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    Treated plywood on aluminum deck

    Have you taken the deck boards up to see if you have any corrosion forming where it makes contact with the treated ply ? Bare wood to bare aluminum might start at some point . If some sort of barrier in between the 2 then it may be ok . Idk . Certainly something to keep an eye on . New transom...
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Maybe silly but I thought this was kinda cool .. Under a plank at the transom I found this 1962 penny .. This boat was produced in 62 .. I think I’m gunna put it back where I found it on the rebuild for the heck of it ..
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Flashback , all the screws are original silicon bronze and have held up really well . I’ll be going back in with new SB .. This is one of those bucket list things that if ya don’t pull the trigger soon enough in life you might not get to it .. Unless ya got the cake to go buy one already...
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    This was the one I was looking for …The last screw holding the bottom planks on .. LOL !
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Good to hear from you Mike ! Hope all is well with you and the family!
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend that was provided by the many that payed the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms ! Got some dogs and such cooking for lunch 😉.. The little tool on the drill was the best 5 bucks ever spent for drilling out filler .. the center point retracts so you don’t...
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Got a glimps of the frame work . Not to bad really ..
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    2023 NFL/CFB News and Nonsense

    Hopefully those 3 games in London aren’t the scheduled home games . There’s gunna be some upset Jaguars fans if that happens .. The Swamp is the most logical place to play while the stadium is under construction.. It’s only 90 mins away and plenty big enough .
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Still studying the assembly but from what I have gathered the board will be tight with 5200 ooze out of the seam . I’m making a trip down south tomorrow to drop the motor off to the guy that’s gunna handle the drivetrain stuff . And I should get some good info from that visit to Old Time boat...
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Yeah It could be but they would only need to do one or two on the row . All of them seems a bit overkill ..It wouldn’t work like that on the sides . The plugs probably would not seat very well . The bottom was filled with filler so I guess it didn’t matter ..
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Every screw has been placed in on an angle in the bottom .. Either it was done that way for a reason or the guy that installed my boat bottom was the shortest guy on the crew ! LOL !!!
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    I think I figured out why the resto shops charge 1000 bucks a foot on new wood bottoms .. This is some time consuming work !LOL ! It would go much faster if I wasn’t using the old planks as templates ..
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    2023 NFL/CFB News and Nonsense

    I guess this is the second time he was replaced by the mustache.. Kinda ..
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    So we got our first look see under the hood … Yep definitely the original bottom . First look at the chine / outside frame rails is very promising! The area of normal concern looks great .. The bow area where you would think would be ok , looks a little suspect..
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    If you interested here is the video. Honestly couldn’t have gone much smoother I think ..
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Getting set to flip guys . Running the method through my head .. Watching videos and whatnot .. Thing on rigging from the center like in the picture and letting it kinda slide around . May have to rig something to help pull it over once it’s on its side . Or I could get 2 more chain hoist and...
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Well , that answers this question. The cool looking glassparest resembling fins on the sides are fiberglass and foam filled .
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    1962 Chris Craft Holiday 20’ bucket list resto

    Being a trailered boat I feel this is the best option . If it was moored for a season then The traditional type bottom would be ok . They have the West system that some use epoxy. Leaning away from that .. Most wood boat shops do the 5200 ..
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