1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

[djpeters]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

You now have an official theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OG7Vf0UrWA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Thanks folks, be sure and tip your waitress, I'll be here all week.... (insert cymbal crash).:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

What I want to know is how's the Veal?:facepalm:

At this point sleep is no longer an option is it, right?

T - 45.5hrs?

Get after it like a Pitbull on a ham bone.......

 

[GT1000000]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

You now have an official theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OG7Vf0UrWA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Like the comment posted with the song...this song makes me want to go pee......I'll be right back...

 

[64osby]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Busy as a rat in the Chicago sewer system, he is. Make it happen Jason.

 

[Gibbles]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Is this thing floating yet?!

I wana see what's so extreme about that steering!

maybe a puma comes out of the steering wheel and eats you?!

Puma's are very extreme.

 

[rrumba]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Jas, we'll just keep the thread bumped with a contest for the worst "busier than" joke or like saying (being from MS, I have a decided advantage in the learned art of red-neck wit).

So, with that said: Jas, I'm sure your working "faster than a jackrabbit on moonshine" while sweatin' like a ***** in church" because your garage is "hotter than two gerbils making babies in a wool sock" - all just trying to get that boat "finer than frog's hair."

Just make sure you build those gunwales "horse high, pig tight and bull strong." Oh, and "don't sell your mule to buy a plow" (You've been known to do that on us).

Thanks folks, be sure and tip your waitress, I'll be here all week.... (insert cymbal crash).:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

now your true side is really showing there from the back woods of MS PMC....... LMAO

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

I'm pumped you guys are entertaining yourselves while I haven't been posting anything worth lookin at, excellent

Ok, way past my bed time, just got in from paint work. Wiped.

I'll check you guys on the marrow, few photos for ya promise

 

[rrumba]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

wait a minute JAS.......... There is no time for sleep, it you have time for sleep you have time for pics or better yet more SN work to be done.........

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

I'm just gonna...

Catch a....

Quick....

Yyyyyyyyaaaaaaawwwwnnnnn.....

A quick nap here.......

 

[scoutabout]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Sleep?! You need to be on that like a fat kid on a Smartie! (oh, dang - that's not a " busier than joke")

 

[brewern]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

I'm just gonna...

Catch a....

Quick....

Yyyyyyyyaaaaaaawwwwnnnnn.....

A quick nap here.......

Even if your 'sleepier than a starfish', you have a demanding crowd! Wake up jas, it's been 7 hours since you laid down, stop slackin', the day is wasting! We're starting to think you're 'lazier than a lap dog'.

 

[bear_69cuda]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Hurry up!

 

[maddiedog]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Well I was gonna say that he is busier than an one eyed cat watching two mouse holes but he is sleeping...WAKE UP!!! It is a cooler morning and it isn't gonna build itself...

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Well, it isn't gonna build itself...

Love it^^^

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

You now have an official theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OG7Vf0UrWA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

That was awesome, I am VERY tempted to name this boat...

GO, GO, GO!!!

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

OK, here's some progress. For those of you looking for details and lots of step by step photos you'll be disappointed. I lost my camera for a bit and really wasn't paying much attention to that stuff.

So, quick version on the stern deck build...

Basic idea...

Batts and baitwell will go back there...

Made some minor mods to the original splashwell, cut to fit...

Bulkhead fit...

Hatches cut...

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Mounted the splashwell and baitwell to the deck...

Epoxy plus sand plus rings/backers...

Then for structure I grabbed these old alum sign reflectors and bent em up...

Installed and gooped to the transom...

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Deck install...

Epoxy work always invites bugs...

Bulkhead install...

You can see I left a gap at the bottom so water can find it's way back to the bilge there.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

I've struggled with the whole polishing deal and never could get it. Thought I'd give it another shot. Start...

Bout 2/3...

Man what a difference!

Wow! Looks like a big hunk of stainless steel there! There's definitely a trick combo of speed, compound, buffer to get it right.

I prepped the gunwales. Cleaned up the alum trim and punched over 100 rivets to plug all the holes. Thank the Good Lord I had that hydrolic riveter, took me no time at all. Thanks to carpe for the heads up on that too!

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

Time to lose the brown!

Gunwales etched/primed/painted. Deck primed, painted...

I love the look of the polished alum and white, very cool...

Besides that stuff, I got the trailer done too. New rollers, bunks, crank, jack, chains, LED lights, tires and hardware. Photos later on that.

K, that's just about where I'm at. The stern deck and the paint prep took me a ton of time. Just taping the alum trim took me a couple hours.

I still have so much to do, Ryan (5) said this morning he thinks no way it'll be ready this weekend