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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I love that Jack. Makes life so much easier. I use it for everything. Rated for 11,000 pounds.
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Finally making some progress got it back on the trailer after replacing and wrapping the bunks. Cleaned up some runs and the lines from the bottom paint. Working on cleaning up the stringers to install them so I can get the floor cut and ready. Hoping next weekend to possibly be coating the...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I am hoping to get moving on this project again next weekend. I needed a short break to just relax. Went out to work on it Saturday. But All I did was get it flipped over and ready to go back on the trailer. I ordered some stuff for the trailer that will be in tomorrow. So this weekend it gets...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Got the rollers replaced on the trailer and finished up work on the car. Next weekend it's back to the boat
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    No progress this weekend my cars water pump cracked and it needed some love next weekend I'll finish it. I'm also upgrading my home network hardware to pfsense and unifi. But I do plan to get the trailer done since it's ready to go back on.
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Bottom paint done. Man gator glide is hard to work with.
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    First coat of primer
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I have a gallon I am actually painting the entire inside with it to protect against further corrosion
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I am doing it in my garage. I am using a deisel heater I keep it a 75 for 72 hours for the epoxies and will for the paints too. Ill crank it up to 90 when I do the foam. I know temp is important for these things. I did discover a rivet in the back seam where the outter skin kinda chipped next to...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Got the knee brace repaired. Welded the cracks what a pain that was then added aluminum.250 angle to reenforce it. Made the bottom patches way bigger to double as reenforcement top. And just finished replacing the final 200 rivits. All in all I replaced about 600 rivets. Bottom paint tomorrow...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Got the last of the rivets drilled last night. Tonight I am hoping to have them replaced and do the patch. However bottom paint might not happen till next weekend. Some if the rivets that will be holding the patch on are for the knee brace and I still have to reenforce it
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    It should be cured. Yes I will be using it both on the patch and on the 12x24 of .125 sheet I am putting on the back to both cover up some pitting and the replace the sponge errr wood on the outside of the transom
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Got some more rivets drilled ouy I have a out 40 more to do tomorrow and cut a patch out. Friday evening rivets and patch go on and Saturday is bottom paint.
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Man I hope so. Thi past season I ended it early. Bildge pump coming on every couple of minutes to pump out a gallon or two of water. Never managing to find all the leaks. I should have known better the guy swore it didnt leak a drop and the motor was good. Regaurdless I was replacing the motor...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Damn here I am thinking I am the first one that's done it
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Pics of the bad area. NO clue how well you'll be able to see everything but you'll be able to see the big ones. That's the area by the knee brace so there's rivit holea too
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Well as promised a boat hanging from the ceiling found a bunch more putting all the way through the bottom where knee brace rivits to the floor so that's gonna get a big patch that will include the knee brace rivets and some inner rib rivits plus some that I add
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I did that with a couple. This one is to big. It definitely needs a patch. It's not wide but it's a little over 1\4 inch long
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    5200 is impossible to get off your skin looks like it's part of me for the next week or two
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Pics coming tomorrow. Got about half the rivets replaced that needed it. Dabbed them in 5200 and put them in. They ain't ever coming out which is good cause some fit pretty loose. I found one decent size pit through the bottom that I am gonna have to slap a patch over. Buttering it with 5200 and...
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