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Offline still_fishin

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Maggie's minivan
« on: March 28, 2019, 09:33:10 PM »
Here we go again...I wish it was falling apart rotten. 

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2019, 09:39:50 PM »
That is amazing progress if you accomplished that all in one day.   I've followed several of the 23 restos on here, they seem to be a bit out of my ambition range.    Good time of year though to do the tear out, cool enough to wear the protective gear when grinding out the glass, yet warm enough to have the desire to work on a boat.    Good luck, look forward to seeing progress.
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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2019, 08:14:18 AM »
Two days so far.  Motor comes out Monday,  it would be out already but your standard engine hoists don't have the reach to clear the swim platform or the trailer from the side. 

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2019, 08:23:05 AM »
HUGE project Tim !
Feel your pain … In one picture, wood looks tabbed but not fully wrapped.
She'll be a sweet ride when your done.

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2019, 11:54:04 AM »
Wow great progress! really goin at 'er!
Are you planning on doing wood replacement or composite? Or a mix?
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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2019, 02:23:20 PM »
Possibly composites. 

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2019, 03:18:38 PM »
Today's progress included pulling the motor, the last of the floor and one motor mount stringer that weighed about 20 pounds.  Water drained out from the stringer when I cut it out.  I see an incredible amount of grinding in my future.  This boat isn't nearly rotten enough. 

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2019, 07:11:31 PM »
First time I have heard someone want their boat more rotten.
I think this has become an addiction.


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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2019, 07:31:34 PM »
My Intimidator was awesome for the tear down. I could kick the stringers out of the way.

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2019, 05:02:24 PM »
I siphoned out about 30 gallons out of the tank today.  Then found an area about 6"in diameter that looked suspect.  I did some scraping off the area and uncovered an 1/8" hole.  Yay. It seems the damage was only where the foam was making contact near the center of the tank.  From day one i thought this thing spelled like the tank had a small leak.  I'd like to get a poly tank but I don't think I want to spend $400-$500 on a new one.  I may have this one repaired instead. I also noticed the rim where the sender mounts looks like there is some corrosion that also needs attention. I also removed about half of the structure and the tabbing that went with it.  I used a sawzal to cut the tabbing, removed the wood,  then used a thin scraper and a hammer to remove all the tabbing. Way easier than grinding all that glass away. 

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2019, 05:05:27 PM »
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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2019, 05:31:59 PM »
Good progress !

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2019, 05:38:11 PM »
Coming along well!! I did the same thing with a lot of my tabbing. Was slightly alarming how easy it was..


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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2019, 08:19:02 PM »
I spent some time and money at Express Composites today.  I asked lots of questions in the interest of speeding this whole rebuild up.  The most interesting was that a lot of people that do this far more often then most of us don't use cabasil to bed the stringers.  Some use nothing,  others use a urathane sealant that comes in a caulk tube. Express carries this product....M1 something something at about $12 a tube.  It is similar to Volcum, a urathane sealant that the big box home improvement stores carry, with the Volcum being 1/3 the cost.  I'll go ahead be the guinea pig and bed mine with this method (volcum). It has to be better then nothing at all,  which was the method glastron used on our boat. I also chose to build the structure out of wood like I have the last few. 

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2019, 03:07:20 AM »
Thinking back to my conversation with Express Composites they called the M1 something sn adhesive not a sealant.  I thought fully cured it had the consistency of volcum.

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2019, 07:10:51 AM »
I have a belly tank from the Baja 260 in good shape if you're interested.  Fairly certain it is larger than the one you have, but it might be close enough to tweak your design to accommodate.  I'll take some dims tonight.
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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2019, 02:57:54 PM »
I got the boat off the trailer and the hull split today.  Now I'm just waiting on some neighborly help to get the top side off and onto the trailer. Then the hull moves into the garage for some climate controlled rebuilding.

Mike,  I'm just going to have the tank I have repaired. Thanks for the offer. 

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2019, 05:45:31 PM »
Are you waiting for help ?
OR
Do you need help ?

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2019, 11:03:31 PM »
A dozen Coors, three neighbors,  and the top is on the trailer.  Now the rebuild can start. 

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Re: Maggie's minivan
« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2019, 08:56:55 AM »
Sweet!
It doesn't look like you've had to deal with much foam in the hull. Did it not have much or are you pouring gas over it or something to make it disappear?
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