Dave, does your 94 have a horsepower recomadation tag by the hot foot,or the yellow tag about designed for racing and driven by experenced drivers ? Nancy told me back in 95 when I was checking on mine that very few were build w/ live welds
Corect,there were about 10 with wood the first two had steel #13 started back with steel which is my boat.If I am not mistaken the very first 2002 had a steel transom. Johnny Garner, who did all of the metal fab for Darris, had built a prototype and they put it in the first boat. The next few had wood an then they went steel inserts from then on. Except for the BR's and they were aluminum.
Aluminum for the Bassracers, correct..?Corect,there were about 10 with wood the first two had steel #13 started back with steel which is my boat.
Yes sirAluminum for the Bassracers, correct..?
I almost bought #9,it was wood and went soft .I feel like my boat runs pretty good and ive heard the wise tails that the first ones were lighter so i figured i was a little lighter than most but Darris tells me that the first boats were actually on the heavy side saying mine is in the 800-850 range.Of coarse the lightest 2002 he has built was the Jacob boat and it was 675 i should have bought it when he offered it to me lol.Sounds correct on first two. I had #7 and it had wood. It was light and FAST...
Maybe will see,you still have your driving shoesI was running a boat at Louisville Point Park one day and Darris came in with a SS 2000 he was testing with a 150. We talked about the Jaco boat and he said it was stupid light. He also offered up that the boat would have been faster had he laid it up a little heavier. Seems he believed it was moving around a bit due to some flexing that gave the driver some bad feel. That was before carbon fiber lay up so who knows what would be possible now with a stiff 600 pound XB2002 and a 300 DRAG.
They won't make them any way you want them now. The new one marketed as Fast Bass weighs around 750# with the vynal floor and deck instead of carpet. I bought one about 5 months ago no cleats, grab rails or anything extra to add any weight. boat with hyd. steering, 12" setback plate , 1 bucket seat old style tall faring new style small dash W/ no guages was right @750#. Has any one got one of the bass racers that had no live weld installed when new? Some of the old ones in the 80's were laid up light before Nancy and Darris became afraid of law suits from inexperanced operators. I see a lot of folks that say theirs is less than 700#, but if most of them brought them to a race and put them on thr scales they would be suprised.
Don't forget Michigan ! ScottHensley--
Yours is a 94 yellow/white BR? That may ahve come from around here (IA). Local guy ordered one in 94 and sold it later. Has been around IA-MN-IL.