Thad Allen's Apache + The Birth of the Cheetah Cat

[Steve 1]

Goes with this photo

 

[Steve 1]

38 PP engines

 

[Steve 1]

PP 25 Outboard

 

[Steve 1]

Stern

 

[Steve 1]

Cockpit

 

[DKwestern]

Great pics Steve!!!

 

[Steve 1]

Great pics Steve!!!

Glad you like them ,there is a bunch more going up soon .I was working for Danny when I built my first Cheetahcat after work and Also came home from Arabia to do the 38 tooling..

 

[Steve 1]

The mold for this deck Danny wanted it one inch thick in solid glass OK , 420 gallons of resin and Gelcoat later it was done! then the fiberglass shell sat in a pipe supporting cradle on 12" steel wheels that looked like a nascar roll bar system when I was done with it. What makes this hard to do is the material shrinks in cross section so uniformity in the layup was the key to avoiding distortion and controlling exothermic heat as the resin cured.

 

[PaverBill]

Who was "rusty"? My bud that had a 33 with 500s told me he did most of PP molds and was totally anal about quality.

 

[Steve 1]

Who was "rusty"? My bud that had a 33 with 500s told me he did most of PP molds and was totally anal about quality.

Rusty did some small part molds and was a great detail man one of the best I have seen.

 

[DKwestern]

That all white one is perfect!!!!
where are these boats today?

1 in:
NH
NJ
MD
IN
OK
CA
US Virgin Isl
Venezuela

7 in Florida (2 of these I'm not sure and guessing)

That's the 15 38's I know of.

 

[Steve 1]

1 in:
NH
NJ
MD
IN
OK
CA
US Virgin Isl
Venezuela

7 in Florida (2 of these I'm not sure and guessing)

That's the 15 38's I know of.

There were a couple bare 38 hulls there also what happened to them is unknown.

 

[DKwestern]

Here's ones destiny - Sunsation cut up for F-4
(this makes 16)

 

[Steve 1]

Here's ones destiny - Sunsation cut up for F-4
(this makes 16)

Yes we seem to be tracking them down here.

 

[Racerguymiami]

Just out of curiosity, why would he want a deck built that is so heavy? I would think if you wanted a heavy build all that there resin would have served better in the hull bottom.

 

[Steve 1]

I would love to have 1 off them !!!!!!!!!!!! :cheers2:

Make it a staggered 6 pack and no cabin..YES:sifone:

The picture of the White PP running looks good!

 

[Steve 1]

Just out of curiosity, why would he want a deck built that is so heavy? I would think if you wanted a heavy build all that there resin would have served better in the hull bottom.

No that was the Deck Mold, Now the Hull Mold had 1"core Vacuum bagged in it.

 

[Racerguymiami]

Sorry, I just re-read that deck post again cause I was in disbelief. Looks like Danny wasn't scimping on the tooling, that's a heavyweight mold.

 

[Steve 1]

Sorry, I just re-read that deck post again cause I was in disbelief. Looks like Danny wasn't scimping on the tooling, that's a heavyweight mold.

Nothing was more important than his molds.

 

[Racerguymiami]

I plan to core the hull mold on my 30. What's the benefit of the solid glass deck mold, versus cored?