Custom 1965 Correct Craft Mustang build

john b wrote: Yea Riley, Hustler and I are going different routes. I am going for totally original and correct. I love his restomod project too. Either way it's great to see any of these old boats back on the water.

*Hussler
Original and correct are about as different as precision and accuracy. A "correct" boat would have the most well built features on it, for the most part an original "Correct" Craft is marginally correct by today's standards.

Today I'm going to buy the right size hole saw for the exhaust and make a plug so I can drill it straight.

John,
Keep up the great correct work you are doing.

Lookin' Good !

you can put one hole saw " of the hole size you have " attach it to the arbor inside of the hole saw size you want then use the smaller one to guide the larger one

peter1234 wrote: you can put one hole saw " of the hole size you have " attach it to the arbor inside of the hole saw size you want then use the smaller one to guide the larger one

Unfortunatly my arbor doesnt have enough threads to do that and there is a turndown after the threads so I cant tap anymore.

Ironically, talking about threads and turndowns, here is the rod I turned down and tapped for the eyelet.

Another coat of varnish.



Splashed stain on the dash just so it wont be distractingly bad for the summer. None of that is being saved anyways.




The speedo. Any takers?



Did some sanding and rubbing compound. Still needs work. The water actually beads now though lol!



Also got my LEDs in the mail. Super excited to see them hung up in the boat this summer!

Riley wrote: I think the one piece exhaust tips started later than '70. I haven't seen any with packing. They seem to be a compression fit with a bead of sealant. I'm interested to see how you install yours, John. The one piece like Hussler is using seem like a much better solution, but aren't right if your looking for originality.

Yep, I think '73 is the first year Ive seen some of the one-piece tips installed on CC's. All of my '71-72 Skiers had the 2-piece... but Keegan's '73 is different.

The only one we've taken apart is Sage's '68/69, and I do not believe it had any packing either.

Lookin' Good !!

How bad is the crack? How bad is the bend? Prep the crack and TIG it then get the strut in the press to straighten.

Buck Algonquin

Got the box reinstalled and made a key out of a screw. These old types used to take pins like an old prop would, so I shape the top of the screw like a key and dropped it in.

Been very busy working, but Ive gotten a lot done on the CC. I will bring in my laptop to work tomorrow and upload some pics. So far the engine has been pulled, stringers cut out, hull sanded, new stringers cut, cpes'd, each got a wrap in 6oz (ended up going with 60" wide west glass I think 30 yards), fileted stringers into boat. Amazing how stiff everything is without any reinforcing glass on the filets. Hoping to get each wrapped again tonight, then I can start making the bulkheads. Not going with sister stringers, doug fir bulkheads every 1.25ft.

Also, got my cover made by the local guys. Its nice that the rubrail juts out. I had them do the snaps on the underside so you cant see them with the cover off.

P.s.s. I also converted the trailer from SUA to SOA, worked great!

Boat being disassembled, disgusting. Everything was junk, nothing built right. Entire sections of wood completely exposed from the factory.




Dumbass ski pole mount.

All gone.




Huge sections where the stringers werent even glued.

Templeting the main stringers. Only one resembled a stringer so I just mirrored it for the other side.






6oz. cloth roll




Did one layer on the sawhorses and the rest in the boat.




Screwed in braces to keep everything straight.