60'-70's era wooden boat project, damaged need a repairer??
Posted: 10 Jan 2011, 08:55
Hi everyone i have just purchased a 60's/70's era wooden ski boat, unfortunately i have no idea what the make of the boat is, the boat is approx 15 feet long, has a 283 inboard chev motor. ive looked for a build plate and cannot find anything. the guy before me had repainted it the bottom was done correctly, but he removed the rego numbers and has to find the paperwork for them, the top however was painted in blue non slip factory floor paint! only picked the boat up last night, wasting no time! myself, partner and another couple with the help of mates dad got stuck into it at 7am Yesterday morning (sat 8th jan 2011).
First job was removing all the interior, flooring and exterior accessories, then into the hull with heat guns and paint scrappers, got most of the blue floor paint removed. found several coats actually, has once been black, yellow and originally it looks as if it was red! previous owner had horridly painted the metal plate attaching the rudder in the lovely blue as well, both the ladies got stuck into removing that and polishing up all the silverware/brass.
Next step we hit it with the sanders and was actually surprised, we expected the hull to be in alot worse condition then it is in for a nearly 50 yo boat. found that the nose had brass around the point, the old owners had also painted over that to. there were two gauges in the dash, and Speedo in a cup on top, but originally it had tacho in the dash with a guage on either side.
Original tank is starting to corrode from rust so while this is removed we got started in another measuring up checker plate and started welding it together, have baffled it as well.
Looking at the clock we realised it was around the 4pm mark and decided to call it a day, taking her outside to vacuum it all out then wash it down, while we were doing this we decided to check for leaks as we figured if water can leak out then it can leak in as well! were disappointed to find two leaks! nothing to major one we knew about as found putty under the floor the other was a surprise but should be an easy fix!
the plan for the boat is to get it to a level which is usable this summer and then during winter restore her to her former glory!
Nathan
First job was removing all the interior, flooring and exterior accessories, then into the hull with heat guns and paint scrappers, got most of the blue floor paint removed. found several coats actually, has once been black, yellow and originally it looks as if it was red! previous owner had horridly painted the metal plate attaching the rudder in the lovely blue as well, both the ladies got stuck into removing that and polishing up all the silverware/brass.
Next step we hit it with the sanders and was actually surprised, we expected the hull to be in alot worse condition then it is in for a nearly 50 yo boat. found that the nose had brass around the point, the old owners had also painted over that to. there were two gauges in the dash, and Speedo in a cup on top, but originally it had tacho in the dash with a guage on either side.
Original tank is starting to corrode from rust so while this is removed we got started in another measuring up checker plate and started welding it together, have baffled it as well.
Looking at the clock we realised it was around the 4pm mark and decided to call it a day, taking her outside to vacuum it all out then wash it down, while we were doing this we decided to check for leaks as we figured if water can leak out then it can leak in as well! were disappointed to find two leaks! nothing to major one we knew about as found putty under the floor the other was a surprise but should be an easy fix!
the plan for the boat is to get it to a level which is usable this summer and then during winter restore her to her former glory!
Nathan
