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Old 05-09-2010 | 12:34 PM
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Chasing Grams;Fitting the deck ,those 5 gallon plastic buckets are what it normally sits on


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Another of the deck going on.Bottom photo you can see how the transom laminate was layered down the side.




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Old 05-09-2010 | 12:42 PM
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Setting up to glass deck to the hull and it must be "exactly level" before you start,the deck not only keeps the sunlight out but completes the Box beam so to speak.Beside the wall fan is a 12' File.


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Fairing started this goes quick I used a shop made fairing compound with a little of the base resin in it.


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Mr Bill Forestall doing the interior,He did Dannys interiors at Powerplay, I built two Pods for the driver and Throttle man the Dash was kind of like a old Vette, Mr Sharkey is around here somewhere.
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Side shot.
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Transom Prior to finishing ,Carbon fiber S-Glass E-Glass and Kevlar pads under the Bobs Brackets.
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Transom again that may be Mr Sharkey's hat.
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Ready for paint.


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Out of time it has to go to the race.

Seats are off a mold Forestall had.



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