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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Remembered that we had rust in the cylinder 1 & 2 intake manifolds... But I'm sure that was a different problem.
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Tee-nuts in!! We removed amine blush last night but ran out of sand paper, picking some more up tonight to prep the entire interior for a layer of primer. And the gauges are all wired up! Minus trim sender... like 0% chance the trim sender is going to work after being disconnected for so...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Second deck placement check... not the best, but standing on it bends it to the correct shape. Just have to remind yourself nothing is flat... We'll mark where the edges are and cut the majority of the lines with a skill saw before switching to the jig for the corners. (We're cutting out the...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Enormous progress this weekend! The boat is starting to really come together!!! We installed the second sidewall! After doing it once on the port, the starboard side went MUCH smoother and it looks more aesthetically pleasing. Here we're getting a sense for the boat seats bumping into the...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    More updates... Going to finish this beast by Labor Day or die trying. Who needs sleep? Final paint coat. Looks good! Only a light painting on the bow support pieces since they already got heavily primed. Just to help with UV and water (not that there should be any....) Unfortunately, the...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Good morning! We sanded the fiberglass layer smooth and then got busy. Here's the breakdown of our "destructive testing": So first round of testing included hitting the bolt, from the side, 30 times with the hammer (decent strokes, not too hard not too light), and then trying to pull it...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Now onto the more CONTROVERSIAL POST! Having removable seats is very very important for us. If we were to build another boat again (I mean who am I kidding, it's going to happen. You can't NOT do a second one. That's like... criminal.), we'd attach the tee-nuts below the deck. And we'd attach a...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Paint arrived (super super super clumpy on the bottom), so we took it to ace hardware, shook it up, no problems! Paint is a little blue.... wondering if that's because of the red primer. Will throw a second coat on as soon as we get home. Hopefully we don't have much red sticking out when...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    seat swivels arrived today! Wish we could use 'em, but gotta get the boxes painted first. The grey "accent" paint arrives today! Windshield and console dash are getting painted grey, and maybe some trim pieces too. Once everything is dry, we can really start assembling the dash components...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Painting coming along! Got new respirators for the activated charcoal to capture isocyanates. Test patch on the gunnel. Color is Khaki (Majic paint). It looked super weird when it was set, but after it dried they blend together VERY nicely! Action shot. While Wyatt's outside I'm slaving...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    More progress. checking dash placement... Everything is harder to allign because NOTHING IS STRAIGHT. checking side wall clearance checking windshield clearances (this one took the most time) realized we need to a support for the windshield, so we'll attach a small bracket to the 2x6...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    More progress and pics: Getting the primer sprayed on the walls and bow deck. Probably going to scuff and then get ready for primer. We're going to roll the floor (and add sand for grip), and spray the sides (for a smoother surface). Halfway through construction of the sub structure for...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    And now the crap news of the crap news: So keel crack, no problems, drill it out and build up marine tex. Put a piece of stock aluminum over it (there will be stock aluminum anyway because that's where the winch hook goes). But where we're losing sleep is the cracks where we didn't spray...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    PICS! Finally said screw it and got the rats nest of wiring OUT OUT OUT. Brought in a bucket of warm lightly soaped water and went to down on the amine blush on the deck. Also scrubbed the bow hull walls that had previously been covered by vinyl. Brought the consoles in (also amine removed)...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Stern deck support cut. Having an existing template to work with is SO NICE. Really makes for a quick job. This'll be epoxied. More epoxy. These are the bow deck support pieces, getting a second coat. Instrument panel has 6 holes in it for the gauges. We're not sure how high to make the panel...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    More progress last night! Aiming for August 1st completion. Fairly close.... hopefully it doesn't touch after epoxying! Got the bow piece finally riveted to the hull. Had to use 1.25" gap rivets in the front as we drilled it at an angle to hit the rib. Super tight tolerances up there... But...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    As promised, PICS! We started off with the two straight pieces. Our stake in the ground if you will. Super sport owners have it so easy with this being done already. However, our open bow is 44" long :D There's enough room that someone who is 5'10" can easily recline with their back against...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    With the windshield fixed and primed with rusty metal primer, it's onto the next thing chaps!!!! cutting the inside rub rail to make room for the windshield being moved back... Mocking up what we think the dash will look like. We're doing 1/2" ply for what the windshield sits on + using it...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Self etching primer. done. Tonight, Wyatt sprays the rusty metal primer after a light scuff on the self etching primer. I get to sand the old paint off the bow. Also question to the gurus out there: Since we're moving the console almost 2' back, are we going to need new throttle, shift...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Update from over the weekend: yuge gains! Picked up a piece of acrylic at le home depot $60. It was big enough to fit the 2 side windshield pieces and the center. Yay! Tried using a dremel, jigsaw, and the plastic cutting knife, and I can say with 100% certainty that the cutting knife is the...
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