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bigboat28 01-29-2014 09:59 AM

Have you got anymore work done?

AnurajShah 04-10-2014 08:21 PM

any progress?

Nmbr1GMfan 05-09-2014 08:49 PM


Originally Posted by sparky24 (Post 4052931)
That transom looks rotted man

Had it checked with a moisture meter and was told it was damp but not enough to redo it, especially since everything was being sealed up tight.

Nmbr1GMfan 05-09-2014 09:02 PM


Originally Posted by bigboat28 (Post 4065391)
Have you got anymore work done?


Originally Posted by AnurajShah (Post 4104726)
any progress?

I do have some more done, no picture as of yet. painting the trans. and complete drive. Waiting to get the boat in to get wet sanded, buffed then the plastic white rubrail looks terrible IMO so it's getting replaced with a more original stainless rail. should have that in getting done in a couple weeks. Unfortunately I only have time to work on projects from November-January and I just didn't get it completed in time, so it's slow going. I also know there are tons of other little things I could do to this thing, I mean its an old boat. I'm just not going to put 50k into a boat that will never be worth 20k, so Im going to fix the squirrels nest of wiring, fix the engine, the unsafe fuel system and tidy up things so we can have some fun. I'll post pictures as soon as I have some significant progress.

vintage chromoly 05-10-2014 06:51 AM

I would seriously consider addressing the transom NOW.

Sealing up a wet transom is a bad idea.

Nmbr1GMfan 05-10-2014 10:15 AM


Originally Posted by vintage chromoly (Post 4119976)
I would seriously consider addressing the transom NOW.

Sealing up a wet transom is a bad idea.

I had someone look at it that knows this stuff better than I do. He would have gotten the job so he had nothing to gain by telling me not to do it. He said it wasn't wet enough to touch and he looked at the gimble studs and said if it were wet the studs would be corroded and they aren't. I do however appreciate everyone's input since I really don't have extensive knowledge concerning the marine environment.

Nmbr1GMfan 05-10-2014 06:35 PM

As promised here are a few pics from today. Got it jacked up and got under the floor as best as I could and flushed out the hull, at first I figured I was washing out excess soda from blasting the bilge. Actually what I found was a bunch of sand.
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...psf34fb277.jpg
Next I pulled the carpet up and pulled the windshield off. As you can see from previous pics the windshield had been painted white, Im going to try to strip it and polish it back to original.
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps6zgz8vq2.jpg

Nmbr1GMfan 05-10-2014 06:40 PM

I pressure washed the carpet, you should have seen the dirt wash out of it, ewwww. I stuck it over a rack and placed it in the oven still warm from yesterday for drying. If its relatively ok I'll put it back in, I think its the original carpet.
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...psirwxtuga.jpg

Nmbr1GMfan 05-10-2014 06:54 PM

And just for fun, whats this and whats it in?
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/f...psckzb38lw.jpg

vintage chromoly 05-10-2014 07:53 PM

Nice "w" engine.


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