1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

By the way, the name of the boat is DAHL - FINS II My last name is Dahl and the boat is my Fins.[/QUOTE]

darn, i went back thru from the begginning just to post that:facepalm:
ok, i guess since you did all the work on her, you can keep the name[/QUOTE]

Thanks Buggy,lol

and we really appreciate the effort. It's awesome to see a gorgeous boat come back to life.

As long as I am appreciated it is all good,haha. Its funny, I think I am on my third digital camera and 3 phone w/camera since I started this project. Guess I will have to put that in the final tally of what this project has cost me.:facepalm: Thanks man.

 

[lil buggy]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

danger,danger, dont tally,,, it'll get scarry, then you wont wana get any lights for the cabin:facepalm:

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

danger,danger, dont tally,,, it'll get scarry, then you wont wana get any lights for the cabin:facepalm:

There already here silly! I just won't eat for a week.:facepalm:

 

[lil buggy]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

i didn't realize that you got the cabin lights allready. did you make an order yet on the others?

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

i didn't realize that you got the cabin lights allready. did you make an order yet on the others?

Its a secret!

 

[lil buggy]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

i smell an update,,,,

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

Hey guys, got the port side between outer hull and first chine all the way back to the stern sanded down and finished today. Only thing left on the port side is between rollers and that should take but about an hour to do. Ran out of film disks, so will be hitting that in the next couple days. Here are the pics.

Before

After

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

My hull looks cloudy,haha

 

[TitanTn]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

Smashing work. Looks amazing.

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

Smashing work. Looks amazing.

Thankyou Sir! It is definately getting there.

 

[lil buggy]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

My hull looks cloudy,haha

:facepalm:
now drop that sammich n get er done! a few more disks is all.lol
funny all that sandin and my arms ain't tired at all.
(seriously, i am impressed with your progress) putting it all back together will go quickly, cant wait

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

lol, Thanks little buggy.


Guys, The day has finally come............wait for it.......wait for it.......... wait for it........... The lights..............

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

Ummm, he said: "And let there be light"

And then there was none!?!?!?

Nuts, now I won't be able to sleep......

At least until I can stand up & proclaim: "I have been to the river & I have seen the light! I am HEELED brother!"

 

[smokeonthewater]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

Guys, The day has finally come............

But the pics have not:facepalm:



LOL

BTW Budd, thinkin VERY seriously about hitting cunninghams this weekend!

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

Ummm, he said: "And let there be light"

And then there was none!?!?!?:confused
Nuts, now I won't be able to sleep......

At least until I can stand up & proclaim: "I have been to the river & I have seen the light! I am HEELED brother!"

But the pics have not:facepalm:

Lol, I have seen the light!!!!


LOL

BTW Budd, thinkin VERY seriously about hitting cunninghams this weekend!

Holy smokes, its Smoke!! Hows the dark days of the computer coming along?

Man, Cunninghams is tempting, but I will be taking advantage of this weather for work and getting the boat ready for thunder. Hope it doesn't flood this year for the big show. :facepalm: I still have to pull the drive off to get that little clip I lost at the end of the season when I pulled the "do not touch plug" on the outdrive thinking it was a drain plug.

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

I was seriously going to make everyone wait until tomarrow, but I can't cause JBcurt to loose sleep tonight! lol

I Know you guys think I was talking about the lights, well, the light at the end of the tunnel is more what I was thinking,lol

The lights have gotten a little brighter, I will NEVER have to scrape the bottom paint off this boat again in this lifetime. I scraped the last sections off today, so NOOOOO more scraping!! I know, let down for some, but HOORAY FOR ME!!!!!!!! lol

Still got to sand it though............


Scraped and ready for sanding!

No more of snorting paint chips through my nose, and no more blue chips everywhere.

 

[lil buggy]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

Ummm, he said: "And let there be light"

And then there was none!?!?!?

Nuts, now I won't be able to sleep......

At least until I can stand up & proclaim: "I have been to the river & I have seen the light! I am HEELED brother!"

thanks, da puter screen is cleaned once again:facepalm:
i thought i missed the unveiling

the light at the end of the tunnel is more what I was thinking, HOORAY FOR ME!!!!!!!! more snorting paint chips through my nose,

(waiver text may have been adapted to express discontent ) bahahaha lol

look at the size of those chunks,,,,man oh man that was some thick stuff.
And it is done. no more scrapey scrapey

now show us the light,,,,,,,,, Budd,,,, light, budd,light,, ok pass me a beer
bet your glad thats done, grab a cold one and the paint and get r dun lol

 

[smokeonthewater]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

I never went anywhere.... I just lost all of my pics on my other computer and can't post any from this one because it freezes up if I try..... I am still hoping to recover the other one but haven't messed with it for a while... been working on an engine swap 'n stuff on my diesel burban. freeze damage:facepalm:

I'm curious... If you had started with your entire hull already scraped and only had to do the sanding, how long do you think it would take?

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: 1990 Chris Craft 254 Seahawk ( Refurb and upgrades)

thanks, da puter screen is cleaned once again:facepalm:
i thought i missed the unveiling


(waiver text may have been adapted to express discontent ) bahahaha lol

look at the size of those chunks,,,,man oh man that was some thick stuff.
And it is done. no more scrapey scrapey

now show us the light,,,,,,,,, Budd,,,, light, budd,light,, ok pass me a beer
bet your glad thats done, grab a cold one and the paint and get r dun lol

The light is coming to those with patience,lol Your going to be banned right before the reveal lmao. joking of coarse. Did you hear the evil laugh? Makers and coke for me my friend, beer just doesn't do anything for the sore shoulders.:facepalm:

I never went anywhere.... I just lost all of my pics on my other computer and can't post any from this one because it freezes up if I try..... I am still hoping to recover the other one but haven't messed with it for a while... been working on an engine swap 'n stuff on my diesel burban. freeze damage:facepalm:

I'm curious... If you had started with your entire hull already scraped and only had to do the sanding, how long do you think it would take?

Didn't think the burban would fit in the freezer Howed that happen?

I think if it was completely stripped before sanding it probably would have taken a week or more if I was at it every day. you figure your going over the hull three times with different grits and then compounding. And then wax at some point on mine. Its been what, 3 months that I have been working on this. But its been part time, couple hours there, couple hours here,etc.