paulsboats
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Not meant to be an insult Sammie...but as my dad and some guys ive worked with used to say. LISTEN TO THE OLD GUYS! thanks again!
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1975 Vmate restoration
- Thread starter Will30
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paulsboats
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I forgot to add the rest! they have forgotten more than you will ever know!
mateman
Well-known member
How true that is. I learned that at the race track. Listened and learned!!They have forgotten more than you will ever know!
Will30
Well-known member
Sammie You are most Welcome . My dad has known you since the mid 70's and you have been a great friend to both of us !!!
Will30
Well-known member
I know and Im so glad to finally see it look like this again . It looks so much better in white and blue thant the burgandy and black ... Or the Orange and Black gel thats under the paint ... all I know is you cant look right down at the top while out in the sun . Its like walking outside on a sunny no cloud in the sky winter morning with a fresh blanket on snow on the ground .
I just glassed the seat mounts back in for the rear bench here a few minutes ago . I think we are going to Rivet it back together tomorrow ...
I just glassed the seat mounts back in for the rear bench here a few minutes ago . I think we are going to Rivet it back together tomorrow ...
Viper 1
Well-known member
Thank You
I want to Thank My Dear Friend Chris and Keith for the Kind Words and Yes Keith I Would Love to Help My Dear Friend William. William Tell Your Dad for Me that He is Doing a Great Job Helping You with Your 15 ft Checkmate. Its Looking Great. Back in the Days when all My Checkmates were Blue, My Customers had a Saying that Blue is Fast. Your 15 FT Checkmate William will be Fast Too My Dear Friend.
Dear Checkmate Members I Would Like to share with You a Email that I sent to My Dear Friend Chris Thanking Him for all that he has Done for Me on this Checkmate Forum.
Dear Chris I want to Thank You My Dear Friend for all the Kind Words you said about me in the August Presidents Blog Post. I Can't Begin to Tell You how Much it Meant to Me and that You Really Touched My Heart. You My Dear Friend over the Years with PM's and Emails you know More About Me than anyone else on Your Forum. I am sure You know that Sometimes I write with a Lot of Sentimental Feelings and that what I say or Write Comes From My Heart. I Can't Begin to Tell You My Dear Friend How Much I Miss My Action Marine and My Wonderful Friends and Customers. Action Marine and My Friends and Customers were the Best Part of My Life. Its Funny Dear Chris that the Driving Force Behind all that I did at My Action Marine,Mercury Marine, Hydrostream and Checkmate was Not about Money. To Me it was Always About Doing what Others have Not Done Before Me. It was all About Building Faster Boats and Motors than anybody Else and Being Number One in the Life's and Hearts of My Customers and Dear Friends from Mercury Marine,Hydrostream and Checkmate. Many Times I read Different Post on Your Checkmate Forum and I Wish that Many of Your Members Including Yourself Could of Belonged to My Action Marine and I Could of Built You Guys Some of the Awesome Checkmate Boats that I Built for My Other Customers. To have You Guys Run with the Action Marine Pack on Weekends and to Enjoy all that Belonging to Action Marine had to Offer. Many times We had 25 or 30 Checkmates Running together having Fun and Racing other Boats. I can Tell You My Friend it was No Fun for the other Hi-Performance boats that we Found to Race LOL. I loved being able to Bring Pleasure to My Customers and Friends. To Give them what No Other Dealer Could of done for them. I Loved Teaching them how to Race and Win with there Checkmates. Chris when My Racing Team Mates Raced at the NDBA every one of them took first place in there Class at every Race we Entered. Many Times Chris I did Performance Up Grades for them at No Charge just so they all would Win with there Checkmates. Sometimes I see Some of Your Members on Your Forum having trouble Driving there Checkmates and Chine Walking. How I Wish I could Take Each One of them Out on the Water with there Checkmates and Teach them the way I Taught My Customers how to Drive there Checkmates Fast without Chine Walking and being Safe Doing it. It Would Not Take me 20 Minutes to Teach them how to get the Most out of there Checkmates and Look Really Good at it without all that BS Chine Walking. You know what the Hardest Thing for Me was when Teaching My Customers how Not to Chine Walk there Checkmates was? it was for Me to Try and get there Checkmates to start to Chine Walking so I Could Show them How to Stop it LOL. That was so Hard for Me to Make these Boats Chine Walk. Even My First 1969 16ft Checkmate My V161 with the Mercury 125hp on it at 18 years Old I Never Experienced Chine Walking even at 64 mph. I Guess I was Born to Drive Fast Boats LOL. Well My Dear Friend I Talked Your Ear off Long Enough LOL. Thank You Again My Dear Friend from the Bottom of My Heart for all that You have Done for Me. I Will Never Ever Forget it. Your Friend Always Sammie Action Marine
I want to Thank My Dear Friend Chris and Keith for the Kind Words and Yes Keith I Would Love to Help My Dear Friend William. William Tell Your Dad for Me that He is Doing a Great Job Helping You with Your 15 ft Checkmate. Its Looking Great. Back in the Days when all My Checkmates were Blue, My Customers had a Saying that Blue is Fast. Your 15 FT Checkmate William will be Fast Too My Dear Friend.
Dear Checkmate Members I Would Like to share with You a Email that I sent to My Dear Friend Chris Thanking Him for all that he has Done for Me on this Checkmate Forum.
Dear Chris I want to Thank You My Dear Friend for all the Kind Words you said about me in the August Presidents Blog Post. I Can't Begin to Tell You how Much it Meant to Me and that You Really Touched My Heart. You My Dear Friend over the Years with PM's and Emails you know More About Me than anyone else on Your Forum. I am sure You know that Sometimes I write with a Lot of Sentimental Feelings and that what I say or Write Comes From My Heart. I Can't Begin to Tell You My Dear Friend How Much I Miss My Action Marine and My Wonderful Friends and Customers. Action Marine and My Friends and Customers were the Best Part of My Life. Its Funny Dear Chris that the Driving Force Behind all that I did at My Action Marine,Mercury Marine, Hydrostream and Checkmate was Not about Money. To Me it was Always About Doing what Others have Not Done Before Me. It was all About Building Faster Boats and Motors than anybody Else and Being Number One in the Life's and Hearts of My Customers and Dear Friends from Mercury Marine,Hydrostream and Checkmate. Many Times I read Different Post on Your Checkmate Forum and I Wish that Many of Your Members Including Yourself Could of Belonged to My Action Marine and I Could of Built You Guys Some of the Awesome Checkmate Boats that I Built for My Other Customers. To have You Guys Run with the Action Marine Pack on Weekends and to Enjoy all that Belonging to Action Marine had to Offer. Many times We had 25 or 30 Checkmates Running together having Fun and Racing other Boats. I can Tell You My Friend it was No Fun for the other Hi-Performance boats that we Found to Race LOL. I loved being able to Bring Pleasure to My Customers and Friends. To Give them what No Other Dealer Could of done for them. I Loved Teaching them how to Race and Win with there Checkmates. Chris when My Racing Team Mates Raced at the NDBA every one of them took first place in there Class at every Race we Entered. Many Times Chris I did Performance Up Grades for them at No Charge just so they all would Win with there Checkmates. Sometimes I see Some of Your Members on Your Forum having trouble Driving there Checkmates and Chine Walking. How I Wish I could Take Each One of them Out on the Water with there Checkmates and Teach them the way I Taught My Customers how to Drive there Checkmates Fast without Chine Walking and being Safe Doing it. It Would Not Take me 20 Minutes to Teach them how to get the Most out of there Checkmates and Look Really Good at it without all that BS Chine Walking. You know what the Hardest Thing for Me was when Teaching My Customers how Not to Chine Walk there Checkmates was? it was for Me to Try and get there Checkmates to start to Chine Walking so I Could Show them How to Stop it LOL. That was so Hard for Me to Make these Boats Chine Walk. Even My First 1969 16ft Checkmate My V161 with the Mercury 125hp on it at 18 years Old I Never Experienced Chine Walking even at 64 mph. I Guess I was Born to Drive Fast Boats LOL. Well My Dear Friend I Talked Your Ear off Long Enough LOL. Thank You Again My Dear Friend from the Bottom of My Heart for all that You have Done for Me. I Will Never Ever Forget it. Your Friend Always Sammie Action Marine
mikestrobe201
Active member
Looks awesome Will 
Ramifications
Well-known member
Looking good! Keep up the great work, and give your dad a pat on the back for a job well done
Will30
Well-known member
When Ever I do finally get this thing finished I have to make a trip to see him and take the boat along too that way he can drive it ... Since it was his boat First and all ... I remember as a kid going to Action Marine with my dad when Ever he needed oil or something and looking at all the big boy toys Sammie had at Action ... All the years he helped my dad and now he's helping me Now thats customer service and I couldnt ask for a better friend . with out Sammie and my dads help this project would have still looked like it did when I bought it Because I work so much I just dont have time to do alot anymore ... Sammie made it easy for me. every morning I had a email with different parts that I needed all I had to do was buy them and Sammie I thank you for everything you have done . My dad being able to pretty much tackle just about anything has done a fantasic job with everything he has done . My uncle runs a machine shop and fabricates all the trailer parts I needed and along with a few other things he has made me . Its taken longer than I had expected but Thats mainly because my work schedule . Now she is at the point where she just needs to me assembled . I have every single part for the boat Brand new in boxes in my basement just waiting for the boat ...
Viper 1
Well-known member
Thank You William
Thank You William My Dear Friend for all the Kind Words. Its Been all My Pleasure in Helping You as I did for Your Dad when he Bought his 16 ft Checkmate From Me Many Years Ago. My Customers and My Action Marine were My Life. Giving them Pleasure in what I Did for Them gave Me even Greater Pleasures. I Would Love To have You come Down to Florida with Your 15 ft Checkmate and You and I go Out for a Test Ride. Your Boat is Looking Great. Best Wishes Always to You and Your Family. Your Friend Always Sammie Action Marine
Thank You William My Dear Friend for all the Kind Words. Its Been all My Pleasure in Helping You as I did for Your Dad when he Bought his 16 ft Checkmate From Me Many Years Ago. My Customers and My Action Marine were My Life. Giving them Pleasure in what I Did for Them gave Me even Greater Pleasures. I Would Love To have You come Down to Florida with Your 15 ft Checkmate and You and I go Out for a Test Ride. Your Boat is Looking Great. Best Wishes Always to You and Your Family. Your Friend Always Sammie Action Marine