It's been a long two weeks, going through a move and work has been busy, but I was able to get some good progress on the boat. As far as the engine is concerned I installed the mallory distributor and ignition coil, just wanted to see how it looked, I bought a new starter motor, gear reduction style which is so much lighter than that old boat anchor ford one haha. I ordered a new windshield from UPD, should be ready by the end of June.
I finished boxing in the stern on both sides, it was quite an involved process making the patterns for those pieces, so many angles...I plan to fill them up partially with foam for some safety flotation. I cut out some holes in the panels for the cables, hoses, etc to come through.
I have both of the original vent louvres that go on each side, they are pretty rough though and the plating is peeling off one of them... I considered having them re-chromed but the quote I got was way to expensive for what they are, I also tried finding a used pair online but they seem to be super rare. After talking with my dad about it for a while I set sights on recreating the same vents but in stainless steel. I drew the vent in solidworks as a flattened out pattern, I found a company that does quick turnaround sheet metal laser cutting for a very nice price so I decided to give it a try. I am using 18ga 304L stainless sheet. I have access to a tig welder(and someone who is experienced at welding haha) and a sheet metal brake so I should be all set, will update with progress on that one, I just feel like stainless is what they should have used from the factory...
I received my gauge set and switches, still waiting on the ignition switch which was backordered...
Also I ordered a pound of metal flake for the gelcoat, its from rothmetalflake and the color is "voodoo bloo". This will probably disappoint the guys who like the more traditional glastron gelcoat pattern, but I decided on a completely different color scheme:) The plan is to have a stripe of the blue that follows the lines of the current white/blue transition, and then the rest will be black, probably unconventional but I think it will be pretty sharp, see my rather terrible attempt at editing a photo below for the concept:)
Anyways I hope everyone is staying safe:)
