR02ViewedfromRear.jpg

dude who gives a fawk. You waste a thread on this shit!:shaking::D

[michaels]

this would have been better posted on DWEB, but it was already torn to shit over there! no matter what you say to him, that old fart Ron will never get it into his head how horrible his bumper is.

[DiscoveryXD]

I thought it was a good laugh... i didn't think so many would get all but hurt about me laughing at a dude who thinks his wooden bumper is stronger than steel. :shaking:

[Micka]

I thought it was a good laugh... i didn't think so many would get all but hurt about me laughing at a dude who thinks his wooden bumper is stronger than steel. :shaking:

On the up side...at least it wont rust.

Dry/Wet rot and termites are a concern though:laughing:

[hoggyn]

Never mind a birch bumper - how about a plywood winch mount?

http://i20.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/27/3a/b860_1.JPG

It's for sale on Ebay here (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180317023361)

[mchomes]

how bout a pic of that boat behind your rover for some 2009 economic motivation? Is that Donner?

[Dave_Lucas]

Someone should loan him a router and bits so he can flush mount the lights.

Quick someone call Bob Villa... Maybe he can do a special on it called this old bumper :laughing:

[Mercedesrover]

I perfer my wood in my other hobby:

Nice boat.

Not nearly as nice as yours, but my '57 Whirlwind.

http://seriestrek.com/images/ww1.jpg

http://seriestrek.com/images/ww2.jpg

http://seriestrek.com/images/ww3.jpg

[Old Scout]

how bout a pic of that boat behind your rover for some 2009 economic motivation? Is that Donner?
The in water photo is windmill cove:http://www.windmillcove.com/
The driveway photo is My place in Tahoe.
Sorry no pics of the rover/Gar Wood. but with seven boats in the family fleet:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=474184 :flipoff2:

[Old Scout]

Nice boat.

Not nearly as nice as yours, but my '57 Whirlwind.


Nice cold mold and with what appears to be original power!

[DiscoveryXD]

The in water photo is windmill cove:http://www.windmillcove.com/
The driveway photo is My place in Tahoe.
Sorry no pics of the rover/Gar Wood. but with seven boats in the family fleet:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=474184 :flipoff2:

I've seen a few nice rovers up in Tahoe during the summer (I live in Reno). My friend Steve lives up there, I'm sure you know him if you're up there often. He drives a green with white top 110 300Tdi. He's in South America right now. You up there a lot? Nice boat too!

[Mercedesrover]

Nice cold mold and with what appears to be original power!

The motor is a '59. I only know that because it's got a "50th anniversary" badge on it and Evinrude was started in 1909. Had decals made and repainted it a few years ago.

I'm told the boat is a '57 but it could be a '59 too. Not much information about this old boat out there.

[revor]

Might I say that the beauty of old wood boats is without comparison!

And that both of you suck!!!

[PTSchram]

The motor is a '59. I only know that because it's got a "50th anniversary" badge on it and Evinrude was started in 1909. Had decals made and repainted it a few years ago.

I'm told the boat is a '57 but it could be a '59 too. Not much information about this old boat out there.

I have a client with a Century with a Chrysler hemi. Sadly, I am the only person he's found who is familiar with the engines and willing to work on it.

I had an old 354 hemi in the garage of my rental house and always fantasized about putting it in a boat and here is a guy with one that came that way from the factory!

[Discosaurus]

I had an old 354 hemi in the garage of my rental house and always fantasized about putting it in a boat and here is a guy with one that came that way from the factory!

Is that "had" or "have" ?

If you "have" a 354 and ever feel like parting with it, a local friend of mine might be interested for powering his nostalgia dragster...

[Old Scout]

I have a client with a Century with a Chrysler hemi. Sadly, I am the only person he's found who is familiar with the engines and willing to work on it.

I had an old 354 hemi in the garage of my rental house and always fantasized about putting it in a boat and here is a guy with one that came that way from the factory!

My first boat had a 392 in it. It was a 18' 1965 Rayson Craft V-drive. Dual AFBs on a tunnel ram , solid roller cam and a straight box ( no neutral, start in gear) She was call "Hemiroid"

[PTSchram]

Is that "had" or "have" ?

If you "have" a 354 and ever feel like parting with it, a local friend of mine might be interested for powering his nostalgia dragster...

Had, but long story short, the guy who bought the house got busted selling drugs and has apparently lost the house.

But, I know where there is another one with my name on it, this one's a 392 ou of a '53 NY DLX.

[zippyd]

I perfer my wood in my other hobby:
My 1946 Gar Wood:flipoff2:

The GarWoods are nice, but Vboats aren't my style. My old man's boat is more suited to my idea of boating fun.... PIC HERE (http://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/miss_jean_2008_07_02.jpg)

[Old Scout]

The GarWoods are nice, but Vboats aren't my style. My old man's boat is more suited to my idea of boating fun.... PIC HERE (http://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/miss_jean_2008_07_02.jpg)

Gar wood race boats still look like more fun! :flipoff2:
http://www.speedboatclassics.com/images/Miss_America_X.JPG

[zippyd]

Nah.... I grew up around Unlimited Hydroplanes. Most of them nowadays suck.... they sound like giant hairdryers(the Unlimited class uses turbine engines). The old boats used Allison and Rolls Royce V12s. I've become more interested in the smaller classes lately. My old man buys vintage boats and restores them. The one from the pic is his second.

[aloharover]

i inheritted my grandparents old barrel back. Been sitting in a barn in ME since the late 70s. I have just been too lazy to go and pick it up and haul it back here. Plus the fact it needs a complete rebuild.