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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We start off our week with an exploding water heater. Which seems to happen on a regular basis. Then we have to pick the motor up so we can change the oil before we spin the oil pump. Harder than you would think. More issues with the Gen V - Raw Water Pump / Fuel Pump set up. Nothing has gone...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    The Gen V water pump / fuel pump blues continue. Time for some major mods. So happy to at least have a stick welder. With the 454 out from under the shelf we start making orders to complete it and as they start coming in, we start building. You would think it would be a simple task, but...
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    Need help with transom repair...

    Just put some duct tape over it and buff the rest out. Why would you "fix" that when replacing it looks cleaner and easier?
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Time to start digging out some of the things that make this boat go. It starts off with the Gen V Warter pump / fuel pump nightmare. Just a small taste at the start with no clue what was to come. We get out my back up Volvo 270 Outdrive. There is a really cool and weird story on how I ended up...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    With some quick measurements in the cold we head back in the garage to tie up some loose ends. From trim pieces to battery lines we are all over the place. It's time to get a plan together for the upholstery and there is lots of issues to figure out. We are also working on a plan for the power...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Things are moving a little slower due to the cold, but we are moving along. Time to put the motor cover together finally. We start with the fiberglass edging. It's stiff but a heat gun will make it bend like butter and the cold keeps the rest pretty stiff not allowing it to stretch out of shape...
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    Boat Ride to the Location Francis Scott Key Wrote The Star Spangled Banner

    Being on the water kind of protects it.
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    Boat Ride to the Location Francis Scott Key Wrote The Star Spangled Banner

    We leave our local boat ramp for a quick ride to where Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner. Many think they have been there, but Mr. Key was not at Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore. He was being held offshore on a British prison ship and the only way to get there is by...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    After a week of failure, we continue on with the motor box project. Time to make it sweat...for real. We are pushed into a corner and have to paint it even if it's just to leave it sit until Spring. Mother Nature tries to sabotage it all at the very end, but we may have got one past her for a...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Mother nature lets us know we are its mercy as we continue the motor box build. It seemed like we started off on the wrong foot and it just got worse from there. First, we have to prep the box for paint. We keep moving forward no matter what by prepping what we could and when the rains came, we...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We continue to build the motor box layer by layer. Day after day. Lucky the wife is out of town because this place is starting to smell like a boat builders shop. We are just hoping we have something to work with under that huge monstrosity and there is only one way to find out. Time to do some...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We are where we were 10 days ago and we could not be happier. Now that we have the mold it's time to fix the mold. The first stop is to our grinding room with a view. A rare Race Boatism, make someone else's artwork your own. It took a couple days but we got the mold good enough start building...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    The Volvo bellhousing is complete, but we have nothing to do with it this week. Time to "pop a mold" off of my motor box. I've never done this before, and we start off bad with a mold release fail. It's against my better judgement but we continue on to the point we are building something. Now...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We start off with the Volvo bellhousing. Even though it is perfect in every way we have major changes to do. Trying to finish off the gas tank / gas gauge install. Why does our Faria Tach have a Speedometer face? Parts are in, time to rebuild a Volvo Penta Bellhousing and add a way to grease...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Let's get some life put back in this boat.... IT'S ALIVE!!!! I'll take stupid if it's easy but it's never easy. The trim system needs fixes. Lots of fixes. Once you get the electric's working everything changes. The Fuel Sender has to be changed after all of our planning. With no leaks did we...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    Getting what is left of the upholstery the hell out of my garage. The patterns helped but they were not perfect and we need perfect. Lots of loose end to tie up. My 19 takes a little time out of the project for some repairs of its own. Even though I have two SuperNova 19's they are a lot...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    After a bad start to the day we move on to installing steering in the boat. Have to make some custom trim pieces. Not as simple as they look. Then we find out we have some serious control issues. I hope we can find some help but it looks like we will get no support. Upholstery is always on our...
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    We start off by working on the dashboard. Lots of holes. In the board, in the boat, lots of holes. Then we start to build the board it's self. An expensive board with a lot of expensive parts. Then the miles and miles of wiring begins. What to do for a horn?
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    The project goes on. Looks like we are forced to change our steering plans. Lots more wiring gets done and we start the hydraulics install and there is a lot of both to do. As usual the weather is killing us. In the garage we go to continue on with the dash board build.
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    John Allmand - SuperNova19 video restore

    A lot of stuff has come in. The first thing we are going to do is get the rest of the Volvo 280T installed. Our MerCruiser Trim Pump location is decided for us. We have been watching Brazil wood boat boulders, lets build a dashboard. Oh-noooo, a beloved old faithful has died. Lightening lets us...
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