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LeftCoastJeff

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It may not look like a Mopar, but it has a inline 4 Chrysler gasser.

1933 power boat, Sterns? Trunk cabin. Retirement home?

# 0010 on the bow.

#1 at the SF boat show in 1934, or so I've been told

Lots of work, more later.

Some pix from a few months ago.

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Overcome a few cooling issues,:mad:

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More later,

LCjeff
 
She had a layer of glass on the tops that had not bonded to the wood.

I found that AFTER painstakingly removing the multiple layers of old peeling paint.
pretty bad.
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So I ended up ripping all the glass off, that's where it stands in the pics.
A quick penetrating coat of poly
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After a lot of filling holes/slots/missing wood, and of course sanding

3 gal of short strand
100 pieces of sandpaper later
Sealed!
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Then glass and paint, I need to take some more pics

She completed her sea trials after I worked on the cooling system.

Stay tuned, she's gonna be beautiful.

When it rains?
I sand and sand and polish ...........
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Several coats of paint,
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Stripper, wire wheel and polish....
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She's coming along slowly, I need warm/dry to continue with the glass on the sides.

Cheers,

LCjeff
 
Envy, envy, envy, that's what I'm feeling. Has it been surveyed recently be someone experienced with wooden boats ? Got your subscription to Wooden Boat Mag' yet ?
 
bargeahead said:
Envy, envy, envy, that's what I'm feeling. Has it been surveyed recently be someone experienced with wooden boats ? Got your subscription to Wooden Boat Mag' yet ?
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The answer to your question should be yes, but the answer is no, for now.
I will look for that mag next time I'm in the store (will check the net first)

What good will a survey do me, not selling.

LCjeff
 
LeftCoastJeff said:
The answer to your question should be yes, but the answer is no, for now.
I will look for that mag next time I'm in the store (will check the net first)

What good will a survey do me, not selling.

LCjeff
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Getting insurance on wooden boats can be a pita unless it's covered under another policy and even then make sure the carrier acknowledges age and hull. Wish I lived closer, love to help on it.
 
I'm not a boat man but i do love the old wood classics. Wood is my bag and can do some stuff with it. The teak/mahogany on those things are beautiful to say the least. We'll be watching so keep up the good work and you will be graded. So far i'm handing you a "A" for initial effort. You have the hardest part done and that's getting started. Doin good.
Small Block
 
Thanks guys, this boat was scheduled for the chain saw a few years back, a good friend (boat yard ape) took it to the back corner of the yard and spent 5 years sistering ribs, repacking and paint to the rail. He also rebuilt the decks....completely (teak).

She's got a in-line 4 cylinder similar to the Chrysler cars of the late 70's or 80's I think. It is a marine engine made in Mexico.

This is when I had the alternator rebuilt, it goes low on the right side.

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This is when I reamed out the cooling system, the elbow in the first post is missing, that was one hell of a job.

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LCjeff

2 separate cooling systems, one salt water, one coolant.
 
I was told that a gasser is the retrofit, was diesel.

Maybe electric? well see.

All the holes filled, sanded, penetrating coat of poly, sand, then the glass tape
around the perimeter, more sanding, big pieces of glass, more poly, more sanding and presto!

The glass goes up to the windows.

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Wrapped the corners tight, now water tight like a ducks......

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Now some of the inside, after removing the pegboard that has a million coats of paint, held in place with brightwork

Nasty insulation and 1933 dust everywhere, LOTS of close sanding and this is what you get.

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She must have been a sight, before all the paint.


This will get paint to seal then insulate and cover again with something (not sure) then the britework.

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And a little of the flavor of the accommodations.

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I gotta sit down and put the history of this boat on paper in some order.

I'll get more pix of the currant status very soon, any requests?

LCjeff
 
Some of the inside, looking aft,

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Nooks and cranies,

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An ice box,

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Looking forward,

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A sink with old water tank and room for a head.

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The PO did a ton of work on the hull before I got it, no leaks other than the packing gland.

Lots of sistered ribs.

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LCjeff
 
So, money is tight, time to polish some more brass.

These are directionally adjustable vents, though the handles on the inside were cut off many years ago.

They were stuck, big time corrosion and paint.

I beat the crap out of the stud in the middle after Kroiling.
Kroil has got me out of a few bad spots.
Tried my aluminum hammer, too hard, mushroomed quick.
I used a plastic dead blow hammer and still mushroomed the ends a little.

Before pix,

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More later,

LCjeff
 
The first one I disassembled took a lot of beating with the plastic hammer, reshaped the end so it would pass through the tube and presto.

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The second one, well,,,,took a little longer. somebody left a broken tap in the hole where a screw should have been, think super hard steel in a brass hole.:eek:

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Now to clean em up, this should be interesting.
These pieces have a lot of character, err, dents, dings and scratches.

Any thoughts on some kind of lubricant for the brass, anti-seize???

Somebody screwed this up good!! :mad:

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OBTW how do you tell the difference between brass and bronze?

LCjeff
 
Well, I'm happier, sanded with 600 grit then on to the buffing wheel.

Funny thing, I tried the blasted surface on the buffing wheel, just left the compound on the brass, what a pain in the brass.

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Those deep scratches, I just had to.....may need to "distress this area"

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So....I'm happy with that, what kinds of trouble can I get into now?

How about fix this? Primer, no less.....on raw wood....

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But.........

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And a lot of close sanding......

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And more sanding, a little micro files,,,,

LCjeff
 
Without the glass or the bottom ring
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The inside of the back, without the lock
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The glass, previously fixed with silicon,

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The inside of the top, somebody painted the inside white (originally chrome), not a bad idea

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The ring off the bottom

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Enjoy, I am, now I'm off to get a bag of dry sand, imagine that.

LCjeff
 
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