I just called St Rosa to book the week before Christmas and they told me that they don't allow golf carts for insurance reasons. Wtf?

st rosa in navarre was nice....the spaces are good size w/ a fair amount of "side" yard/grass.
cant say the same for perdido cove though....although the slots are adequate.

we did find a nice lunch spot (I'm sure dinner wouldn't be bad either)...but its also a fantastic spot to watch the sunset.

https://www.facebook.com/sunsetgrilleperdido

That's good to hear about St. Rosa. We have eaten at Sunset many times. It does have a beautiful sunset over the bay for sure. I am going to drive over and look at St. Rosa in the toad while we are in Orange Beach over xmas and check it out.

As.far as Perdido goes, that's why I made the comment about getting on the front row. It's really tight for me getting in there when it's full. You can't beat the convenience though. You guys be safe.

Wow. That is a sweet rig. Love your TV conversion. What kind of motorboat is that in the shop pic?

Outerlimits.

The Money Shot. :D

Few more down at the Emerald Coast Poker Run.

Few more boating pics.

When you start squeezing on it it throws a tail about 50' high and a 100 yards long. It is not spray either. It is a MOUNTAIN of water coming out of the back of it. You do do not want to get caught in the rooster for even a split second when I am on the hammers.

Dang, that looks like a wild ride! I am impressed with the picture of the screws! How many ponies?

because one roots blower (per engine) is never enough ;)

2,200hp on 93 octane. 2,600hp on 100 Octane with the little pullies on the chargers.

4 is better than 2 right? :D These are actually quadrotor whipple superchargers. They are a screw type charger with a male and female rotor. Those 2 low profile blowers are axial rear entry blowers and they can move way more air than a 1471 roots. They are extremely efficient also. They take about 100hp less to drive them than an equivalent roots type set up. It's all EFI with MOAC (Mother Of All Coolers) Intercoolers. The intercooler is over 4" thick and sits down in the manifold made out of cuprous nickle. They take raw water out of the lake and then dump it out of the sides of the boat. It shoots 3 1" streams out of both sides of the boat about 20' when you are in it. My intake air temp is usually only a couple of degrees warmer than ambient air Temps even at 17#'s of boost depending on water temp. They also have knock protection. If they sense detonation, they will pull timing out or add fuel or both until it stops it. It is unbelievable how far this technology has come in the last 10 years. They are turn key reliable as well.

WOW!! That would be amazing to ride in! I can't even imagine what the power would feel like.:D:D

I truly cannot put it into words. You just have to experience it.

Oh that would be fun!! I bet you still get your blood flowing good with it!

Cooooooool
 

That thing is way cool. 12K rpm?

GPS Speedo. 12 =120mph. It's on the peg at 120. You track the speed on the chartplotter north of 120.

john your black snap-on box on the right (by the safe) looks similar to one of mine.

https://www.truckconversion.net/attac...303c15fea4.jpg

That is too funny! We have the same box.....except yours is more pimped out....and you have 2 of them! :D

i was flipping them for a while - out grew the cranberry one (almost the day i converted to it from an old craftsman)....i added the side cabinet to the cranberry (didnt have $2k in the set) and then came across the black box (special edition w/ extra stainless steel)... eventually i flipped the cranberry one too, and made enough to cover the cost of the black one.

in total i bought 4 boxes & flipped them all (keeping the black box) for a pretty good profit.

That's awesome man! This is my 4th snap on. I have bought a couple that I at least got my money back on when I sold them as the tool inventory has grown. I have never made any $$ on one though. Mine is so full I have stuff laying everywhere and two other cabinets full too. I have actually been trolling Craigs list looking for another mint black one like the one I have now. I have found a couple of nice ones but they were the wrong color.

Ok Don, since you pulled my "Man Card" on the tool box.....whatcha got in the grill department? :D

I have a strategy when buying the boxes....have a friend out a low offer (cash today)...and then go dark after a few days of enthusiastic emails....and then swoop in w/ a lower/cash only immediate offer. Most are desperate to sell them.

I've now learned that many lost their jobs, stopped making payments, took their toolboxes and RAN. Ive never paid more than about 30% list. the 2600 cranberry side cab was a contest prize & never had a tool in it...i got it for 600 bucks including shipping ! :D

got me there....weve got a simple stainless grand turbo (should have bought the DCS i wanted)...but we have it plumbed to the house/natural gas.

Great strategy. Where are you picking up your leads?

with the exception of the cranberry side cabinet (which i got off of ebay when an auction ended with a "no sale") we bought all of them off of craigslist....but i went all over for them (dallas, san antonio, tyler & houston).


i made at least 1k on each box & even had one re-sold before i got it home

You have given my inner jew the warm fuzzies! :D

funny ! Of course, since Im in sales, I love the ART of a good deal too :D

Very nice rig. We stayed up the road from you at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores. We road over Peridido. It looked cool.