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rejeep

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something different
« on: January 21, 2015, 03:59:46 PM »
Long story...
picked these guys up in Alabama...
1984 WetBikes...
google it.. they are awesome.. rode one in scout camp when I was younger... best friend challenged me to find for an impulse buy...
found a set of twins...
Mechanically sound, vintage appearance, even like the color... :)
going to go through them and make sea worthy for this summer..

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I never wanted a red car.. always thought they were tacky and common...
I now have 4 very not common cars and they are all red.. :o

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Re: something different
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2015, 04:02:33 PM »
 :o


o lord!  you must have invented a time machine to find them, and then to use them
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Re: something different
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2015, 04:07:01 PM »
I remember shows and movies from the era using them.  Uniquely neat.
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Re: something different
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2015, 05:02:35 PM »
damn you, I've always wanted to ride on them.
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Re: something different
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2015, 08:34:27 PM »
A guy had two of them on sodus bay when I was growing up
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Re: something different
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2015, 08:38:58 PM »
There's races for these antique s
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Re: something different
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2015, 10:28:11 AM »
So they're basically a wave runner on a hydrofoil?
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Re: something different
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2015, 12:39:46 PM »
Reminds me of an old James Bond 007 movie.....
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Re: something different
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2015, 12:53:22 PM »
those boats with car engines and 10' prop shafts were awesome!
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Re: something different
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2015, 01:50:53 PM »
Quote from: Callelle on January 22, 2015, 10:28:11 AM
So they're basically a wave runner on a hydrofoil?

this was the first... everything else is a wave runner without hydrofoils
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Re: something different
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2015, 09:37:53 AM »
worked with M4 speed last night... finished tear down in under 90 min..
yeah not a lot to these things, but being my first time I actually paid attention...
going to have a parts list shortly..

Wanted to get a jump on cleaning the hull and possibly prepping for paint..
Engine seems to be complete.. turns freely and Ill throw a compression tester on there this weekend.



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I now have 4 very not common cars and they are all red.. :o

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Re: something different
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2015, 07:36:21 AM »
Such an odd looking machine! But so very clean.
Will definetly turn some heads on the lake.
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Re: something different
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2015, 09:24:13 AM »
m4 current speed: snail
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Re: something different
« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2015, 10:33:53 AM »
Hull stripped...

prepping for strip/sand/paint...



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Re: something different
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2015, 09:02:17 PM »
and its a project...
sending flywheel out to be lightened... billet exhaust spacer for added flow.. speed plugs for jet drive... ::)
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