we have started the restoration
removed the deck and the gas tank last week
will be regeling the bottom next week
and pluging the hole in the transom
will post pixs this week

Bring on the pics........

Are you going to be gelling the sides and deck, or just the bottom?? Paying someone outright to do the bottom, or are you involved?? I'm thinking of gelling my bottom, but maybe paint the rest to save work on mine, because I always seem to see paint coming off bottoms eventually.

pixs i have are to big i need to resize
does anyone know how may 27 squadrons were made under the cigarette name

In the last two years the closest I have gotten to finding that answer is that they were built from 81-83, and that mine is #12 built in july of '81 , "OCBarry" on here used to have an '81 that was #14 built two months later I think, and that someone posted a serial # of one on here that equated to one built in july?? of '83 that was #18. Since they only built them till '83, and they only built 4 in the two years preceding #18, it's probably safe to say they didn't build too many more that year. I'll assume there's "less than 20" , as I've heard, until I hear of a serial# later than XEX0270180783.

Sure wish somebody could tell us more.............

Tore out my old dash set up - too flimsy - not much left of original dash area - swiss cheese. Gonna do something different..............

I had an 86 Squadron - and it was not a CRT serial # - I read tons about how Don was still selling them through differant manufactures - I have a bunch of info - drop me a line [email protected]
Greg

hey guys we took a 1986 imperial striped the boat cut the deck off and built a awsome looking new deck then built a complete set of molds so if any one is interested in a new modern squadron e mail me at tony [email protected] for pics and more info

great idea. post some pics.

Heres the dash solution I came up with until I repaint the whole boat

Any pics of the new deck?????