rbcoomer
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Great stuff and good to leave it on a high feeling positive! Enjoy your hols 
BIG.SMOKE's (attempted?) classic speedboat restoration
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chi-girl
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a good start made there.
have nice hols
have nice hols
Captain Coochie
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Looks like your pinstriping is inlaid . I got mine back from the cnc'ers today ....
I just need to tweak the nav light over as some idiot didnt put it on central
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I just need to tweak the nav light over as some idiot didnt put it on central
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chi-girl
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that looks superb.
penfold
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Indeed lovely; that wants putting in a glass case so it can sit on a very large mantlepiece.
Captain Coochie
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Oh no ! She needs to be in the water ! I'm still searching for that all important 1960's short shaft outboard though .
chi-girl
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there must be some lovely outboards as i saw a 100hp outboard today about late 1960s in green and loads of chrome
Captain Coochie
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Ooooooooooo . I think 100hp may be a little overkill for this little boat though 
Although saying that i bet someone would try it
Although saying that i bet someone would try it 
BIG.SMOKE
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Wow, a whole year has passed since my lat update!
Well I finally decided after umming and arring wether to even keep it or not! To put some time into the old girl.
So I had a week off work so managed to take her from
this;
to this;
Sanded stained and varnished (all epifanes) the deck, re-caulked and fitted fittings.
Sanded and painted hull.
Next up, re-upholstering the white leather bench seats & re fit the white leather around the rim of the cockpit. Oww and maybe add an outboard ;-)
For those with a keen eye, you may notice a windscreen fitting has gone missing, it drives me crazy every time I look at it :-(
Well I finally decided after umming and arring wether to even keep it or not! To put some time into the old girl.
So I had a week off work so managed to take her from
this;
to this;
Sanded stained and varnished (all epifanes) the deck, re-caulked and fitted fittings.
Sanded and painted hull.
Next up, re-upholstering the white leather bench seats & re fit the white leather around the rim of the cockpit. Oww and maybe add an outboard ;-)
For those with a keen eye, you may notice a windscreen fitting has gone missing, it drives me crazy every time I look at it :-(
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Firefly625
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excellent work, great to see an old speedboat getting some love..... now where is that classic merc.... you found one yet?
landlockedpirate
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Fantastic job, its great to see classic boats brought back to life.
Noticed this engine on eBay, no connection just thought it might suit.
Vintage Evinrude
Or this One:
Bigger vintage Evinrude
Noticed this engine on eBay, no connection just thought it might suit.
Vintage Evinrude
Or this One:
Bigger vintage Evinrude
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BIG.SMOKE
Active Member
Dont loose those brackets that are holding the windscreen on . I cant find new ones anywhere
You won’t believe this, In-between the year they were in storage, one went missing.... I'm sooooo p*ssed off I can’t even tell you....
Anyway, onto more positive things....
seats have been cleaned (just for this season) I'll get them re-upholstered in the winter. Steering wheel thoroughly cleaned and sprayed white.
Big roll of new white leather for the cabin trim. New coated wire for the steering.
Also, I’m sure this will stir up some controversy, but I ordered a new 15hp 4 stroke mercury outboard, I probably will source a 40 or 50hp classic Evinrude or similar at some point, but to be fair, this is only going to be used for sunny days inland, so a big noisy smokey 2 stroke just didn’t fit the bill!
All going on Saturday.
All the best,
B.
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BIG.SMOKE
Active Member
Got the white leather and steering wheel in the cockpit over the weekend as planned.
I also found the last windscreen bracket!
Also - the shiny turned up yesterday mmmm......
Another job for the weekend!
That's all for now,
B.
I also found the last windscreen bracket!
Also - the shiny turned up yesterday mmmm......
Another job for the weekend!
That's all for now,
B.
Goodfella
New Member
This will be the last update for 3 weeks as im off to Turkey
Famous last words.... I met the girl I'm marrying this year on that holiday ha ha....
I almost forgot about this thread, and completely forgot the password to my old login..
The old girl made it to the water eventually:
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CLB
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Blimey, six and a half years between updates. That has to be a record. Well done on the resto though, looks great. You still got it?
Goodfella
New Member
Unfortunately not.... A crew of Eastern Europeans came over and re-leaved it of its outboard (along with loads of others accross Essex, Brandy Hole/Essex Marina/Burnham-On-Croach ect ect) including one poor boat owner who's outboards where fixed on so well they sawed around them and sunk it.... I sold it just after.
I didn't want to put that in the final build post as I wanted it to finish on a high note!
CLB
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What a shame and sad ending to the story. Hope karma gets the scumbags, I know the law is unlikely to.
