blazeracer
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Got the hull stripped. The only things remaining are are the pump, the gas tank and the wiring. Found a bad spot in the floor that was under the driver seat pedestal mount. Next weekend will be glassing in a new floor.
This Sunday's progress.
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Last Mohecian
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You been busy. Looks like you gettin it done. I'm going to be over at Store Decor most of the week this week. Are you keeping the boat at the shop or taking it back home? I may swing by and check it out if it's staying at the shop.
blazeracer
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No, it's back at the house now. I'll have to take it over an evening during the week and get the old floor cut out, then get a piece of ply cut to fit and glass the back side so it's ready to go. From what I can tell the runners underneath were good and the foam was dry. Found some original vinyl in a side panel.
Last Mohecian
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blazeracer said:
Be sure to use marine grade or at the very least MDO. Chaddock keeps marine grade in stock. I have a couple of sheets of MDO to build seats for the cruiser. Since I have not started the cruiser seats yet, I'd sell you a sheet for what I paid if you want to use MDO. If it's just a little patch I may have enough scrap marine grade from when I did the Rebel floor.
http://www.craddocklumber.com/
blazeracer
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That's the plan, marine grade. I probably only need a half sheet for the floor but the rest will still get used. One of the front seats will need to be rebuilt and a side panel also.
Last Mohecian
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blazeracer said:
Cool. I don't have a full sheet of marine grade but craddock does keep it. I used the west system epoxy resin when I did my floor. I was very pleased with it. Chad helped me with it. It was not really that big of a project.
blazeracer
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Last Mohican said:
I did the full floor in my VIP on my own. This one is only a small patch job in comparison. I just picked up the plywood from Craddock, $72 out the door for a 4'x8'x1/2". I was going to get 3/8" for the floor but the 1/2" was actually cheaper by like $8 so I can use the remainder for seats.
blazeracer
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Glad to see you made it to Georgia.. Figured you were on the road and that's why you were so quiet yesterday.
blazeracer
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Well, we bought 33 refrigerators yesterday. The shop is full almost to the door!! The weather looks cool and clear for Sunday so this weekends work on the floor will have to be done outdoors, unless we sell like 25 fridges before Saturday. LOL
Luckily fiberglass resin is a chemical reaction and doesn't care what the temperature is outside.
Luckily fiberglass resin is a chemical reaction and doesn't care what the temperature is outside.
blazeracer
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'78 Crusader said:
I think it's still going to be around 50 outside. I might have enough fridges moved to the "For Sale" side of the shop to get half the boat in anyway. Then lower the door and get a dryer running.
blazeracer
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Went to hook the boat up and take it to the shop this moring... Started cranking and jack and SNAP went the guts.. Just spent the morning putting a new jack on the trailer. It was a pain because the new one is 1/4" diameter larger than the old one. Got it all die grinded out and installed. It's amazing good it cranks up and down now...
Anyway, time to get on started on the floor.
Anyway, time to get on started on the floor.
blazeracer
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Mine's only bolted on, but I had to jack the boat up off of the trailer and remove the piece there the winch mounts to, then grind the hole bigger.. TWICE because mine goes through two plates, the go get stainless bolts to remount it because the old ones were rusted out.
Hey man, are you back home now?
Hey man, are you back home now?
Crusader
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Ya, we pulled into McKinney at 1300 today. Phew, long drive from Atlanta. I left ATL at 0130 Dallas time this morning and made the run home in 11 1/2 hours. Needless to say there were no cops, no traffic and for me, no speed limit!! Lol. A Ford can handle that kind of long distance abuse too!! Lol
Last Mohecian
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Hey Cliff, My big boat had a welded on jack. At some point someone cut it off and added bolt on one. Not the best looking but definitely a DIY fix if you don't have welding skillz. You might be the exception but in my experience most Ford guys can't weld. They tend to fix their junk by replacing it with a Chevy.
blazeracer
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Last Mohican said:
I have a welder here in the shop Cliff. We can hook it up whenever you are ready.. My trailer is aluminum, so welding was out even if I wanted to.