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  1. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS I am also working on another project for a customer that is taking priority over my own boat. Its a Marine Power LSA supercharged engine with a Bravo III XR outdrive. I just bolted up the CMI headers that came in this week. Customer...
  2. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS Had to pull this rust bucket of a water heater out. The bottom was completely rotted out. No way i would trust this electric piece of junk.
  3. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS Cleaning the intake gasket material off and priming the engine blocks with hi-temp primer. Note that i plugged all the intake ports in the cylinder heads with paper towel so I dont get any garbage into the cylinders.
  4. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS Finished removing most of the bottom paint wednesday, just have the transom and a bit on the bottom left. I have about 6 1/2 hours into bottom paint removal using walnut blasting. not too bad compared to sanding. I am running over the...
  5. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS Cleaning up the valve covers. Of course...I walnut blasted these too! :)
  6. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS Intake manifolds before and after
  7. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS Cleaning the intakes and polishing the brass temp senders
  8. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS Cleaning up parts and painting
  9. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS It was a little cold out so I started to clean the bilge and strip the engines down to longblocks in preparation for degreasing, priming, and painting.
  10. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS First project: bottom paint removal. Its beyond crazy-thick and flaking in a lot of places. Its gotta go.
  11. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS I shrink-wrapped the boat in clear with full height over the engine compartment so I can work on the boat over the winter.
  12. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    Re: 1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS Taking the boat out and dry-docking at the shop for the winter.
  13. LorenHaus

    1977 Silverton Flybridge Restoration- PICS & VIDEOS

    This is one of two identical Silvertons we picked up recently. The one I will be restoring this winter has twin chrysler 318 engines. The other boat I plan to do next year has a single chrysler 360. The 318's both run excellent, which is why i will be going to all the trouble of restoring this...
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