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Recent content by dennishensen

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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Hi guys, It's been a while since my last post, but the boat is finished!! We ran it for the first time about a month ago, but within a few minutes we got some cooling problems... :( turned out to be the new water hose in the drive got twisted.. :bigthumb: So i fixed that and a week later...
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    2 Redboat: Yes it's a special LPG carb (Impco 425 mixer) But the intake manifold is stock. You can put these mixers on to the Quadrajet throttle body so it fits very good. We do want to change someting else: we want to put a Weiands marine blower on the engine. As soon as we got some more...
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    2 TheNerd: You're right. We can't buy LPG on the waterside. So, like Helmich said, we often use removable LPG tanks so you can take the tanks to the gas station. Our Senator has a build in LPG tank, so we need to drive to the gas station before we can go out on to the water. In our case that's...
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Hi Andrew, The LPG system was put in by us for the previous owner a couple of years ago. We convert a lot of boats to LPG since it costs about 1/3 of the price for regular fuel. :thumb: I never drove a checkmate without LPG so I can't really say anything about it. There's a 120 liter tank in...
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Yes I did. This boat runs on LPG (propane) and there is a huge tank in the front. that's why the 'carpeted box' is in the front. :D
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Thank you for the compliments :thumb:
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Helmich, The top of the engine hatch is, like the rest of the interior, still at the upholstery guy. I hope to get it back befor the end of next week :) And we repainted the lower (white) half of the stern and right hand side.
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Ok guys I went back to the shop today and made some pics.. :o Because it was raining I couldn't take it outside so I'm sorry for the poor light. Right hand side with the new decals Left hand side (repainted) with the decals. The rear...; New carpet Engine...
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Ok people here's an update of our work on the Senator.. Outside FINISHED!! :banana: It really looks new!! After a lot of thinking we decided to repaint the left side of the boat as well. I just couldn't get al the scratches out. Everybody who has seen the boat before and after is really...
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    He says he has a lot of pictures on his business computer.. And he envys all you americans with...

    He says he has a lot of pictures on his business computer.. And he envys all you americans with your beautifull boats haha
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Thanx! :bigthumb: Past week we put the new teek on the swimplatform and on the boat. I also started polishing the rest of the boat. I finished the right hand side and it looks stunning!!! :D I made a picture of it but because the boat is inside you can't really see how nice it is. Today I...
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Hey guys, Here are some pics as I promised.. I'm sorry I could not post some better pics but the mate is standing in a corner and I think it would be to much work to take it outside haha ;) To make the outdrive really look new it still needs some polishing. As you can see we started on...
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Don't envy us... people who can fix there own boat are also very busy fixing other people's boats ;);)
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    It's been a while since my last post. I was very busy the last few weeks but since this week we finally had time to work on the mate again. Took off the last transom pieces and sanded the lower part of the stern. there were some minor repairs done on the left side and it was painted in white...
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    1988 Senator with 454 magnum in Holland

    Thank you! I'm also very curious about the top speed!! But as far as I can tell by what I read here it must run AT LEAST in the high 60's. I had a busy week so didn't get to de much to the Mate. If there is news I'll let yoy guys know! :)
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