P-14 1958 CLASSIC GLASS RENOVATION
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:43 pm
SO FINALLY WE BEGIN - -
I have had this project hull for 5 years now, it was on eBay and nobody bid on it, so I contacted the owner and purchased it for $200. Drove all the way from here (NW Florida) down to Clearwater to pick it up.
A good indication of the transom's inner condition can be seen as it was fertile enough to grow a plant!!
Having recently relocated from Hawaii with no feel for distance it became an overnight trip. So hauled it back to Navarre and parked it in the garage for future reference. Unfortunately my little ideas were put on hold by Hurricane IVAN. As you can see in the picture the boat wound up off the trailer, on the end of the winch cable in the drive way. 24 antique and classic outboards got a saltwater bath, the only thing that saved the shop was the tree on the roof. Windshield was broken on the boat, but only minor hull scrapes.
Now we have a little more time out of that thing called life to simply mess about in boats. so the cutting has begun on the old Whiz Ski Chaser. Plans are to restore to former glory, but not as a restoration, but more a renovation into an antique outboard meet fun craft - a hot rod if you will.
I'll post more tomorrow when A: my server isn't down
And B: I figure out the proper path to embed these pictures. I have a lot more, we are to the grinding stage!
Friday, June 11th - OK, got it. Servers' back up so here's some shots as we clean out the old innards.
It was easier, IMHO, to remove a portion of the aft deck to get at the transom and wet well structure. I didn't remove the entire deck as it is actually tabbed together as original, or else someone else in the past did it for me.
FINALLY got the wood off the transom. used a 5" saw to cut strips and chiseled if off line by line.
Air chisels' a great idea, but I am replacing tools ruined by IVAN as I go so all I can add so far is a Roto-Zip router and a new 7 inch grinder.
Finally ready to grind it out.
I have had this project hull for 5 years now, it was on eBay and nobody bid on it, so I contacted the owner and purchased it for $200. Drove all the way from here (NW Florida) down to Clearwater to pick it up.
A good indication of the transom's inner condition can be seen as it was fertile enough to grow a plant!!
Having recently relocated from Hawaii with no feel for distance it became an overnight trip. So hauled it back to Navarre and parked it in the garage for future reference. Unfortunately my little ideas were put on hold by Hurricane IVAN. As you can see in the picture the boat wound up off the trailer, on the end of the winch cable in the drive way. 24 antique and classic outboards got a saltwater bath, the only thing that saved the shop was the tree on the roof. Windshield was broken on the boat, but only minor hull scrapes.
Now we have a little more time out of that thing called life to simply mess about in boats. so the cutting has begun on the old Whiz Ski Chaser. Plans are to restore to former glory, but not as a restoration, but more a renovation into an antique outboard meet fun craft - a hot rod if you will.
I'll post more tomorrow when A: my server isn't down
And B: I figure out the proper path to embed these pictures. I have a lot more, we are to the grinding stage!
Friday, June 11th - OK, got it. Servers' back up so here's some shots as we clean out the old innards.
It was easier, IMHO, to remove a portion of the aft deck to get at the transom and wet well structure. I didn't remove the entire deck as it is actually tabbed together as original, or else someone else in the past did it for me.
FINALLY got the wood off the transom. used a 5" saw to cut strips and chiseled if off line by line.
Air chisels' a great idea, but I am replacing tools ruined by IVAN as I go so all I can add so far is a Roto-Zip router and a new 7 inch grinder.
Finally ready to grind it out.