1981 Shadow Cat Restoration thread
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Not to much of an update this weekend. Spent about 6 hrs grinding away. Im unfortunately going to recore the last 5 ft of the boat before much else. I will have to at least have the transom in before that so I actually have something holding it together. I also added a "temporary" transom. After grinding/sanding the transom it's barely 1/8" thick and started to get wavy. I had a few sheets of 4x8 azek? (plastic wood) that I mounted to hold everything in place. Hopefully my tent holds up so I can work in the rain.
In case anyone was curious, the transom was 3 layers of 1/2 balsa, the sides are 1 and the bottom/tunnel is 2 layers... This is deff going to suck!!
In case anyone was curious, the transom was 3 layers of 1/2 balsa, the sides are 1 and the bottom/tunnel is 2 layers... This is deff going to suck!!
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Not to much of an update this weekend. Spent about 6 hrs grinding away. Im unfortunately going to recore the last 5 ft of the boat before much else. I will have to at least have the transom in before that so I actually have something holding it together. I also added a "temporary" transom. After grinding/sanding the transom it's barely 1/8" thick and started to get wavy. I had a few sheets of 4x8 azek? (plastic wood) that I mounted to hold everything in place. Hopefully my tent holds up so I can work in the rain.
In case anyone was curious, the transom was 3 layers of 1/2 balsa, the sides are 1 and the bottom/tunnel is 2 layers... This is deff going to suck!!
In case anyone was curious, the transom was 3 layers of 1/2 balsa, the sides are 1 and the bottom/tunnel is 2 layers... This is deff going to suck!!
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Holy crap i saw that boat up in morristown in the fall figured that thing was beyond repair! I should have known that was the one you bought when you said you where restoring it.. Well def watching this rebuild as i saw the before in person lol
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, but I'm trying. As long as I can find some balsa, I should have the transom at least tabbed back in this weekend. With any luck I'll see you on the lake this summer.
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For the time being. For 3g's a piece I'm told Montyracing.com can make them a reliable 400 hp+. Obviously at that point I'm going to have to do the sportmaster lowers. I obviously would rather have a set of 300 mercs but first I have to worry about finishing the boat. Just got pricing on Bobs extreme jackplates... $1035 a side.


