MFG rebuild getting started pics

[Woodonglass]

I WILL be watching this one VERY CLOSELY!!!. Did you get your tablesaw fixed? I'm thinking it'll be getting some use in the near future.:sad:

 

[sphelps]

Not yet Woody ... :facepalm: the only saw I been using is the wet tile saw lately ... Gotta borrow a trailer to bring her home ... The original trailer looks sound but I ain't taking no chances .. Will use a flat trailer and roll it up and tie it down .. I think I can fit it into the garage next to the MFG if I get rid of some junk ...

 

[mickyryan]

damn I just left that trailer at the dump too cause I had no place to keep it !

 

[Patfromny]

Just ask your boss if you can borrow a bobcat trailer on a Saturday or Sunday. That would be my method. I'm not above groveling though.

 

[sphelps]

All the bosses trailers are up in GA at his hunting farm other than a really way over kill trailer he hauls the backhoe with ..
Got it worked out . SIL just bought a pretty large bass boat type trailer he is converting into a flat bed trailer .. Tomorrow I am gunna install a temporary deck on it and bring her home .. Looks like it will work just fine ..

 

[Patfromny]

Glad to here you've got it covered Sam, congrats and good luck...Bring on the pics

 

[sphelps]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

This is what happens when you spend too much time on c/l ..
https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/boa/d/1965-mfg-niagara-boat/6754564745.html
Yes I know I don’t need a project ..:facepalm:
But I would give the guy a couple hundred just for the windshield...
Maybe keep the trailer and sell the motor ..
Would be a shame to trash the old classic though ..
Idk decap and install a wood planked cap ?
WOG style ! With the lapstrake hull I bet it would look sweet !

 

[mickyryan]

Back atya!

 

[mickyryan]

did ya get the ole mfg?

 

[sphelps]

No just seen it on c/l

 

[mickyryan]

No just seen it on c/l

what time ya pickin it up

 

[kcassells]

Let me know if ya need a hand. Happy ThanksGiving Sam. Bird in oven since 10:00 pm. Slow cooking wrapped w/Bacon

 

[sphelps]

Gotta research the year/beam width .. If the windshield don’t fit mine it would be a definite no go ...

just checked specs .. My beam width is 5.5” inches wider .. Windshield may still be the same tough idk ...

 

[sphelps]

Just looked at that boat .. As I thought the windshield was to small for mine ..out:
Oh well still keeping an eye out ...

 

[kcassells]

well that's ok. You will get to sleep in the house this weekend.

 

[mickyryan]

Why not get one made?

 

[sphelps]

The original was made of glass with a good solid frame . Do you know of somewhere that can duplicate ?
‘That wouldn’t cost more than the boat is worth ?

 

[mickyryan]

Ahh thought it was the plexi type

 

[mickyryan]

If it's originally glass I bet it was from a car I seen a boat before with glass like that , guy told me it was same glass as a 60 Chevy I think it was

 

[sphelps]

Happy Fathers day everyone !!!
‘My dads gone but what better way to honor him then by taking his boat out for a good run .. Been needing to do that anyway ..She hasn’t been out in quite a while ...E-tec ran flawlessly as it should .. Unfortunately she is a mess right now and needs a really good cleaning and I need to do a little work on the trailer . Got a bit of rust and the paint is pealing in a few spots ..
Need to work on the lights and need some new chrome lug nuts .. Just ran it in the ditch / ICW .. Some folks don’t have

‘Much upstairs .. That pic of Chris at the helm was in a no wake zone .. That boat blew past me and the no wake sign ..
I’ll bet there was 10 people in that boat ..LOL !
Cheers everyone !!!