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Subject: Renegade
Date: Tue, Feb 2000 23:04:53 -0500
From: Robert Jamieson

Hi Barry,
Last week I sent you a note and a couple of photos of our modified Renegade.This was a father son project and the boat actually belongs to my son Steven. I am sending you a few more photos, one of the deck being framed to show you the way we raised the deck and reshaped it to give it a more modern look.

The next pix shows the instrument cluster and the way we built the panel. It was built with very light 1/2" mahogany plywood and then covered with a light fiberglass cloth and epoxy.

The next photo shows the placement of the inline 350ci Chevy engine which was coupled to a Borg Velvetdrive transmission and on to a 13x13 prop. We propped the boat for torque as it is primarily a waterski boat and a speed of a little over 40MPH. It will pull at least six skiers out of the water nicely.

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In the next photo we are in the middle of upholstering, this my son did alone. He had never done this before but did a beautiful job of it as you can see. The upholstery was done in white, teal and two shades of grey; the teal matching the color of the accent color of the hull.

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