Custom 1965 Correct Craft Mustang build

I had a thick piece of biax,added the resin to it and let it harden. Then I put cardboard behind the hole and traced from the outside. Used the cardboard tracing to cut the filler plug from the hardned biax. Then I used mat and kept building it up,a little larger each time until I had the thickness needed. I used polyester for this part of the repair to compatable with the polyester gelcoat. When done I sanded the back side of the repair and used epoxy and mat to cover the whole repair to give it even more strength. Hope this helps-

Got a little more done, rained quite a bit today.

Floor all painted and loosly fitted. This should make working on the inside so much more comfortable, its the little things in life.



Also figured out how to build up the throttle area without taking a billion sheet to do it. Cut a sliver of wood, wrapped it in glass for a backer then a thin 6oz on the front to make a little bowl. Then packed the bowl with pulled apart stand matt soaked in epoxy. Once its cured ill just burn off the seaped out section and put 2-3 6oz matt coats over it.




Hope to get some sanding done tomorrow, then I have to start packing up my crap for camp for the summer.

Hussler wrote: two of these vents on either side of the breakwater

??? Please explain the "breakwater"

I like the functionality of the tow ring and finger on the transom. It is very practical. I have considered doing the same thing so I can take a spin skiing with rear seat passengers and all return intact. I will have to give that some careful thought. I have drillaphobia.
BTW, do you have the vent grille for that sweet motor box? I have a spare or two laying around that I really have no use for.

john b wrote: Tiny is half the charm, in boats anyway!

"I'm not tiny, I'm compact!"

I love it, its essentially a motor with a little bit of fiberglass around it. If it was any smaller I'd probably make put a saddle on the doghouse and steer the thing with reins.

Anywho I'll probably paint the floors today and build up the glass on the dash, maybe fix the control box housing.

Bored, didnt feel like sanding so I cut out the floor boards so its easier to walk around.






Playing pretend. What a tiny ass boat!!

I hope your control works out for you Jim. I had nothing but trouble with mine,if you remember mine is an SS that originally had the console mounted controls and at some time been converted to a Morse single lever. The problem you might run into now is since you shortned the lever your carb will not fully open. What you might have to do is use the original length lever but turn it 180 on the lever mount,then run the cable from the front over the top of the engine and have it push the carb open rather than have the cable under the engine and coming over to pull the carb open. Not sure this will work either can't remember if the shift lever will be in the way. Anyway after dealing with this for a long time and having another member commenting on how hard the lever worked I started the project to find the original equiptment. Now it works so much nicer,settings stay where you want and it works so much smoother.

How are you going to do the vent box to the engine compartment?

juniorwoody wrote: Hussler I really like what you are doing. Take a walk on the wild side no body is going to get hurt. Though I tend to be a purist when I have a complete boat of an older vintage to resto I like the way you have taken this one as an open slate and let the boat become a part of your character and person. I hope you enjoy it when it is done. I have considered doing something similar with a wood hull. Cant imagine, and some folks get bored with life.

Thank you, glad you appreciate what I'm trying to accomplish! They way things are going I think it will turn out quite pretty.


Havent gotten much done, with final exams and the sun beating on the tent its been tough to concentrate. Got the hole cut for the little vent that some mustangs have.


From the backside of the dash, those black spots are paint that melted off the gloves into the epoxy :/ What a ***** to epoxy under there



Little recessed box ive been talking about, still needs glass reinforcing.



Forgot to take more relevant pics, those clamps are holding on supplemental bracing to reinforce the dash into the sides of the boat.
The jack was just to preload the dash from sagging.

Hussler, i firmly believe you have a clamp fetish!!!

Looks awesome, look forward to the finished dash pics.

News flash: It REALLY sucks trying to fiberglass under the bow! Wish I had done the dash ect. when the boat was flipped over. Got the boards clamped in and glassed under the vent, also just about done glassing in imperfections on the topside.

Forgot to take any meaningful pics so heres an arbitrary shot I took. You can kind of see the clamps at the bow holding the vent box up

Sorry forgot the last pic.

Gary S wrote: Careful with the propane also it will make you loopy. I spent alot of time in tents with propane heat,not all of us had underground trucks with built in heat and air blower.

was roaming around in old threads looking at pictures and missed this shot accross my bow....I resemble this remark Gary....



john

My guess you are trying to crown the deck.

jbach wrote: what kind of jeep is that going in? I built one for my old YJ. Too bad you couldn't track one down with discs.

XJ, its got disks, youre looking at the parking brake shoes Just have to finish trussing, plating the pumpkin and run some brakelines and paint.