Atlas is motoring down the Tennessee river

This time of year, i’d take a left at Pickwick.

I assume Atlas is a Chris Craft Roamer, but why is her motoring down the Tennessee River significant? Where is she headed and why? Will there be pictures? Am I asking too many questions?

Let's see, you asked what, why, where, but you didn't ask who or how so definitely not too many.

It appears this thread is a PM between MARTIN A HART and captainwjm.

Me, too.

Hi Martin,

Your original thread was soft-deleted because we thought it was a private conversation. I can re-instate if you wish, merging this newest thread with old one. Also, I reduced the size of your image from 4200 pixels to a more viewable 800 pixels. Please keep this in mind when attaching future images. They need to be reduced.

Thanks!

Threads merged. Have a safe trip!

Shouldn't be too hard to find a distributor gear.

I am very rusty on this because it's been over 25 years since I messed with rebuilding gas inboards and mostly just helped my dad do them. But, I remember that some marinizers used a reverse gear on the camshaft and crankshaft (timing chain), which in turned required a backwards distributor gear, which then cause the reverse rotation motor to run backwards and the firing order was different. I want to say that Chris Craft did this on the early motors they marinized themselves.

Here is a distributor where they mention reverse rotation gears are available for a reverse rotation:

"All distributors come complete, including the brass terminal cap and rotor and stock gear. Reverse rotation gears are also available for most dual engine applications. "
GM Marine DUI – Performance Distributors

Here's from another site:
"ou don't have to worry about the oiling, the stock setup will work in reverse. To change to reverse ("right handed") rotation, you need a reverse rotation cam, a reverse ground distributor gear, and a reverse rotation starter. The distributer drive gear (on the cam) and the distributor driven gear (on the distributor shaft) have a reverse helix, so the distributor and oil pump rotatate in the original direction.
When you index the cam, you can remark or install timing degree tape "upside down" on the harmonic balancer to facilitate timing. Of course, the plug wires have to be changed to the new firing order."
351 W reverse rotation conversion - FordWindsor (tapatalk.com)