Chris Craft Stinger 222 Projekt

[Sebastian Petersson]

Hi,

Time to start a thread about my project here in Sweden!

The boat is a 1986 Chris Craft Stinger 222, imported by 'Mange' on this forum. This is my first boat project, and it was supposed to be a rather "light" project, since i wanted to use it this summer. But as we say; **** Happens... Mange has been really supportive during this project.

The boat turned out to bee complely rotten in the transom and stringers. So the "light" project turned into a "massive" project. But from the bright side of it, i'm going to have a one of the nicer 222 Stinger out there. I hope...

Some specs of the driveline:

Stock: Merc 260/Alpha1
Now: 2003 Chevy 350,Edelbrock Performer, Crane Cam/Alpha1

Things that will happen with the boat during the project:

*New transom -Done! 51mm thick
*New stringers -Done! Beefier supports than stock
*New paint
*New cockpit

Below are some pictures of the project:



Picture of the boat in my workshop




How it looked like before....




Really Hot! ...err..NOT

[Sebastian Petersson]

Some more pictures...



All is going away, but i'm keeping the gauges




Hope the 4" pipes fits




Brrrr...away!




Work, work, work...

[Sebastian Petersson]

Some new stuff going into the boat




Frozed and cracked during the transport to Sweden...




Get out!!




Out!




Quite nice condition on this one.

[Sebastian Petersson]

Anyone who has decals for such a thing?




Things started to look bad...




Cut the floor away...rotten.




Mmm...nice!




The "floor"

[Wally]

ouch that sucks! but like you said...it should be sweet when done! Good luck with it

[Sebastian Petersson]

Red gelcoat and a few layers of paint. Does someone have a suggestion on witch colour to pick for it?




Oups! Here the project changed from "light" to "massive"




No wonder why the stringers where cracked, must have flexed a bit...




Started to cut away all the bad stuff.




Me, myself and I

[Sebastian Petersson]

Away with all the bad stuff!



"Molds" for the new transom




New gelcoat from the inside




Starting to glass, The outer liminate is 10mm




3x12mm birch plywood with 1x300gr glass between each. Then i put some filler in all the corners to make a smooth radius for the glass mat.

[gbcoker]

You have definitely got your work cut out for you ( no pun intended ) can you say project... she'll be rite when she's done though.. Keep us posted with pics along the way.

[jonpalm]

Great to see that the project is up and running.

[C-C]

Fun to se moore swedish projects on this forum

kepp up the good paste of the work and it will be ready for the water in no time