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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Time to put the fiberglass skin back down. Lots of prep work before it happens and lots of concrete patio blocks when it does. Four snobs show up looking for food. I poured half a quart of resin on my deck and it could have been the smartest thing I have done in a long time. We then cut out the...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    The weather dictates what can and cant be done. At least it will help with cleaning out the boat. The new gas tank comes in. Not a simple plug in and done. It took a rainy day to get it ready for install. In the process of the install we prepare for the future. Then it's time to put down some of...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    With the deck removed it's time to take out the gas tank. It don't start off well or end well. The Awl tells all. What's up with the price of wood?? We solve a mystery. After days of rain we start on the deck. The storms come back and the property is hit again by lightening. My special bilge paint.
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Lucky enough I have another Nova 19 sitting right beside it. As I said I will take a cheat any day. 😜
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We have to cut our new transom for the Volvo 280T. Time to get out the laser and a whole lot of courage. We then do some more work to the outside of the transom. We will be back at it many times, I'm sure. With that done it time to move on to another major project. We have to see the gas tank...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    The weather is driving us nuts. One day it's 65 degrees and the next its 95. Really hard to make fiberglass resin kick off consistent. We continue to fill in the transom and then start the stringer project. There is a lot to replace and a lot of glass to put on them. And...then I screw up. A...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    New video tonight!
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    First we spend some money and then start the transom install project. We are moving along and then I break a bone... but that's not going to stop us. It will take longer though.... This is all about wood and glass.
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    The John Allmand - Super Nova Project. With the trailer done for now It's time to start on the hull. The first thing we have to do is remove anything that has to go. The transom, parts of stringers, motor mounts, all of it and it's going to be a mess. Another expensive box arrives and it comes...
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    Glassing Stringers - First Time

    IMHO if it's still slightly tacky on the outside you are good to go but a good sand would get rid of any mistakes and start you off fresh.
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    PVC stringers?

    Foam, seacast, 2X10, plywood, air, balsa, etc, etc.... have all been used. IMHO the more solid the core the less glass you need. In the Nova race boat they are balsa with a least a 1/4 to 3/8ths of a inch of glass on all sides. In the 1959 Biesemeyer its a 2X10 ...covered just enough you can...
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    Glassing Stringers - First Time

    If you didn't use wax it should be good for a few days. If the surface still feels a little sticky you are good. As for stringer corners I just knock off the corner with my disk grinder. It don't have to be perfect just no sharp edges.
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    Paint Recommendations please

    If you use Rustoleum or any oil based paint be sure to add so Valspar enamel hardener to it so it will dry in a hour.
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    New Episode comes out Friday.
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    The project of taking 4 feet off the overall length of the trailer goes on to completion. At one point we even break out the welder. We then put the boat back on the trailer. There is a change of plans about taking the top off the boat next. We make more progress and then the weather makes us...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    The John Allmand SuperNova Project. The weather is not being our friend but we are still chugging along on the John Allmand. Everything must go! Now we have to find room for everything we need to keep. This always is the worst time. Everything that is coming in for the boat along with what we...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    To start the season we get new shoes on the race boat's trailer so we can move it because the way it is it's not going anywhere. We then do a little urban exploring into the 1972 John Allmand - Super Nova 19 and get to see what it looks like empty.
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    What's up bro? Ya I have been off iboat (posting) for a while even though I have been in their store enough. I really haven't been on many boat forums at all after the majority of them focused their attention on their Bookface accounts. I don't do bookface. Was in the iboat's store last night...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Just started a restoration of a John Allmand Super Nova19 that had been chopped up (inside) and then left in the weeds for decades. The first thing I had to do is get it from MO to MD. Time to contact UShip....
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    Vertical shaft help.

    Hey folks. Just found the holy grail a few months ago for me. It's a Volvo Penta 250 A drive. (A= 1.31 to 1). Took it out for the first time today and for the couple minutes I got to use it, it was just what the doctor ordered for my boat's woes. Then this happened, Snapped the top couple...
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