1968 Mustang Resto-mod Jax, FL

Keep up the great work danger! It's coming along nicely.

Forgot to mention, it was pretty cool pulling out my grandfathers hand plane. I had no idea how it worked, but figured it out. It was very helpful in shaping the starboard stringer.

Well another busy weekend. We finished my buddies seats and he got them installed. Looks like a new boat!

I picked up the wood for the secondary stringers. Then I spent the last day and a half cutting out the old secondaries and grinding the hull. I got some foam in from US composites and foamed out the small section in the forward bow. Things are moving along.

Port secondary stringer bedded and filleted!

A busy weekend. Saturday I got the engine risers and all the way to the engine cradle slant done on the primary stringers. 1 layer of chop, 1 layer of 1708, layer of chop, layer of 1708. Overlapping 4 inches and 6 inches off stringer.

I wasn't sure how to deal with the cutout for the aft floor support, so I just glassed over it. I will dremel it out and add the support in after the log is back in place.

Sunday I had to get some materials and a close quarters drill. I forgot I need weep holes between the secondary stringers. I am leaving a few inches in the rear open for access to swim platform bolts. Going to have to cut that in before glassing.

After shopping I did my longest layup ever. I didn't want the engine cradle to sit on a joint in the glass, soooo... I did a 62 inch layup. It was quite a work out, but I think it came out well.

You're not messin around I know who to call next time I need stringers.

Looks good I hope you haven't been waiting that long cold beer!!

dangerwil wrote: Today I got the ski platform and exhaust pads bedded in. They are a composite material called kcell and should never rot. The rudder pads and strut pads are cut just need to glue 'em in.

Ski platform on a 68?

A CPES treatment on ply works fantastic. Please expound on the kcell you mentioned since a search comes up with nothing. Be VERY careful with substituting materials. What strength specs did you come up with? Compression strength is the key. Does it compare with ply or did you even bother looking at them??

Got the rear pads glassed in. Cleaned the stringers of all the glass fuzz. Spent a lot of time sanding evil red paint and shot the rear deck with a first gel coat. Log should go in soon.

dangerwil wrote: Kcell? I think this it what the Kcell is. I get it from Outlaw Marine in Melrose, FL. He won't tell me exactly what the brand is, but it's wicked stuff. Tougher than plywood and you can lay resin right on it for laminating. They use it for decks and bulkheads. Runs around $300 for a 4x8 sheet.

If you got it from Don then I wouldn't worry about it. He knows what he's doing. The boat is coming along great Bill. Keep up the great work. Hoping to see you out on Santa Fe this summer!

He didn't go on a test drive. His post clearly says that he "took a drive" and then "test fit" the engine. As in, he drove to where his boat is stored, and then test fit the engine into said boat.

ny_nautique wrote: He didn't go on a test drive. His post clearly says that he "took a drive" and then "test fit" the engine. As in, he drove to where his boat is stored, and then test fit the engine into said boat.

Ny_nautique, I like this and the the translation you so nicely contributed the other day.LMAO!!!!! Sorry pete it is funny even though its at your expense......

forvicjr wrote: ny_nautique wrote: He didn't go on a test drive. His post clearly says that he "took a drive" and then "test fit" the engine. As in, he drove to where his boat is stored, and then test fit the engine into said boat. Ny_nautique, I like this and the the translation you so nicely contributed the other day.LMAO!!!!! Sorry pete it is funny even though its at your expense......

Well, in the boating world, I interpreted "took a drive" as being with the boat. Thanks for clearing up the issue!

Did your boat have a strut backing plate or did you add one to the boat? I just wondered because neither my 69 Ski Nautique or my 71 Mustang had one?

Really nice job you have been doing, your engine looks sweet. You should be back on the water in no time.

Sanding, sanding, sanding. I sanded about 90% of the starboard side today. All paint has been removed from the cap. In between I foamed in my piece of sheet fiberglass to the bow. After trimming the foam, I bedded in the aft floor brace, the fiberglass in the bow and patched some of the holes in the dash.