My 70' wriedt jet boat

[imiceman44]

So I finally got motivated to pull it out and get it running again before the summer ended.
It was parked under oak trees so it got pretty bad.

 

[imiceman44]

And after a few hours of cleaning with a shop vac:

 

[imiceman44]

I will be working on the electrical **** as soon as I finish fixing my trailer today.
The tires seem pretty good for ten year old car tires and sitting in dirt for the past five years.
The hull seems to be still good and no rot.
Paint was new when parked and now the clear is peeling

 

[onetonbb74]

i dig that boat, way cool!

 

[dhcomp]

Will be fun to see. Too bad you couldn't keep it covered!

 

[imiceman44]

Will be fun to see. Too bad you couldn't keep it covered!

The cover disintegrated after a couple of years.
and yesterday I was helping weld the floor of my trailer and my eyes got flash burned.
So nothing going on today.
I could barely do this post. :banghead:

 

[Bowtie85]

Sweet boat!!

 

[imiceman44]

Sweet boat!!

It is.
I want to get one day on the lake in this before I tear it up and start polishing aluminum and painting parts all winter.

 

[ryoken]

hard to tell from the pic, is that a Berkeley Jet?

 

[imiceman44]

hard to tell from the pic, is that a Berkeley Jet?

I haven't found any names yet. It looks like a Berkeley though.

 

[max 02]

Cool Boat! Love the 455 in it!

I don't think I have ever seen a boat with the steering wheel on the left.

 

[imiceman44]

Cool Boat! Love the 455 in it!

I don't think I have ever seen a boat with the steering wheel on the left.

I believe it's a jet drive thing.
it also las a gas pedal.
It's a blast to drive.
I only got it up to 85 on choppy water but the highest it was recorded at was 104mph on a calm day.

 

[max 02]

My buddy had a jet drive with a 460 Ford, it had a foot throttle too with a hoop around it so you foot would stay on it in choppy water.
It was right hand steering though.