Good afternoon again-
THanks for the welcome words. I don't think I NEED to join the national forum, especially if it is dead. And as this group is active, and if it's not crazy to join a regional group, I am happy to be here. Done.
The ice on the lake is feet thick, and although a good deal of our snow melted away during the past 2 days of warm weather, I won't be actively working on the boat for quite a while. Plenty of time to look through past forum-posts here, and look over photos of other cv boats.
I note that someone in Poland has bow medallions (and other decals) listed on Ebay- I have an intact bow medallion, but no emblem. Does he (or someone on this list) have the CV decals? I "ebay-messaged" him, but no response yet. That medallion-decal seems to be one of the few parts missing from this boat- that, and the center of the steering wheel (which may not be original...). and the carpeted plywood bits that go on either side of the engine cover, just below some vinyl padding. Most everything else seems to be there.
I am planning to read, and study, and then later, after snow-melt, start cleaning and inspecting, and see if the engine fires up. With luck, it could be on the water this Summer!
Sincerely,
Bob W (Hillsboro, New Hampshire, USA)