subzero Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 Hey Fishraiders, Its been a while since I've been on, have been putting on the finishing touches to the boat. Its finally finished after about 20 months of hard yakka. I've posted a few pics so tell us what u think. Bought it in July 2006. I replaced 2 pieces of plywood inthe transom. This took forever to get it looking right. Pulled the motor off and resprayed the whole thing. Time for undercoating. Geeez it was heavy.... Motor mounted and ready for testing.
subzero Posted April 18, 2008 Author Posted April 18, 2008 More pics.... Got the windows in. I had to cut the windscreen down to get it to fit. Bought it off Ebay for $80. Had to modify the front windows because one frame was missing. So I put in 10mm tinted perspex. Workeda treat. Inside the boat I put new seats in, rewired everything, new switch panel and added an AM/FM stereo. Finally on the water at Nelson Bay in April 2008. It went really well. The motor is a 60HP Mariner and did not disappoint. Rides on the plain really well.
tryhard Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 Top Job ! Gotta be happy with the outcome! I need to know your methodology in painting the fibreglass - I want to do something similar.
robeebee Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 that looks just fantastic mate congratulations on a job well done
subzero Posted April 19, 2008 Author Posted April 19, 2008 Top Job ! Gotta be happy with the outcome! I need to know your methodology in painting the fibreglass - I want to do something similar. It was basically just a lot of really hard work in rubbing it back trying to get most of the old paintwork off. My father-in-law and I sprayed on the undercoat on with our compressor, but I got a mate of mine to spray the top coat on in a spray booth and oven. I've posted a couple more pics below. Spraying the undercoat on took a whole weekend. The finished product out of the booth was awesome. A real glassy finish.
Flightmanager Posted April 19, 2008 Posted April 19, 2008 What did it end up costing to get it resprayed?I am thinking of giving mine a similar facelift. Ross
subzero Posted April 19, 2008 Author Posted April 19, 2008 What did it end up costing to get it resprayed?I am thinking of giving mine a similar facelift. Ross Basically my mate only charged me for the paint, and a couple hours labour. $400 at mates rates. Gotta be happy with that. All up after we bought it for $2000, we probably have spent another $3000 in completing the restoration. Rob.
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