Hi Guys, I've been away for a while.

[cbe317]

Last December, I had some things happen that forced me to temporarily close off many parts of my life. *I won't go into details. *One thing I had to give up was boating as well as this forum.

But all those things are past me now and I am back to working on the V!! *And, I am back here!!

I am now in the process of doing a cap off restoration.

I will start a thread in the repairs forum soon.

I know you guys like pictures so I'll post the first ones here.

This is what I started with.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/cbe317/21cf0418.jpg



I used the boat about 25 hours last summer. *It ran OK. *Always fiddling with the sea drive to get it running right. *But then I started to notice alot of water in the bilge. *So after the season was over I took it out and found this:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/cbe317/Boatteardown003.jpg

The transom was rotten. *Bad. *That lower sea drive mounting hole is the culprit. *Notice the wood just above it. *It's unaffected. *Stupid wood! >:(


So, *I stripped the Boat down:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/cbe317/Boatteardown008.jpg

Here's the POS sea drive getting ready to be picked up. *I sold it as a parts motor on ebay for $200:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/cbe317/Boatteardown010.jpg


And then I pulled it apart:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/cbe317/Boatteardown014.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/cbe317/Boatteardown016.jpg

I haven't yet gotten to cutting into the transon. *I am going to clean all that foam out. *It's pretty waterlogged.
Here's a shot of the guts:



http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/cbe317/Boatteardown013.jpg

I will start a new thread soon in the repairs section to document this process. *I hope to talk to all of you soon. * I will be celebrating July 4th with some nice fiberglass grinding and foam digging.

Hope y'all have a safe 4th!! ;D


Chris

[willy]

good luck to ya brother, that looks like a labor of love, looking forward to the pics. ;D

[dragn3]

MAN, I WISH I HAD ALL OF YOUR DRIVE AND DETERMINATION ;D SHE WILL BE SWEET WHEN YA GET'R DONE!!!

[macojoe]

Well when your done she will be brand new!! And should last a life ime!

Good Luck!

[tsubaki]

You going bracket and outboard or what?
Good lookin so far.

[reelapeelin]

When the man makes a comeback, he makes a COMEBACK!!...nice work 8) ... and thanks for shairin' the pix ;) ...

[Mac_Attack]

Welcome back! Keep posting w/ pics. Good luck with your restoration. Billy Mac ;D

[bradford]

Good luck with that restore! I'm scared to take mine apart like that for fear of it not going back together perfectly! We're starting to get quite a few members in the Savannah Ga/Hilton Head SC area. I see a V20 Get together in our future!

[parishht]

Keep postin pix. ;D

Like B said, I should tear mine apart too,
but I am afraid I will get so far and then not be able to complete. :o :o :o

I will continue to live vicariously through others rebuilds,
and just do what is needed to mine. ;) ;) ;D