Jayl13

Well I bought the boat from Sam who is listed above as 8-UP and other than stupid UPS and paperwork delays that BOTH Sam and myself were freaking out over the apache I bought from him the purchase went smooth. (took a little longer to finalize the deal than we both would have liked but still went through no problem) but I find it funny that Sam and those guys are up in Peoria IL so I think someone is trying to cause trouble for "performance Boats in Peroia IL"
Bill and Sam were cool to deal with so I cant see that post being from anyone there.

As far as Thad, Demanding and rough guy to work for but he wanted PROGRESS, he wanted that 41 to get done, he pushed everyone to get that mold DONE and for it to be perfect. He did get what he wanted but legal issues destroyed everything he busted his hump to achieve. Him letting us all go, that sucked but hey thats business. He had funded that entire thing out of his own pocket from soup to nuts. First off not many people around have that kind of coin and if they do, boating is on alot of people "hell no" list of investments. He had his heart in the right place but got taken for a ride (even I dont know every detail of that whole legal thing)
Chris you are right, he put his money where his mouth was without question. I for one would love to talk to Thad again but I have not heard or seen anyone other than Koss (even that was a while ago)
I did see John the chemist driving through Boca one morning going to work but never got any contact information from him.
Ill have to call Koss to see how he is doing these days and what he has been up to lately.
So I get ribbed for working for Thad, okay fine, I worked for Thad so what?
So did alot of other people. Why am I singled out for working for thad? What about Billy, Timmy, Steve K, Steve W, Richard, John, etc, etc, etc ?
They are all okay, its JAY thats the big problem at Apache.

Chris Sunkin

So- you worked for Thad?

Didn't McManus and Saccenti work for Ben Kramer?

Audiofn

Yup not tired..... they are broken

Sorry man had to do it.

Hey is this you bro?

Audiofn

Hey Jay no one has taken more abuse abouta boat not running on this board then me. It is all in good fun. Hell maybe it will motivate ya to get it up and running!!!!!

Jayl13

Im working on it and im working on my 77 TA as well
Talked to LAZ down at Mesa today about my heads and block and stroker kit for my 400 to make it a 468 with a 455 crank and 60 over.
All in good time. Plus the apache is getting painted soon so she is going to be down for a little while anyway
I have the rest of my life to use the boat, so no worries.
My hair is not quite that long but getting there.

Plus come on im 35 and own a 41 apache. Herb Stotler has my back with this engine situation anyway. Going to buy the 2 rockers I need, new set of lifters and new set of push rods and a new carrier for the shaft mount rockers on that head and just get it back together.
Its time more than anything that is killing me at the moment so it will get fixed im not concerned.
Chris, everyone worked for Ben while he was a free man. And I worked for thad,
Saying that whats the point, okay I worked for Thad.
Hey guess what, I worked for plenty of people so far in my day, Thad was just one of the people.
And.......
I work for 3 Italian guys now that are the best.
AND...........
See my point? So I worked for Thad.
AND???????

Chris Sunkin

Point is, Mark & Bob are held in high esteem and they worked for someone of "ill repute".

Shouldn't you working for Thad be at least a couple dozen steps up from there?

Audiofn

So you are "connected"

phragle

ok..looking at the piks I noticed something right off, looking at broken parts can give clues, see the area pointed to in red? notice the colors dark, the yellow is bright..not the best pik for me to look at but it appears the dark areas have been cracked for a while,weakening the part. the brighter area in yellow appears to be a fresh fracture, hence its shiney.... when it failed, it probably bonced around and caused the rest of the damage.. Im not a motor guy, but in 20 years of racing, I have seen my share of broken stuff :\

Audiofn

Phragle I think that you may be looking at shadows caused by the light. If you look the light is behind the piece.

Jon

el indio

ya connected to the trailer...........