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  • Creativity and ingenuity are rare traits nowadays; keep up the good work. And as far as Geo Metros go, most people that hate on them have never owned one and therefor just don't understand!

  • @AlabamaCrackerHonkey, Thanks for the kind words! I have 4 Metro convertibles and put a Kubota diesel in one and posted it on my channel. I love these little cars and modified my daily driver to get 54mpg. The Popeye is getting a turbo diesel upgrade with a Chevy truck engine. I don't care about the high price of Spinach, I want to push the throttle and GO. My only regrets about being doing it myselfer is that I cannot download the last 40 years of my experience ang give it to someone new...

  • @kimmer6 I've watched your Geo videos; very nice! I used to own a Metro and then a Swift which is just a four-banger version of the Metro. Some people don't understand that some of us still buy/build cars for their practicality and not as a status symbol. Honest truth: I put over 400K miles on the swift and it never once let me down, no exceptions! I'm also a big fan of diesel engines and have owned many old Mercedes diesels and a couple other types as well but I've always wanted a diesel boat.

  • Thank you for the information. I would really enjoy getting a water temperature /depth

    finder device except that I don't have a boat and should get one of them first. I know someone who fishes the Sierras and would be interested in the fish finder.

  • Kimmer, I am heavily into meteorological gadgets and have lots of them. In your

    video of the Popeye in action you point to a cluster of instruments which of course is for the engine performance. But you also show briefly a display that shows the numbers 63 and 40. Is this a water depth/ water temperature display showing that the Popeye is cruising on the surface of water that is 40 feet deep and 63 degrees at the surface ?

  • @NICENAD Yup, water temp and depth on my fish finder. Sometimes it even finds fish.

  • @KristerBrunei Yes, I like Abdel Kader. It reminds me of the year I spent in Bahrain 30 years ago. I met the King, Sheikh Issa, and swam on his beach. Ihad many good friends there.

  • These boats are hard to find and a picture/movie tells a thousand words. Could you post some more of Popeye. Maybe at full speed and in the rough?

  • Nice job!

  • Ken, The Metro wiper switches have been moved to the left side of the steering panel, near the chicken handle for when it gets rough...and I really need the wipers. 2 fans now sit on either side of the fish finder. I decided to put my Mercruiser outdrive on coupled to the 6.5 turbodiesel and remove the rudder and prop. I have everything ready but want to build a test stand and run the engine first. The downpipe will be 4" SS tubing 3 feet long, not exhausting thru the prop. Should sound good.

  • Nice Job Captain.

    Very Clever bellcranks, that's not always easy engineered.

    Cool Ship as well.

    Cheers,

    Phil

  • Uh oh....Phils CBX like 79 to 82 Honda CBX bikes??? Somewhere in my garage I have 4 of 'em....one of each year. The 6 in my name refers to my '79.

    Thanks for nice comment. Yesterday I bought a Chevy 6.5 turbodiesel to put in the boat. Cheers back to ya!

  • You are absolutely correct sir, I do have 79 CBX. I was one of the techs at Honda dealer back then. You would of loved to see the turbo drag bikes built to 250Hp w/air-shifting, ten inch slick. I have to admit, I always wanted the pearl white 82 with body faring and bags.

  • For  Metro Jason....see why I don't throw away spare Metro parts?

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