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  1. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Trying to keep getting little bits of work done at a time in the boat, and if I keep it up than eventually it will be done. Been drilling out old rivets on the ribs and keep cutting stuff off. There is definitely a bit of rusting steel hardware in the boat that I am happy to be rid of. Heres...
  2. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Of course a new Transom is the #1 item on the Do - Right list. I am thinking my plan is to close up the sides with wider wings and a regular outboard shaped cutout. I will probably 5200 butter and rivet on a new sheet of Aluminum to fit the new shape, and give me a clean slate for drilling...
  3. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Oh yeah we got back to back tear down updates coming your way. Sending Thanks to my neighbor who has a 13 bass boat with a 40 in his garage who donated two unused 5 gal fuel cans which unused to siphon out out my full gas tank. That allowed me to remove the fuel tank and vacuum out the rest of...
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    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Was reading threads last night, and I think I saw Waterman say that he used only Helmsman Spar on the transom and floors? Will that truly seal the wood? I was planning on getting some of the Raka epoxy resin for that job, but I think that going Spar-only would be easier and would be some...
  5. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Progress today. Steering pulled off. Not sure if any of the existing is going to go back on, thinking probably all new steering column and NFB cable.
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    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    We have a winner! I was wondering who would be the first to comment on my welded up knee brace after I teased it in my original post. A few thoughts: Right now I am leaning towards leaving the bow of the boat untouched and making that a separate, later project. I have that dent up there that's...
  7. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Got alot more teardown done today. Sidewalls off, Most of the floor is out except for a small spot for the gas tank to stay in for now. Still keeping my motor mechanically rigged up for now. Everything in the hull looks pretty clean i need to get the tools and a plan for stripping the old glue...
  8. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    What are people's thoughts on having two twelve gallon fuel tanks mounted above deck. I would put one under either side of the splash well, which should still leave me access to the bilge opening. Still need to measure to see what it would fit like. They are for sale on fb marketplace for...
  9. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Thanks for the opinions everyone, now if I do head in the direction of a repower, I won't be afraid to throw on an extra few hundred pounds of outboard, keeping to the stated range of 150hp. Went Striper fishing yesterday and while the trolling was slow, I managed to pull in this guy.
  10. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Also looking at the pic I realized I cut off some of that vinyl from the sides. Not sure if I'm going to keep some spots of that around the boat or tear it out every where. That angled piece to hold the bow seat sides is solid riveted in with the vinyl between it and hull. Don't love that...
  11. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    It's cold and raining this weekend so I won't be able to get much progress in. I got the passenger console drilled out last night. Didn't remove the windshield from console. Not sure if I'll keep it that way when I replace it or not. No pics but I also tore off that rotten elbow cushion on...
  12. DWbaseball

    Anyone have the brochures available ???

    Would love to see 1975/76 here!
  13. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Yea I recall seeing some posts on the V5 threads about a 240 hp capacity and that seemed high to me at the time given that I am rated at 150. And, I have been thinking conservatively about my rating as "1976 two stroke 150hp" weight, which is less than a modern four stroke 150hp. I am certainly...
  14. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Thanks for the welcome everyone. Got some more done today. I have a feeling this is the easy part......
  15. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    So of course I have been lurking all the best StarCraft restore threads here on iBoats. And it sounds like I have a a pretty desirable and rare model with the 22' Super Sport. This is definitely not the V5 hull though, as you can see the big splashwell and pretty open transom. But, I knew that...
  16. DWbaseball

    1976 22' SUS O/B "Hydration Break"

    Check out my 22' Foot SuperSport that I bought from a guy who fixed it up to sell last Fall. He got it running and it started up for me and ran good a few times on the Delaware River from PA and DE. My wife had given me the go ahead to buy a boat and I got the idea to get one that was...
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