1957 Duracraft Duraflite Custom

Decker83

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Just dropped by to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas..
 

Woodonglass

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Thanks for all the holiday wishes. I'm finally up & around more, if you haven't gotten the seasons flu this year, I hope you don't. Wow, completely kicked the Admiral & I to the bed for the better part of a week. We didn't even celebrate christmas until yesterday.

I hope that 2014 sees some of our projects splashed and all are happy & healthy w/ you & yours.

Thanks again for the holiday wishes & for stopping by. I may get a bit of time on the Duracraft on or about New Years, so updates pending.........
 

sphelps

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Same here with the Christmas flu bug jb .. Just now starting to feel better . Hope you and the Admiral had a nice day late Christmas ! :)
 

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Get feeling better, JB. Tough working on a boat (or anything) when you aren't up to snuff.
 

m casey stock

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Glad you are at least feeling some better and will pray for NO relapse. I look forward to any resto. updates whenever they come, I wouldn't rush the recovery.
 

jbcurt00

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Glad you are at least feeling some better and will pray for NO relapse............... I wouldn't rush the recovery.
Thanks for the well wishes. I got some Duraflite ads yesterday to add to my Duracraft file :)

Didn't think I was rushing things, but if last night & this am are any indication, I'm going back in the other direction. :mad: Carp, I think it took my dad almost a month to kick the hacking cough & he cracked a rib hacking & coughing.

Going to be a long winter at this pace :cold: :blue:
 

dozerII

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Sucks having the flu, hope you can kick real soon jb.
 

Decker83

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Sorry to hear about you and the Admiral.. Hope you get over this real soon..
 

bear_69cuda

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Hey brutha,

Kinda quiet of late.. Any updates?

Peace!
 

jbcurt00

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Hey brutha,

Kinda quiet of late.. Any updates?

Peace!

Been quietly slumbering, under a blanket of snow. The boat too :cold:

Winter snuck up on me & whopped the full steam ahead progress right outta sight..... Collecting parts & pieces for several projects & been to Louisville a couple of times. That, the holidays, sick for most of my time off and now fighting the weather, makes for slow goings around these parts.

Currently, all I can see out my office window is a white hazy of blowing snow........ Going to be that way thru the weekend here, and most of next week too :blue:

Thanks for checking in.....
 

jbcurt00

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All heart WOG all heart :facepalm:

Clearly, I'm not in a hurry......... Besides, if I did finish 1, I'd probably drop out & off iboats, never to be seen again :sleeping:

No garage makes it tough. And no place to put up a temp shelter anywhere at the house. But, yeah, agreed, no excuses.....
 

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Yeah, I'm a very Lucky Man having almost 3/4 of an acre for a back yard and a 3 car garage shop. I remember what it was like back in the day when I did NOT have any work area at all. It was NOT fun. I HAD to yank your chain...It's a LAW!!!! Doncha Know!!!! When the Snow stops and the Sun peeks back thru the Gray I KNOW you'll be hittin it hard. You need to get a Sewing Machine and get started on your interior. This is Perfect Upholstery Weather!!!!!
 

jigngrub

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Been quietly slumbering, under a blanket of snow. The boat too :cold:

Winter snuck up on me & whopped the full steam ahead progress right outta sight.....

WTH???

Winter snuck up on you?... you didn't start until winter!!! It's not like you live in Florida or something yanno.:lol:

Go back to sleep, April will be here in a little while and you can resume operations then. Winter is the worst time to try and restore a boat anyway, even if you do have a heated shelter... and if you don't have one, you're really mucked up!

Just remember. Unless you're working on them, a bunch of derelict boats and boat parts laying around is called a mess...
 

bear_69cuda

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Sorry brutha,

I didn't know you are without a space to work on her...

We all appreciate your advice on the forum helping others with their projects!

Spring is around the corner!
 

Watermann

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Just remember. Unless you're working on them, a bunch of derelict boats and boat parts laying around is called a mess...

:eek: My admiral's words exactly... :faint2:

Doing internet research on iboats and stock piling parts is forward progress too!
 

jbcurt00

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Just remember: Unless you're working on them, a bunch of derelict boats and boat parts laying around is called a mess...

Dude, the Admiral rode me like a donkey about an entirely different project mess the second I came thru the door............

Thanks fellas. I am most definitely a research feend
 

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I share your pain JB. My islander wont even come close to fittin' in my garage. It's out in the driveway covered in a tarp freezing to death. I swear on the cold winter mornings when I walk past it...I can hear it saying "help me".
 

m casey stock

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Could be like this.....:sleeping:

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I'm not sure which is worse....... You are waiting on the weather to GET :thumb: to do more hard work on yours, and I'm waiting on the weather to have some fun AFTER all the hard work on mine :sleep:.
 
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