Just curious.........

[RickK]

I agree that WOT is just a problem waiting to happen and I stay around 30mph or less for the most part.  Just gotta see what she'll do, in short bursts, though.  :twisted:
I'll go out for 4+ hrs and only put 1hr, or less, on the main motor - the rest is on the electric trolling motor in the shallows - fishin'   .

[RickK]

Perhaps best way to do the pictures archive would be to have Captain set up headers in the Photo Gallery.  Headers would be named 165, 170, 175 and so on for all the hulls.  Each of us can then toss our pictures in based on what we've got, or pictures of other AS's we see in out travels.  Obviously this won't take the place of the Member Galleries but will make it easier & faster to see who's got what.  Also a good research tool.  Maybe Steved's got some ideas on this...

Right now Captain & Mrs. Captain are having a baby, I think; haven't seen him around lately.  Is somone else authorised to decide on this and able to create the categories in the Gallery?  Maybe Wilson??

Please kick in any & all ideas on this.

Maybe give us the headers as you suggest and then we can enter our names as hotlinks to our photo gallerys - this will save space.  Being able to compare two pics at a time would be nice but haven't seen that option anywhere.

[DoOver]

Hey Rick, yea my boat also porpoised. I thought maybe to much weight in the bow. I got one of those light weight anchors. But in reality I never go that fast anyway.It was a  perfect night to do a speed run. I also swear the 140 uses less gas than the 3 cyl. 65 I had on the boat when I got it. I don't troll, mostly chunk for bass or drift for fluke.
Hey Jim, no I don't have the original plate. It was  removed to be saved and I can't seem to remember where I saved it. It was badly corroded and when I cleaned everything off the transom I removed the plate also. Would the reggie have the number on it? My fuel tank is on the deck under the console.  P.S. How do you guys break out the  quotes? When I do it the whole post comes up. Brian.

[Anonymous]

DoOver,  My plate is plastic and was mounted on the inside of the transom on the port side.  Yours is aluminum & was mounted on the outside?

 The hull ID number (HIN) will be printed on your registration form.  If the number has a "Z" as the third character in the hull number, it's an assigned HIN.  That would mean that your hull was likely produced before Nov. of '72 (I think that's the date).  After that date I believe all boats had HIN's assigned at the factory.

Do you have a cooler located under the seat ahead of the console?  Not the seat at the bow, but the one molded as part of the console...

[JimCt]

That's me above.  Logging in seems to be a challange for me....

 

[RickK]

That's me above.  Logging in seems to be a challange for me....

 

JimCT - I have my browser set up to auto log in - I forget where I did it, maybe windows XP asked me and I said yes.

Hey Rick, yea my boat also porpoised. I thought maybe to much weight in the bow.

Porpoising, in my case, is from too much trim. Could be caused by too much weight in aft too? Me?

Hey Jim, no I don't have the original plate. It was removed to be saved and I can't seem to remember where I saved it.

Don't you hate when that happens. Someday I'll find that "place where I'll never forget where I put it" and it'll be like a christmas morning from the past  

P.S. How do you guys break out the quotes? When I do it the whole post comes up. Brian.

Quotes - when you click the quote button it adds a "

" at the beginning and a "

" at the end.  Just fill in the username exactly as they are in the left column, delete/copy/paste what you want in between the beginning and end.

[JimCt]

My things get lost in the "shuffle".  All I know is that wherever that room is it must be a fair size to hold all the bits & pieces I've left there; wallets, keys, address books, tools and other things that I've forgotten what they are but are there...

Serial number on my builder's plate is C484.  What year that corresponds to I haven't a clue.  I'll shoot off an email to steved, Official Historian, to see if he's been able to uncover any S/N info.

Please post pictures of your boat if you have any available. It'd be real interesting to see the inside layout.

[DoOver]

Well it's my mind that I lost that I miss the most! No cooler in front of the console, but a hollow area that I put the cooler on top of. That's where I relocated the battery and the fuel filter. I had a cooler/seat behind the helm, that I removed for more cock pit room. { Almost like a big Cabo, only not]. I have my reggie in front of me, there is a bunch of numbers, I'm thinking the hull number is   HTN872  I think the plate was plastic. It had 4 AL rivits on the inside of the port transom. It was right by where I had a ladder for the kids to climb in. The plastic was all curled up and ragged. Most of the snow is melted, maybe I can get a throw away camera and get some trailer shots.Brian

[JimCt]

Brian,

You've got the same plate as mine.

What I'm driving at with my questions is if your fuel tank extends forward and occupies the space under the front console seat.  Rick's got a picture posted showing his console removed exposing the fuel tank.  If his tank's original, that means (possibly) the area under my fwd. console seat is empty.    There's no trapdoor lid or any way of getting into that area.  In later 170's there is a cooler well in that space with a cushioned cover over it for a seat.  But most of those later boats had their fuel tank under the deck.

If you do manage to get some pictures I'd like to see where your fuel fill plate is and how much of your fuel tank can be seen where you stand behind the console.  Will pull the cover off my boat (if the rain & fog let up) & get some shots of the interior so you can see what I've got.

[DoOver]

Hey Jim, No the seat space on my boat is hollow. It has a plywood cover to make a seat in front of the console.I never gave a thought if it was factory cut or boat owner cut. My fuel fill is on top of the console to the right.The tank holds more or less 24 gallions. The tank height comes up to a ply wood shelf under the console, which is higher than the hight of the seat.What I mean is, the fuel tank can not extend out to the seat area because the seat area is not tall enough. I would drill a small hole in the fiberglass and use a probe to see if your space is hollow. Brian

[JimCt]

Our boats are identical.  Will probe the area when I take the pictures.

[RickK]

Brian, Rick's got a picture posted showing his console removed exposing the fuel tank.  If his tank's original, that means (possibly) the area under my fwd. console seat is empty.    There's no trapdoor lid or any way of getting into that area.  In later 170's there is a cooler well in that space with a cushioned cover over it for a seat.  But most of those later boats had their fuel tank under the deck.

Jim, the more I think about my console and especially the windshield, I doubt my console is original.  Unless one of the previous owners custom made the windshield to fit the existing console.  That also leaves me wondering about the gas tank - it is 24gal though.

[JimCt]

Rick,  Unless your boat suffered major damage to the console in the past, why would anyone change it?  The windscreen on the other hand, can be considered a "consumable" which might be expected to be replaced over the years.  My guess is your boat is dressed as original.  I'd also bet that yours may be the original config. when the 170 was first introduced.

As the appraiser on Antiques Roadshow says, "You have a National Treasure, sir... a National Treasure"...

[RickK]

Rick,  Unless your boat suffered major damage to the console in the past, why would anyone change it?  The windscreen on the other hand, can be considered a "consumable" which might be expected to be replaced over the years.

As I said earlier, this boat came from your neck of the woods and going offshore probably prompted someone to add a place to hide - i.e. big windhield.

My guess is your boat is dressed as original.  I'd also bet that yours may be the original config. when the 170 was first introduced.

 Only the builder knows for sure and we don't have '71 pamphlets to show any difference.

As the appraiser on Antiques Roadshow says, "You have a National Treasure, sir... a National Treasure"...

I was coming back into the launch area at idle last week and passed an anchored boat with 2 guys fishing from it and one guy shouted something at me.  I couldn't understand what he said so I shut off the motor and told him I couldn't hear him.  He replied "I said, how much do you want for that boat, I want to buy it".  After the initial shock, I told him she was part of the family and wasn't for sale. He said "that's too bad", I started back up and headed the rest of the way in.  Nice way to end a nice fishing day.

[JimCt]

Very nice way to end the day.

Maybe it isn't the fish we catch but the approving pat on the head which matters most.