Ironpig
Seaman
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2007
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- 63
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v655/ironpig/67%20Larson%20All%20American%20rebuild/Hi,
I started this project about three years ago then a baby and a house got in the way. With the onset of the nicest spring I can remember here in Calgary, I have restarted the boat fixing. Can't wait to take my little guy out in the boat this suymmer, I think he'll love it. I inherited the boat from my grandparents four years ago. The floor was a little soft in some spots and I brought it back to Calgary thinking I would just replace the floor and have a nice new old boat to play with. Then after some reading and research on here I drilled into the stringers and ended up removing 600 + pounds of soggy foam. Those of you who have experienced this will know what a herculean task that can be. Then as i was pulling the last of the foam out of the back end of the stringer, I thought hey, why not see how sturdy the transom is and plunged a srewdriver right through it to the fiberglass at the back. Thankfully there was enough of it to keep the engine from falling off on the way back from BC. This spring i finally got to removing the rear cap and the transom. Removing the transom has turned out to be a gut wrenching, soul destroying task not unlike removing your own toenails with pliers. That is now done and the grinding begins. I hope my neighbours understand that I am not trying to drive them out of the hood. I have read the stories about sanding and grinding fiberglass on here, you guys have undersold this. Sanding and grinding fiberglass is a special torture that should be reserved for dictators and despots once they are removed from power. Flapper wheels are definitely the way to go. I believe my Larson was built on a friday afternoon. Apparently they decided to take the left over resin from the days work and pour it into the back of my boat, thanks Larson. I am nearing completion of the grinding phase and have formed my transom out of 1" thick douglas fir plywood from good old BC. I'll keep taking pics and updating now that I have begun the resto. Stay tuned. Pics to follow.
I started this project about three years ago then a baby and a house got in the way. With the onset of the nicest spring I can remember here in Calgary, I have restarted the boat fixing. Can't wait to take my little guy out in the boat this suymmer, I think he'll love it. I inherited the boat from my grandparents four years ago. The floor was a little soft in some spots and I brought it back to Calgary thinking I would just replace the floor and have a nice new old boat to play with. Then after some reading and research on here I drilled into the stringers and ended up removing 600 + pounds of soggy foam. Those of you who have experienced this will know what a herculean task that can be. Then as i was pulling the last of the foam out of the back end of the stringer, I thought hey, why not see how sturdy the transom is and plunged a srewdriver right through it to the fiberglass at the back. Thankfully there was enough of it to keep the engine from falling off on the way back from BC. This spring i finally got to removing the rear cap and the transom. Removing the transom has turned out to be a gut wrenching, soul destroying task not unlike removing your own toenails with pliers. That is now done and the grinding begins. I hope my neighbours understand that I am not trying to drive them out of the hood. I have read the stories about sanding and grinding fiberglass on here, you guys have undersold this. Sanding and grinding fiberglass is a special torture that should be reserved for dictators and despots once they are removed from power. Flapper wheels are definitely the way to go. I believe my Larson was built on a friday afternoon. Apparently they decided to take the left over resin from the days work and pour it into the back of my boat, thanks Larson. I am nearing completion of the grinding phase and have formed my transom out of 1" thick douglas fir plywood from good old BC. I'll keep taking pics and updating now that I have begun the resto. Stay tuned. Pics to follow.
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