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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1986 Landau Conversion COMPLETED!
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<blockquote data-quote="1986Landau" data-source="post: 372519" data-attributes="member: 15457"><p>Well my daughter is here, born on December 15th and weighing 7lbs 9oz! her name is Leena and will be taking up most of my spare time over the next while. I am a proud papa! </p><p>I did somehow manage to get some work done on the boat over the holiday and weekend though, picked up a used Minn Kota Riptide 74 bow mounted trolling motor from a friend for $75.00</p><p>I was trying to figure out how to convert it to a transom mount and decided to pull my old Motorguide apart and modify the mount from it to fit the Riptide 74, all I ended up doing was turning the upper unit 180 degrees so it would be functional and expanding the hole in the Motorguide transom mounting bracket from 1 inch to 1-1/4 inches so it would fit the composite shaft on the Riptide 74. Only time will tell if it will hold up to the abuse of the more powerful motor. I still need to shorten the shaft on the Riptide 74 but I want to wait till I take her out and give it a good testing, Also got the transom wood installed as well as some other stuff, Oh and I think I may do a front seat delete and install a flat floor right above the supports! I'm open to your all's opinions especially on the floor....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1986Landau, post: 372519, member: 15457"] Well my daughter is here, born on December 15th and weighing 7lbs 9oz! her name is Leena and will be taking up most of my spare time over the next while. I am a proud papa! I did somehow manage to get some work done on the boat over the holiday and weekend though, picked up a used Minn Kota Riptide 74 bow mounted trolling motor from a friend for $75.00 I was trying to figure out how to convert it to a transom mount and decided to pull my old Motorguide apart and modify the mount from it to fit the Riptide 74, all I ended up doing was turning the upper unit 180 degrees so it would be functional and expanding the hole in the Motorguide transom mounting bracket from 1 inch to 1-1/4 inches so it would fit the composite shaft on the Riptide 74. Only time will tell if it will hold up to the abuse of the more powerful motor. I still need to shorten the shaft on the Riptide 74 but I want to wait till I take her out and give it a good testing, Also got the transom wood installed as well as some other stuff, Oh and I think I may do a front seat delete and install a flat floor right above the supports! I'm open to your all's opinions especially on the floor.... [/QUOTE]
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