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Damn! What a load. Keep the pics coming.
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whoa--looks like repower is just the beginning for your ole girl, great watching your progress.
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oh wow. Been right where you are twice with our old 50c. What engines are you going with? Searched the forum but didn't find anything.
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Nice to be able to get the crane in. When we pulled the 8V71s from my 53 MY we had to use A frames and a rail to bring them to the aft deck!
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How many hours did she have in her?
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Maybe I mispoke. This is more of a rebuild, refit, and repower all combined. She's stripped down to basically the structure now. Will be repowered and then the comestic fun begins. I'm bucking the trend a bit on the repower and going with 13.5 liter John Deere marine engines. Can't find another 53C done with Deere but did find some motor yachts and a old article on a pair of 46Cs with the 12.5 liter Deeres. All the owners of Deere engines I've spoken with seem to love them. I know Cat and Cummins would have done the job but I wanted big displacement low HP. Time will tell if that was a good decision.
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Am I reading Fuquay-Varina on the transom? I used to live 15 minutes from there, now I'm 45, a quant little town.
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Yes that's it. Funny how people never seem to forget the strange name.
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Never can go wrong with JD engines and equipment. Looks like the specs on your JD's are similar to the CAT C15 with much more displacement than the QSM11.
Don't forget we like lots and lots of photos, enjoy the project.