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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Just doing a little prep on the speeditwin .. What’s a good filler to take care of a few dings over aluminum.. The prop is gunna get shined up . I might can talk the Admiral into working on that . At least get it close then I could finish it up . ZC or SE primer for the aluminum ....?
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    TeeNee trailer

    Hmmmm , I don’t know the number system but my Tee Nee has the number 75496 and the registration says it’s a 1958 .. ‘But it’s also registered as homemade .. I’m not sure if it’s correct really .. I haven’t done the research yet ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Did a little fine tuning on the templates for the wind shield . I had a scrap piece of plexiglass I dug out of the dumpster at work . Was thinking instead of a gasket or trim maybe just install these standard window clips ...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Happy 4rth everyone !! Ok need opinions on my windshield... Im making templates for the WS . Side by side comparison. Do you like the slightly raised with the rounded corners on top or the straight curved top of the glass . I think they both would look good but leaning toward the straight top ...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Thanks guys ! ‘I think this is coat #3 varnish on the floor pieces . Probably a couple more and call em done . Digging into the Speeditwin soon I think .. Also need to look into and make decisions on the windshield ..
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    MFG rebuild getting started pics

    Happy Fathers day everyone !!! ‘My dads gone but what better way to honor him then by taking his boat out for a good run .. Been needing to do that anyway ..She hasn’t been out in quite a while ...E-tec ran flawlessly as it should .. Unfortunately she is a mess right now and needs a really good...
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    1957 Fleetform Custom Restoration

    Mine was the valspar but basically the same stuff with hardener . It’s held up pretty well so far . Just needs a coat of wax every now and then . I have also been using the ppg delfleet essential single stage polyurethane tractor paint lately . A bit more expensive but not to bad .. I painted my...
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    Oh boy, I want this set up!

    This one would be cool too !
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Update .. I got cleared o go back to work last Thursday.. No BLT’s . Feels good to walk up a stair case without your legs feeling like jello ... I still find myself wanting to do more like Woody said .. I got my son to get the deck pieces I made out of the boat so I can start the finish on them...
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    Justice finally served ..

    Long time coming .. Glad it's over other than any appeal .. https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/jacksonville/wife-killer-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-in-1993-cold-case The son of the killer is my nieces husband .. His adopted family raised a really good person ..
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    This just in ! It ain’t the cover of The Rolling Stones but we made the Sunnyland Sheerline magazine ! There it is ,my name, plain as day ,in black and white ,along with pic ! I am somebody !!! :lol: :rolleyes:
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Hope everyone had a nice Mother’s Day weekend ! We took mom out for a seafood lunch then a nice long drive out down the St Johns river and a lot of the places we used to frequent growing up on the river and inlets .. Was a beautiful drive and the weather was great ! I could tell she really...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Me and Chris took an afternoon ride back in the creeks . Some of you may recognize Chris’s boat ..She still runs great ! We might try and wet a line before they cut me .. I made some videos but my camera kept shutting off .. I thought I hade a charged battery .. Guess not ...
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    1950's Wagemaker Wolverine wooden boat restoration ...

    Mike I haven’t been cut on yet...Hopefully I won’t need to but I can’t rule it out unfortunately... Kc, both are unbelievably painful but the teeth are much easier to fix ... :brushteeth: I’m not totally out of the game yet so I got one section of floor ready for varnish ....I need to figure a...
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    Sunnyland 2019 ACBS show pics !

    Even had a real 63 Studebaker Avanti . This was the same car my mother sold a couple years ago .
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    Sunnyland 2019 ACBS show pics !

    And some cool cars also ..
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    Sunnyland 2019 ACBS show pics !

    Mine can’t really compare to all of these boats but here she is in the line up ..
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