TonkaLakeRat
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Hey everyone, just wanted to come on here and document some progress on a restoration of a 1974 Century Coronado. I am NOT the owner of this boat, it is my close friend Nick's boat, he lacks the technological skills to submit a thread so he asked me to.
Backstory of this Coronado: Was purchased by Nick's father and two of his friends around 1976 and brought to Minnesota. It was enjoyed all the way up to some engine troubles in 1997 (roughly). The engine was rebuilt a couple years later, and then it sat in storage until 2010 when Nick purchased it from his father.
Story of this Coronado: When Nick decided to buy and rebuild this beauty, he rounded us up (3-5 friends) for the project but we all didn't really know what we were getting into. The upholstery had been replaced not long before it had been put in storage but 90% of the wood was rotted and we decided to strip her down and replace everything wood related. We held off on the floor and stringers. Had her out all last summer, minor issues here and there IE batteries etc.
Nick turned her in to have the stringers done a couple weeks ago, we all debated on doing them, but most of us had never done them before and figured this would not be the best boat to learn so we talked Nick into having them done professionally. So she's back out of the shop and everything to finish her off has been ordered.
So here is some documentation of the process.
Stripped down, the first time.
All the interior was gutted so we rebuilt all seats, engine covers and panels, a little tricky based off measurements from rotten wood, luckily everything turned out perfect. The next step was the hard top, we put a lot of time into this part. It was in pretty rough shape from people standing on in way back when, and from moisture over the years. So we cut out and replaced all wood and re fiberglassed, we are pretty confident it is stronger now than out of the factory. The hard top really makes this boat, and luckily Nick was only missing 2 pieces of hardware, they are the plates that sit between the hard top wings that rest on the boat. (They are in the process of being made). Some pictures.
We used mahogany for all of the hardtop, she's back to brand new.
Nick then turned it in to have the headliner professionally done, it was not professionally done. They messed up and cut it too short, so when we got it back to put it on it was pretty upsetting, and at this point in time she was ready for the water, so we put her on anyway(knowing that we still had work to do later in the game) so we could enjoy her for the summer.
Nicks father helping us line the hardtop back up after not being on for over 10 years (in storage).
This picture is from last summer.
Backstory of this Coronado: Was purchased by Nick's father and two of his friends around 1976 and brought to Minnesota. It was enjoyed all the way up to some engine troubles in 1997 (roughly). The engine was rebuilt a couple years later, and then it sat in storage until 2010 when Nick purchased it from his father.
Story of this Coronado: When Nick decided to buy and rebuild this beauty, he rounded us up (3-5 friends) for the project but we all didn't really know what we were getting into. The upholstery had been replaced not long before it had been put in storage but 90% of the wood was rotted and we decided to strip her down and replace everything wood related. We held off on the floor and stringers. Had her out all last summer, minor issues here and there IE batteries etc.
Nick turned her in to have the stringers done a couple weeks ago, we all debated on doing them, but most of us had never done them before and figured this would not be the best boat to learn so we talked Nick into having them done professionally. So she's back out of the shop and everything to finish her off has been ordered.
So here is some documentation of the process.
Stripped down, the first time.
All the interior was gutted so we rebuilt all seats, engine covers and panels, a little tricky based off measurements from rotten wood, luckily everything turned out perfect. The next step was the hard top, we put a lot of time into this part. It was in pretty rough shape from people standing on in way back when, and from moisture over the years. So we cut out and replaced all wood and re fiberglassed, we are pretty confident it is stronger now than out of the factory. The hard top really makes this boat, and luckily Nick was only missing 2 pieces of hardware, they are the plates that sit between the hard top wings that rest on the boat. (They are in the process of being made). Some pictures.
We used mahogany for all of the hardtop, she's back to brand new.
Nick then turned it in to have the headliner professionally done, it was not professionally done. They messed up and cut it too short, so when we got it back to put it on it was pretty upsetting, and at this point in time she was ready for the water, so we put her on anyway(knowing that we still had work to do later in the game) so we could enjoy her for the summer.
Nicks father helping us line the hardtop back up after not being on for over 10 years (in storage).
This picture is from last summer.
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