I took the whole interior out

Audiofn,

Your to be commended. I can't imagine being able to do that. It's gonna look great!

It looks great!!! You an say "I did it"!!!!!

This is the glassing in of the windows. I have to thank Glassdave and others for all the help with all my questions on this one. I have done some fiberglassing before however it was on surfboards and the glass was MUCH thinner. This just took some getting used to but as soon as I got in the groove was not so bad. The hardest part seems to be getting the resin out of the cup before it sets off. I sanded all the windows out with 36 grit and then sanded it back down with a HUGE hutchins DA. So far I am very happy with how it came out. I ran out of hardener and resin so tomarrow I am going to get the final coat on before I head up to Maine for a party.

Oooh, I wish my 311SR1 had a porthole or 2. Hurts me to see the windows all getting chucked. Does look better, though.

I'm agreein with several others on the White Paint with vinyl graphics.

I got the '91 Imron job in a blue/pinkish red/yellow. It rocks. To date (11 years later) I have never seen my exact color combo and pattern except for a 242 "baby sister" I ran across in Atlanta.

I got a pix somewhere. Not that I have the gall to proclaim my hull job to be one you should want, but just to offer more visuals for you to consider (since you seem to wish to stay with Formula factory patterns, which I admire).

Another thing, somebody once mentioned that Thunderbird did not begin bonding AND screwing the topdecks to the hulls until 1990. A guy with a late 80's 311 said he removed the rubrail and used screwdrivers to pry the hull joint apart a little at a time, and squirted 3M 5200 (a miracle adhesive if there ever was one) in the gap and screwed the rubrail back on as he worked his way around. Said the boat was a totally different animal, being virtually flex-free and quiet with no more squeaking and groaning over chop. Just thought I'd mention it since it is not an expensive thing to do and sounds like it has remarkable results.

I pulled some rubrail off to check mine, but it appears bonded and screwed. If anybody knows for sure, let me know (my boat is dang solid feeling).

M

What year is yours? They started bonding the hulls in I believe it was 1986. I was the one that seperated the hull halfs and yes it does seem to have made a very possitive change

Jon

Windows on the Starboard side done

Port side almost there

11pm and I am still there

keep up the hard work she is looking good

its 11 oclock do you know where audio is???