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Re: 1979 MFG Caprice Rebuild
Here are some updated pictures. I still need to PB the sides of the transom and add the 1708 but it is in there.
The last picture is a concept I had for replacing the MFG logo on the side, mine is cracked and falling off. What do you think?
Re: 1979 MFG Caprice Rebuild
Thought I would also post some pictures of us creating templates for the bulkheads since I couldn't find much documentation on this. Is a little crude but effective. We created the transom template by tracing the outside of the transom to get it close then trimmed...
Re: 1979 MFG Caprice Rebuild
Got the transom out this weekend and I wasn't going to rebuild the floor under the front of the boat but found some rot so out it came. We found what you see below under the floor. Hey now I am making money on this boat right? Little bit of sarcasm but things really...
Just getting started on this one. I bought this boat last year and took it out a couple of times before the motor mounts gave out on me. Can't complain since I got this at a very good price and pretty much anything mechanical has been rebuilt or replaced. I notice the floor was soft when I...
