The original 1973 Kawasaki pea green 400 WS-AA Now with pics!

[Foximus]

Correct, I thought you were trying to say you had a 1974 wsaa.

 

[the WaTeRhAwK]

Correct, I thought you were trying to say you had a 1974 wsaa.

there's no such thing.


here's some pics of the blue '74.....

 

[the WaTeRhAwK]

here's the '73's engine well and bulkhead when I was figuring out the bolt spacing for the 550sx shaft flange.....

 

[StandupWI]

^^^^^ I have the exact looking ski in my garage attic right now, unfortunately with nothing in it. The hand laid fiberglass is pretty cool though.

 

[the WaTeRhAwK]

^^^^^ I have the exact looking ski in my garage attic right now, unfortunately with nothing in it. The hand laid fiberglass is pretty cool though.

blue? or green?

 

[Foximus]

^^^^^ I have the exact looking ski in my garage attic right now, unfortunately with nothing in it. The hand laid fiberglass is pretty cool though.

Damnit. I wish I had a handlaid hull. WOulda made my sj550 so much stronger...

 

[the WaTeRhAwK]

Damnit. I wish I had a handlaid hull. WOulda made my sj550 so much stronger...

yeah, and minus the extra weight of the hull it will jump out of the water a lot better and easier too.

 

[the WaTeRhAwK]

check out this stock bilge filter, it's a brass sheet bent into the shape of a box, with a brass screen soldered to it....


and the waterbox is handlaid too.....


the fuel filler tube going from the hull cap to the tank is copper with a ground wire soldered to it, connected to the engine.

 

[StandupWI]

blue? or green?

Blue, but for some reason I want to say it is 76

 

[the WaTeRhAwK]

Blue, but for some reason I want to say it is 76

if it's a '76 it's not a hand-laid hull. if it's a blue hand-laid hull it's an early '74. late '74 were the release of the yellow smc (sheet molded compound) hulls, and then the white 440's with the red and blue stripes...

 

[SUPERJET-113]

We had a photo shoot at Body Beach today with a Professional photographer, and he snapped a few pics on my memory card and the rest of these pictures are from my Kodak camera.
We are going to go p/u a cd from him later of all that he took from the shoot.

This is serial #44 1973 Kawasaki 400 WSAA. Its never been in the water, never had fuel in the fuel tank. It was run on a external fuel tank before it left the factory 35 years ago.
All hand laid fiberglass, even the handle pole. Weighs 20 lbs. less and 2.5" shorter than the main production 74' SMC hulls. $995 retail. All aluminum parts are sand cast, even the pump. 26 hp engine!
Next week its going back home to Lincoln, Nebraska where it was made and will reside in the Kawasaki museum.
Enjoy!:biggrin:

 

[SUPERJET-113]

more of the pea green!

 

[SUPERJET-113]

a "V" shaped hull(WS-AA). the next version which is the one superjett-113's friend just bought is a moveable handlepole and "V" hull. the '73 I have is pretty much the same as the one he bought, except it has the flat bottom hull(WS-AB).

From all my research the WS-AA hull is the recreational with a rounded nose and flat bottom, whereas the WS-AB had the V shaped nose and a concave bottom built for racing.

 

[AtomicPunk]

Trinity has got nothing on that hull... okey:

Nice find.

 

[Foximus]

Curses at you Batman!!!!


Grr... really a mint V hull. Ass.


Where is it 2" shorter? Just total overall length or only out of the rear?

 

[Scorn800]

Great pics.
A peice of GREEN history
:bananalama:

 

[SUPERJET-113]

Where is it 2" shorter? Just total overall length or only out of the rear?

Overall length.

Yeah its hard to believe that something like that could be sitting around at a furniture consignment shop. This is a PWC town and it slipped through the cracks!
The guy that owned the consignment shop bought out a storage garage full of stuff in auction style. He had no clue what he had. He thought he got a good deal for $400 selling it.:biggrin:

Here's a idea of what this one is worth and how rare these are:
The local owner of the big dealership here in town called "Walts" recently paid near 13K for a mint hand laid 74 yellow one that had been ridden and ran in the water a couple times, but like brand spankin new.

 

[QuickMick]

Overall length.

Yeah its hard to belive that something like that could be sitting around at a furniture consignment shop. This is a PWC town and it slipped through the cracks!
The guy that owned the consignment shop bought out a storage garage full of stuff in auction style. He had no clue what he had. He thought he got a good deal for $400 selling it.:biggrin:

Here's a idea of what this one is worth and how rare these are:
The local owner of the big dealership here in town called "Walts" paid near 13K for a mint hand laid 74 yellow one that had been ridden and ran in the water a couple times, but like brand spankin new.

So what did yall sell it to Kawasaki for??????

 

[dbrutherford]

So the million dollar question is... "How much did you guys get from Kawasaki for it?"

Dam Mick beat me to it!

 

[steve-uk]

Dam Mick beat me to it!

must be why they call him quick mick.....