Thread: Went to a car show today.

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Hey Stovens,
Taylor is indeed Italian and that explains my expanding waistline! She is a great cook

She has a 6 year old daugter that is the spitting image of Taylor (like mini me)

Too funny.

Ahhhh the boat, like my hot rods a constant pain in the butt. We put one new engine in the port side as you may remember from earlier posts. That new engine runs like a clock. The STB engine has all new components on a used longblock (was in the boat and running when we bought it). Unfortunately it has been plauged with a high speed backfire through the carb
I thought it was a "lean condition" caused by a fuel delivery problem so I had the fuel tank and fuel polished (large truck comes out and filters all fuel and cleans any gunk out of the tank) New carb, still same issue. 5 pounds steady fuel pressure. Started on the ignition side of things with a new electronic module in the dist. just to be safe, Same problem. LONG story short, I have to tear into that engine hopefully this weekend. I have a feeling the only used part I used were the exhaust manifolds (they were off a freshwater cooled boat, but used) Perhaps in the short amount of time in our Florida Salt water they have gone bad causing the miss and backfire described. Will see soon. We have been taking close by trips on the one engine and that has been fine for now. Isnt boating fun????

Thank you for asking how the boat is doing though and I still love it. Don Jr.

I love the name I'm a big fan of Van Morrison! Great song and name for a classic boat. Gotta love those old Chris Crafts! I lived aboard one for a year in the keys. It was a fiftyfive footer that used to be a ferry boat to Fire island in NY. The owners converted it to a house boat and later donated it to Sea Camp where I used to teach Marine Biology. What a great year that was!
Taylor sounds like a saint. Better hang on to that one.

Stovens,
Saint is a strong word.................Its like a saint with devils horns!

hehe!