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Offline V153

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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2018, 04:03:21 PM »
Purty cool Joe.
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'81 Baja 15SS_140 Frankenrude_66.7 mph
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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2018, 07:34:23 PM »
Imo. Ditch the Vulva and go with a Mercruiser.
'81 C500_given away, bought back_75.1 mph
'81 Baja 15SS_140 Frankenrude_66.7 mph
'70 something SpeedCraft_(Allison 16R Clone)_69.0 mph
'79 CVZ19_given away
'71 V153_54.8 mph_wrecked


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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2018, 08:24:43 PM »
Imo. Ditch the Vulva and go with a Mercruiser.
Yep


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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #23 on: October 24, 2018, 10:03:56 AM »
Shawn hasn't expressed any interest in one of them ?

Maybe he has?
I think this has become an addiction.


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Re: 1975 Plumb CV16V8
« Reply #24 on: October 24, 2018, 02:50:14 PM »
Anybody else like to list your number / numbers ?   Just G/C please.   

This info should be posted/collected at a special place!   It'll get lost here.   My blue '74 CV16 is:  GCV02489M74I (or is that a 741?)   I don't think blue was a standard '74 color?
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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #25 on: October 24, 2018, 03:14:59 PM »
Roy .. Would have been Green or Plum.
Any traces of original color under vinyl or behind dash ?
I have SN that I've collected, I can post them if you'd like to see them.
Going to put them in " Vendor and Repair Resources " soon ... I'm just so (cough cough LAZY) bussy ..

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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #26 on: October 24, 2018, 03:57:08 PM »
Roy . . Would have been Green or Plum.
Any traces of original color under vinyl or behind dash?

Flake is 100% original!  I've had vinyl and dash apart for resto job, and the blue is even more beautiful "where the sun don't shine"!   Floor is solid, and appears to be original, too!   Did a major rebuild on the ABS dash, and used kevlar cloth for the rebuild.   What could be more appropriate for a James Bond boat?   Jel coat was shot, but I created my own resto process for the jel coat . . . spar varnish!   Note that my other boat is a mahogany Chris Craft that I've owned for many years, so I know how to lay down a good spar varnish job.   Several people have been shocked when I tell them that story!   Restoring the '73 Ev was a challenge, too!   Runs sweet now!   That picture was taken at an ACBS Classic Boat Show.   Thanks for your prompt response.
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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #27 on: October 24, 2018, 04:18:29 PM »
Could you post process/ pix of dash rebuild ?
We will be doing 2 soon


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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #28 on: October 24, 2018, 04:37:34 PM »
Interesting about color .. CV16SS were blue that year.
Your number is high, so later build.

Serial numbers posted here ..
http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=8012.0

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Please post your dash repair.
I'll add it to the "Vendor and Repair Resources" section, if thats OK with you ?

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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2018, 06:47:21 PM »
Could you post process/ pix of dash rebuild ?

Your plum CV looks about like my blue one when I found it!   I don't see any major damage, other than the sunburn.   My spar varnish isn't as nice as a good gel coat, but for a 44 year old boat, it's not half bad!   I've entered it in several ACBS shows, where it gets a lot of compliments!

My ABS dash was a mess.   ABS plastic does very poorly when exposed to so much sunshine.   I'm surprised they chose that chemistry for the dash.   The right end was missing, so I made a mold from the left end and made a new right end.   Two of the gauges fell right thru the holes, so I had to make new cups for them.    A yogurt cup made a good mold for the center gas gauge.   Drill a drainage hole at the bottom of each instrument recess.   The glove box door had a big hole where the original handle mounted.

I had some kevlar cloth from a previous project, but f'glass would work just fine for reinforcing the interior surface of the dash.   Scuff the entire interior surface with 100 g. sandpaper.   Use strips of f'glass cloth to fit the contours, and bond with 20 minute EPOXY (not polyester) resin.   The 20 min. cure time gives you time to get thing adjusted.   You'll need to apply some tape to the outside of the dash to pull cracked areas together.  Do a small section at a time, with time to cure that area before you move to the next area.    I used a piece of Formica to create a new face for my dash to rebuild the broken glove box door.   I found a friendly cabinet maker who had lots of interesting scrap pieces of Formica that were looking for a new application!

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Re: 1975 Plumb CV16V8
« Reply #30 on: October 24, 2018, 11:51:33 PM »
This info should be posted/collected at a special place!   It'll get lost here.   My blue '74 CV16 is:  GCV02489M74I (or is that a 741?)   I don't think blue was a standard '74 color?


The I at the end of your hull number means that it was built in April of 1974. That late in the production year your boat could have been either a special order blue, or built for 1975 promotional purposes. Advertising copy and brochures would have been shot in early summer and blue was a standard color for 1975.

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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #31 on: October 25, 2018, 12:09:01 AM »
Very interesting!   I'm not far from Art Carlson's factory in Garden Grove/Anaheim, CA   Thank you for that info.   So I've got myself a rare piece!
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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #32 on: October 25, 2018, 06:49:01 AM »

The I at the end of your hull number means that it was built in April of 1974. That late in the production year your boat could have been either a special order blue, or built for 1975 promotional purposes. Advertising copy and brochures would have been shot in early summer and blue was a standard color for 1975.

I was going to say the same thing. There seems to be some of this crossover in models. For the most part, they seem to follow the brochures but there are some "specials" out there.

Your blue seems a lot lighter than the blue they used those years but with fading and could have lightened it up quite a bit.
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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #33 on: October 25, 2018, 05:30:27 PM »
Your blue seems a lot lighter than the blue they used those years but with fading and could have lightened it up quite a bit.

Yes, I'm aware that my blue has faded, but I was more interested in putting a shine back onto the boat, rather than making it look like a new boat!   A new flake and gel coat job would also be very expensive!   It runs like new, though!

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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #34 on: October 25, 2018, 05:54:14 PM »
Thought it was just the camera angle, but it is a shade lighter then original blue then.
Did you wet sand it before varnish or was it to far gone to wet sand ?

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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #35 on: October 25, 2018, 10:48:54 PM »
Did you wet sand it before varnish or was it too far gone to wet sand ?

I didn't think it would look as nice as your boat, Greg, but decided to give it a try!   The gel coat was in bad shape, but I did wet sand first.   Got a lot of glitter in my water bucket!   There's no way to get a good smooth glitter coat!   I had to be careful not to sand thru the glitter.   The first coat of spar varnish made a huge improvement, so that was encouraging.  Then another wet sand followed by another spar varnish.   Then more wet sand, up to 1500 g. (usually called "color sanding" in the car culture), then polish and McGuires car wax!   Spar varnish doesn't get hard, like regular varnish or automotive paint, so wet sanding spar requires lots of water and patience, and a little car wash soap in the water.  Spar varnish is very important, not regular varnish!   I use Interlux Goldspar Clear, which also has UV protection.

This is obviously an unorthodox procedure on a 'glass boat,  so time will tell whether my experiment is any good!   This is the same procedure I use on my Chris Craft, except that I'm wet sanding mahogany, which some people also think is strange!

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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #36 on: October 25, 2018, 11:33:02 PM »
Like you said .. As long as it shines !'
Looks good from here !

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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #37 on: October 26, 2018, 01:41:39 PM »
I needed to climb onto the bow for access to the bow eye for tie-up at an ACBS show, and almost slid into the water because the surface was so slick!

Now we need to see some progress on Deuceman's CV16's!   Hey Deuceman, where'd you get that handle?   Do you have a '32 Ford?   (I just sold a nice Ford 302 roller cam engine that would have been perfect for your boat, if I weren't so far away!)
 
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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #38 on: October 27, 2018, 07:37:38 AM »
I needed to climb onto the bow for access to the bow eye for tie-up at an ACBS show, and almost slid into the water because the surface was so slick!

Now we need to see some progress on Deuceman's CV16's!   Hey Deuceman, where'd you get that handle?   Do you have a '32 Ford?   (I just sold a nice Ford 302 roller cam engine that would have been perfect for your boat, if I weren't so far away!)
 
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Hoping to get on the plum one early next year but we got lotta stuff going on right now. Not gonna have anything too exotic for a motor, I have a merc 225 (302 ford) that will prob go in it.
As for the handle...
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Re: 1975 Plum CV16V8
« Reply #39 on: October 27, 2018, 03:02:24 PM »
In the hot rod world, "Deuce" is a reference to the iconic '32 Ford.   Here's one that I built the chassis for:
1950 Chris Craft/Mercury
1974 CV-16/Evinrude 115 hp
1960 CVN-65/280,000 hp