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I used to dive a bit in my youth but I simply recovered her at low tide by bailing out taking her out on a trailer when there was enough water. When I got her she was white with red antifouling. I repainted the hull dark blue and the deck mid blue with white antifouling. Spares were very hard to come by and mostly were derived from breakers yards.

I would guess that source will not yield much as there won't be many pre 1964 Ford Zephyrs around. After 64, Ford changed to a V6 engine so if you have the straight six, I would guess that she is around 35-40 years old. On the other hand, it was a very simple engine and pretty robust. It does, however, need 4 star which is not easy to come by and I am not sure if it can be converted to unleaded. For spares you could try the specialist mags for old car restorers. The big problem I had was with the jet drive where anodes had not been replaced and the thing was very badly corroded.

It required quite a lot of specialist help to rescue it, including re-casting some parts using the old bits to model them. The cable connecting the reversing bucket was broken but that was replaced by a standard marine part from J N MacDonald in Glasgow. In the end, I replaced the jet drive with a reconditioned one from Lancing Marine but then the engine did'nt match (power wise) the new drive and I thought of replacing it with a marinised Cortina 2 litre engine but I just could not face it so traded her in against a little Shetland cabin cruiser with a reliable outboard. Screen Recorder Suite Serial Key. When she ran (which was not often) she was good for about 35knts with a huge rooster tail when flat out. I have one picture which is not brilliant on my computer so send me you e-mail address and I will let you have it. Kalluri Saalai Movie Songs Free Download on this page.