pic of work so far

redfury

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That's awesome. I've been working so many hours lately I haven't had a chance to get much done on the boat...I really wish I had a garage or some sort of temporary shelter I could set up so I could hang some lights and be on it after it gets dark...
 

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Man John, you really are making me jealous. I LOVE your boat and now that the interior is going in im itching with excitement(been grinding:cool:)! Make sure you get some documentary style photos of the seat job. I know a lot of folks could use a how to, myself included. Are you doing any other interior upgrades while you are at it?
 

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Yea Mike she is allmost there !! you will get there !!!

And yep Chris , I will take pics of my uncle and aunt doing the seats !!

I didnt get as far as I hoped today !! Got the window on and the grab rail in the bow , also got the batter basees in didnt get them glassed thoe , did go get the rest of the foam I needed at joe anns, used another 40% off 2 inch foam , got 2 yards of it for 32 bucks !! there is a place on the net cheaper but didnt have the time to wait for it !!

So Called uncle ed and asked if he could do it sunday , he said no problem !! so tomorrow got to get her on the trailor and build the boxes for under the seats , and got some new light for the trailor so got to get them on !! John
 

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John, I've been real busy on the Tin Can so I haven't posted much on other threads, but I just wanted to say you're doing a fantastic job here!

BTW, I too have been in steel wool/rubrail hell lately:D
 

jcsercsa

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John, I've been real busy on the Tin Can so I haven't posted much on other threads, but I just wanted to say you're doing a fantastic job here!

BTW, I too have been in steel wool/rubrail hell lately:D



OHH YEA NB , been so tired , havent had time for much else !! Its time to get out there and have some fun !! this week !! lol

ANd todays the day she is going on the trailor !! the motor going on and most of the vinyl !!! and the new lights on the trailor !! Ok time to get on her !! I will post some pics when she is on the trailor !!!!!yeeeaaa haaaaaa !!! John
 

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Hey John, what foam are you using for the seat upholstery? I tried using that green foam from the fabric store and wasn't impressed with it's ability to hold up...you need dense foam for the seats in order for it to not crush to nothing...and I have no idea where you get it unless you go to a company that deals with all types of foam ( we have A-1 Foam in MN ).
 

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OK guys lets try this AGAIN , hit spell checker and lost this twice , once last night and then just now !!!RTERTR#$$#$%$%,

Mike its the stuff from Joe Ann's , it the high density stuff, its 2 inch, I am thinking i should have went with the 3 inch Theo !!

OK , well yesterday, Jeff was here and he said he would wire the new light ,I just wanted to hook up the new lights to the old harness and save the new one for after i paint the trailer !! so no problem there he got that done and then I needed some safety chains put on, while he was doing that he he noticed that the plug was pulled right out from the wires !!!#$%$#$% the kid pulled it instead of grading the hitch he pulled the wires to move it while he was cutting the grass !!!!! kids got to love then ???? lol

So told Jeff just to throw the new harness in, well after he got that done , I was working on the boat , we pulled the truck up and tried them , well we turned on the blinker on and they both would blink , turned the lights on and we got nothing ??????? well we checked the connections and they were all fine , so we disconnected it all and tried one wire at a time !! same then tried mixing and matching wires , same , I was really having fun by then , I was thinking it had to be in the plug , so we cut the new one off and went with the old one and still the same , well we were going to give up for the night and Jeff said lets try it right at the plug , so we took off the light and wired it right there , and what do you know , it worked just fine !!!!! its in the frecken new wire harness !!!@#$#%#$%$#%#$ so that is going back today and getting a new one !!!!!

well while Jeff was doing that i was working on the boat , I got the battery boards glassed in and got the speedo tube mounted and sealed , and the depth finder also mounted , I sealed it with pl premium, they will never come off again !!!

Ohh I got in trouble , forgot we had a couple open houses to go to today , so called Uncle Ed yesterday and asked if we could move it to Monday for the seats , and of coarse he not going to be home Monday, so Tuesday is the seats now !!$#%$%#$ lol

Ok guys wish me luck today !!! lol John
 

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HAY Guys , well its been a long day , the trailer isnt done , its in the truck , that stinking thing , I spent most of the today at it , went and got a new wire harness and a 12 volt tester , seeing I couldnt find a fuse for my muiltmeter, both of them , coarse a lot of place werent open all day beeing sunday !! checked the fuses and did find on 20 amp blowen , replaced it and still everthing wasnt working , I finaly hooked it up to the camper and that wasnt working so it going in to the shop !!!!!

Now for the good news the boat is ready for the trailer , every thing is hooked up except the wires to the battery , I got a couple pics for you guys , I will load them in the morning !! ok guys I am beat , John
 

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John what is your tow vehicle ? My 02 Chevy express van required a special setup for the trailer plug ( something about the tail and brake lights being differant bulbs) :confused:. I played heck with mine then just took it to Uhaul they had it fixed quick .


Rick
 

Darren Nemeth

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You probably already know this but ink and marine vinyl are a bad combination. Make yer markings with pencil. Vinyl absorbs the ink/marker faster than you'll believe and I know that from first hand experience with a Batman utility belt I was making from yellow marine vinyl.

here is a remedy I found.
http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1215818788/0

YaBB.pl
 

redfury

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It's ALWAYS the grounds with trailer wiring when things don't work right...the grounds at the lights themselves. I had weird things going on with mine, and as soon as I made absolutely positive that the bolts on the lights were getting a good ground, everything worked perfectly. ;)
 

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John what is your tow vehicle ? My 02 Chevy express van required a special setup for the trailer plug ( something about the tail and brake lights being differant bulbs) :confused:. I played heck with mine then just took it to Uhaul they had it fixed quick .


Rick

Hay Rick , I got a 07 Sierra, I got the spliter from the 7 to a 4 , thats why I went and plugged the camper in and still nothing !!! its a 7 on the camper !!That stinking thing it shouldnt have taken more then a couple hour and it been a day wasted out there , today i am just going to wire it and wed run the truck to the shop !! John
 

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Yep Darren new that one but it might help some one else here !!good post !!

That was the frist thing we checked Mike. I had problem before with the ground !! John
 

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Ok guys here's some pics !! this first one is me and callie doing the window supports , and by the way dont do it this way do the out side first then the supports , had to move them up after i put the side on last night .


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then me and callie making a game plan


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then me and callie being goofy



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then heres last night about 10;30



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redfury

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Say John, did you use those 3 inch SS bolts they used originally:eek:...man what a PITA. I haven't taken my windshield off yet simply because I don't have a safe place to store it...er, didn't...I have some room in the loft of my shed now that I got my christmas garbage stored in the house...I might take it off this summer. But, what a pain with those bolts!

Beyond that though, it's looking real nice now that it's starting to look like a boat again! You didn't polish the windshield aluminum though! :p
 

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Hay Guys off to get the seats done !!!!!! heres some pics of yesterday !! me and a buddie mike , man I was tired yesterday !! all the seats are made , boxs , and all beveled !!


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Andy in NY

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I thought you were supposed to be in the water this past weekend?!?!? Slacker.

Just kidding! Are you hoping to dunk it on fathers day? That would be the ultimate present!
 

Nico2112

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When do you guys celebrate fathers day?

For us it's tomorrow:)

Seems like you're having a good time fixing up the boat; I'm sure those memories won't fade that easy:D
 

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glad to see you took the red wings tee shirt off.. :)

cant wait to see how that vinyl turns out.. where is the pics of the completed boxes before the vinyl?
 

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Ok guys ,

Well Lets start out saying the seats are turning out Just Greatthey are tooo sweet, we didnt get any one hole seat done , but we got the front dow done and pics are to fallow and theres a bunch of them !!

Ok this frist one is me and uncle ed , I am cutting out the patters, thats what the next few pics are of me cutting , I cut all the patterns,


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