never posted in the uniflite forum, but i do read it from time to time. just for reference, i have 71 salty dog with a single 440m swings a 17x23 rh prop, cant give you any performance specs, cause i have never had it in the water, dont know what kind of transmission, but prop & tranny are believed to be stock. i do know where there is another salty, but dont know whether its a pup or dog, havent gotten close enough cause its in a locked storage yard. believe its a s-pup because it has an ancient stern drive and have never heard of a s-dog with a stern drive. dont know if its for sale, but looks to be in disrepair (maybe even arrears on storage?). doesnt look as though it has been used in the last 10 years. i inadvertantly broke the starboard window on my s-dog when if first got it, trying to remove it so as to replace the brittle, shrinking, crumbling gasket. the stock glass shattered in long sharp shards. i wanted to replace with automotive type laminated safety glass or at least regular safety glass, none of the several glass shops i contacted could cut the safety glass in house and has to be ordered some time in advance at prices ranging from $300- 450 (actually a pretty large window). the gasket is actually 2 parts (the main gasket and an external lock strip). the place in bham that sells uniflite stuff, had it for in excess of $12 a foot for both pieces, figured i would need 12+' to be safe including corner radius (would be really stupid to try and save and end up an inch short). tried to find same profile for less, but was unable to locate. the glass has to be cut smaller than the opening to allow for gasket,if the glass was cut 1/8"too small, it would sag&leak. decide the only way to guaranty fit would be to remove port window (not happening) altogether it was looking to cost an unexpected $500+ to replace the window as a stock configuration. priced marine windows online and got a quote from motion marine to replace the window with an aluminum frame clamp ring window with safety glass for about $300, much easier to install, less room for error, imo,a much better system, for considerably less than the stock system. all they need is an exact tracing of the opening.(comes with the glass mounted in an external aluminum frame and a pre drilled inner aluminum ring. caulk the external portion of the opening, remove excess caulk and dont fully tighten until caulk has fully hardened in order to prevent squeezing all of the caulk out. guaranteed not to leak, and much easier to deal with. the only issue is that it wouldnt cosmetically match the port side. feel i should eventually replace port window as well. so i can replace both windows for not much more than a single stock window. imo, a much better system less prone to leaks, no shrinkage involved and stiffens the window opening area ( a good thing because the wheelhouse are fg is only about 3/16 and not ultra stiff with the window out). dont know the address of this other salty but will try to come up with it. i do have the # of the yard where it is kept, if you want to check it out (its in burien/white center area). if you have any questions, or want that #, just shoot me an email and i will hook you up. if you feel you might benefit from looking at my sd, then you are welcome to do that as well. hope that helps, just my 2c worth.
On 10/19/10, Dan Borg <[email protected]> wrote: > If anyone knows of a Salty Pup that is being scraped or is in major > disrepair, I would sure like to find an original windshield for mine. > It would save me some glass work an building a new one. > > Thanks, > Dan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UnifliteWorld" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
