Tommymonza, thanks for the input. I'm not doing anything to the windshield, not now anyway.
The off white/cream color is growing on me...

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Thanks for keeping us updated on the resto. If memory serves, on the last old scarab we restored, the brackets set the swim platform almost flush with the rubrail on the transom corners, providing clearance for the thru- hull exhaust. That was a 34 though. Hopefully this helps. Nick

We've got the engines just about put together...

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The drives are primed now. They will be hull color with the lowers prolly silver...

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The hull is laid over on the starboard side now. I dislike bottom paint. I know you have to use it if you leave a boat in the water. But boy it sure does ugly a boat up. Especially one of these. My son and myself just about got it all sanded off the port side tonight. There are a few chips, gouges and divets to be repaired. Looks like this boat was pulled onto a lot of islands in its lifetime as the front of the keel is pretty rough. I'll be repairing that with epoxy and we won't be nosing it into the gravel anymore, not intentionally anyway...

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Thanks Nick, yeah we spent a lot of time trying to make it work the way I wanted to but I just couldn't get myself satisfied with it. Thanks for the info.

A better photo of the transom..

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Matching the drives to the color of the transom (hull) works very well............very impressed with the off white/cream as it all blends in perfectly rather than the Mercury black.

Wow! Just Wow! I am about two months away from embarking on a similar (but not as involved) restoration on a Scarab II with Kaama Surface drives. You are an inspiration!!! LOL!

great project -- don't let the train run outa steam!!

Thanks guys, we finished sanding the left side this evening. My son Dylan's been a big help on this part. Have I mentioned how I dislike bottom paint?

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I need to get to painting the bottom on mine I hate the black bottom plus they did a trap job in the first plCe. What brand/type of paint you using on your project?