1973 Correct Craft Ski Nautique Restoration

The number is on the transom 73+.

I have scoured every inch of the transom and cannot find any tags or markings. is there somewhere else I should look?

I was able to make out the first 3 letters on the capacity plate and they are 3NM in the Model box. The 4th letter could be a U, O, or possibly 6, 8, 0...I can only see the lower section of the letter/number its looking to match the 3NMU on the inspection paper...is what I am leaning towards.

Orlando76 wrote: Hollywood wrote: "stars and stripes" ??? Yeah me too confused? Could this be the lost supposed mate of the California boat?

Awesome Find ! Love the oldies with good stories. I must agree with above comments. I have an odd one in the fleet and am just going to enjoy it in "Rough" Form till I can do it right.

Sorry, have made tons of headway on the project here is an update:

The letters and stripe that had been painted on the boat were flaking off and rough, I decided to repaint them back to the original design instead of all blue.

After masking and cutting the letters and stripes out it was time to start painting...










Time to start putting the interior back together....






Rear of the Boat assembled minus the Spedos yet...



Working on repairing the bow where it was damaged now...

TRBenj wrote: Any evidence of a 3rd speedo having been mounted to the motorbox (or associated 3rd set of hardware on the transom)?

What was the 3rd speedo for? Judge, monitoring speed?

Since the stripes had been hand painted over with blue, and I didn't sand them all the way off, I choose to just recover them in solid red for now...as much fiberglass repair that I have had to do on the bow, I am going to end up with a large spot that will have to be re-geled, so I am considering having the whole boat done, but not sure yet. I want to get the boat in that water and enjoy it this summer then pick back up on it next winter.

I know I have the parts, it's the time that's hard to come by... If you can be patient, I can get a few together for you.

Try a search for the proper speedo bracket replacement- I can't recall if plexi is correct or if I'm confusing my plastics. I know aluminum was used in the 60's but not in '73.

Lexan may be a good alternative, i find it more more predictable when cutting drilling or tapping.

Ok, I think that is what you had sent me before...

This is the 725...

Okay, well I think i'm going to hold true to the original gauges then....

Any pointers on building the plate out of Lexan?

WOW Adam, you don't waste any time! She is looking Great!

Yes, I would agree with 1/4" lexan.   We have a local glass/mirror/window shop who works with a lot of lexan. I can usually buy large scraps for only a few $$.
If need be, I might be able to send you a template tracing.

Its always fun to play with the various types of plexi. As Gottaski mentions If you you hack up the edge on a cut you can always get out a da sander with some 150 grit and either radius or flatten the edge to your preference. It will then be frosted but if you want it polished running a flame across it with a steady hand will melt out all the small scratches and leave a smooth finish.

Acrylic isn't all bad if its all you have access two, but it might take a couple shots and require some more tape applied during cutting. I used to cut long edges of 3/8" in a 12 ft sheetmetal shear... worked 90% of the time with only the cut off piece shattering into a million pieces, the other 10% of the time I had to find a co-op to do the clean up.

IT RUNS....

Rebuilding the Carb this week...along with a full tune up, electronic ignition, etc

I will post a video once its is all back together