When it rains, it pours!
So, I promised some more photos of the restore of my 1963 LoneStar El Dorado. Every time I think I am making progress something new and ugly pops up lol. As I stated in my last post, I have to replace both portlights. They were completely mangled. I made nice repairs to both openings though, very clean and now ready for the replacements once they are made. I decided to have them fabricated and replace the broken lenses with lexan. I will keep you posted on the progress.
At the moment I am working on the interior bow as that is all I have left to clean up before I start setting damaged rivets. I noticed that the previous owner had used a piece of " 2 x 4 " as a backer for the bow eye that connects to the winch strap!!! Not even Pressure Treated wood!!! They had put enough silicone between the wood and the hull to seal an aircraft carrier. Knowing this was a bad idea, I removed the wood and the bow eye, only to find three GAPING HOLES!! Ugggg, it never ends. Oh well time to contact a professional for this, I will send more photos when it's fixed.