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

    Got the 1 ton crane from HF for $130 with their special coupons. Best investment ever! There are 1000000 uses for this thing! You can see the engine is in pretty rough shape. There's a lot of surface rust and mold growing on the cooling / fuel lines. All hoses will be replaced, new distributer...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Anyone else have similar forming "stalactites" inside their water intake??
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Found this weird looking stuff after spraying and it didn't come up.... anyone know what this is and if it's normal? Below is a pic of the finished pressure washed interior: And here she is all sprayed out! A couple of off color spots from where the rotted plywood was attached to the runners...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Pressure washing halfway done....
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Last night got the deck started and this morning finished pulling the rotted wood. Most of it came off in a single piece 1/2" ply, but we're planning on using exterior grade 3/4" for the decking going forward. Lucky for us there wasn't in spray in foam, just normal everyday styrofoam, so that...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Here's the dash deconstruction. Spent 20 minutes trying to get the steering wheel off. Went on youtube, realized it was probably corroded, sprayed WD40, waited a minute and within 1 whack of the hammer the wheel came off -.- It's the little things in life... The dash was a mess of daisy changed...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    After removing the side panels, we moved to the front of the boat to remove the windshield, but ran into some serious problems :( The middle pane of glass is shattered from the previous owner, so you can't see through it. The local boat dealership quoted us $800 for a replacement piece, which...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Among the sketchiness were these L brackets that connected the gunnel to the stern deck. I'm assuming that 2x4 resin'd wood is the way to go to reinforce the deck and provide stiffness to the gunnels. We're also going to relocate the wires below the shelf so our fishing gear doesn't snag on a...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Boat came with a hydraulic lift upgrade for the prop in the back. It was screwed into the deck at 3 spots, but had completely rotted through the wood in those locations. The transom looks pretty beat up, but we're going to seal it again after letting it dry out and hopefully it'll last a little...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Gas tank and engine. Tank says it's 13 gallons. Wyatt siphoned the gas and we used it in the pressure washer later. Fired up on a single pull after sitting for a year, so I'd say the gas is good! Pressure washer is a Honda though so that might explain it ;) Engine is idling at 1700 rpm, so...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Port side picture. We have a lot of weird yellow on the shelving part of the shelf. Anyone know if that was standard? We'll probably take a pressure washer to it and see if it clears up. The black cord was for the fish finder so that'll be relocated as well. Definitely some debate on whether...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Here you can see the wires, steering wheel hydraulic, and ignition wires all wrapped together with zip ties. Still more of that weird original honeycone foam that appears to be rivited to the outside of the boat. The rivet heads on it are fairly large, so we're wondering if they're bigger than...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Starting on the de-install. The first thing we did was take off the sidewalls... (again forgot to take pictures). You can see how badly rotted the floor is. The electrical wiring on the right is a mess. The wiring on the right is also a mess. I'll take another picture, but there's no less than...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Found two more... I'm not sure how we got into this project without taking some before pictures...
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    No Title Tent went up yesterday! Harbor freight for $120 can't go wrong. It's between our house and the neighbor's so protected from wind. You can see the old vessel in the back. Tiny little guy! Tent is 20'x10', hopefully it'll last a year.
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Pics from the previous owner!
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    '76 Holiday i/o 18' Fishing Rebuild (pic heavy!)

    Hi all! My buddy had a 14' aluminum 2 person with gear max boat with a 9.9 hp Johnson on the backside we'd been using the last couple years for fishing on the Willamette here in Oregon. The boat was fine, but after seeing everyone scream by us getting to the decent fishing spots on the...
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