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  1. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Well I got the rest of the bow gutted. Removing foam sucks! It still needs cleaning up but now I feel more accomplished. For what it's worth using a 4in grinder with a cupped wire wheel made removal of the foam easier but man what a mess. I wish I remember what thread I read it on so I can...
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    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Last night I did some more demo under the enclosed bow. What a nightmare! I wasnt sure what was under the floor there so I am slowly tunneling my way through the center. To my surprise there is nothing but foam. Where the floor angled was 2 blocks stapled to the underside of the floor and...
  3. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    I haven't got the chance to tear out the floor yet I had some things to do around the house (gotta keep the captain happy). The crack in my hull is because of weak bunks and bad stringers so I jacked the boat up and slid in some 2x6x10's over the existing bunks. I noticed where the bunk sagged...
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    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Looking at the layout of the stringers and bulkheads they seem to me to be inadequate. The Yellow lines are pieces of 2x4 that went across the stringers to support where the floor ended. It looks like at some point the previous owner moved it back because there are 2 of these behind the...
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    73 Sea Ray restoration

    I have most of my floor out and have a couple of questions. When measuring my stringers they seem to be about 1/4 off center. They are extremely rotten but even where they connect to the transom they are off center. Should I shift then an 1/8 over to bring them center when I replace? Or leave...
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    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Cracked hull need advice please I am doing a resto on my 73 sea ray. (I have the resto on another thread) I just realized my hull was cracked all the way through on the center of the outermost rib and looks as one side folded under the other. Should I just cut my losses and junk the boat or...
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    73 Sea Ray restoration

    On the stringers around the bilge I have a hole on each side that are approximately 1" in the same location on each side. Being that this boat was redone at some point I was wondering if these are weep holes or serve some sort of purpose. To me it looks like a place for water to enter and never...
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    73 Sea Ray restoration

    I hope you are all well today. I apologize for the long post. I picked up a 1973 Sea Ray with a Mercruiser 140 last fall for $400 and not suprising found lots of rot. I quickly went into denial mode followed up by trying to find quick fixes until I stumbled upon this site. I have read lots of...
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    Broken transom plate replacement question

    Hi, this is my first post, I am glad there is a forum with so much knowledge and activity thank you. I have a 73 mercruiser 140 that the gimble housing and transom plate have been swapped with a 165 before I bought it. I am getting ready for a full restoration, when pulling all of the stuff...
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