1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Nah time for a party boat

 

No

 

Yoooo you have a boat? What kind?

 

Think I'm about to pull the trigger on bed stiffeners for my 04. I hate the idea of drilling into the bed but it might be good with the heavier shell I'm putting on. Then get the bed Linex sprayed and teach myself how to repair fiberglass on the shell I guess. Which then gets the shell off my flatbed so I can finish it.

 

bed stiffeners in a 1st gen? we dont have cracking problems that i know off...

 

Not my boat but it is a Caravelle Interceptor with a Volvo V8. Hitting 45mph on the water is a blast


Did yours do better in the freshwater?

 

Volvo makes good stuff. My boat is a 1977 Bayliner Cascade 1750 but it has a Volvo Penta 280 outdrive and a AQ130 four cylinder engine. It uses a car engine from a 1974 Volvo 142s. It’s funny because I found the exact car that engine came from in the junkyard last Saturday.



Not getting stuck in the shallow mud of the San Francisco Bay is a huge plus haha.

It did way better with my new seawater strainer. The old one was a lot more restrictive and didn’t do good at idle. I think mine got up to 45 MPH, I didn’t have a pitot tube or speedometer so I couldn’t tell. It really really gets up and goes.

 

Can't find the threads now but people were having issues with the bed mounts. I've only seen one person talk about the bedside developing a crack from flexing. I'm just not a fan of the uneven panel gap I'd get wheeling with the shell on. Felt like the shell was pushing the passenger side out in certain situations. And I'm about to have a significantly heavier shell. Example below from @austinmtb.

I could just get it bedlined and run the new shell for a bit. See how things go.

 

One of those old cars in my shop iS a classic volvo. The car’s owner is a classic volvo collector

 

I really need to get my shell re sealed and the bed lined

 

Oh shoot I wonder if it’s a 140 series Volvo. If it is it’ll have the engine in my boat. Got a pic?

 

Shells are lame gang

 

Congratulations!

 

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Sad part is that's not a miata

 

Floppy bed sides, I could get the ones on my Tacoma to bend by hand

 

Interesting chart.

 

2000 Toyota Tacoma
https://cars.ksl.com/listing/6806511