Winter Progress

I can see the hinge on the starboard side and there's clearly an excessive amount of seat bottom sticking forward. Hmmm

Actually I think I might go with the JoeinNY kneel for this season.

Zach....Your boat looks great!!

So does that John Deere sitting next to it. What model and year?

Yeahhh I tend to do that a lot Mark haha.

Dave, I have no clue it was in the dudes shop. Looked to be mid 90s vintage but I wasn't that interested in tractors with that boat in my sights haha.

It looks great Zach. Now about the tractor.............

Zach, the boat looks amazing and can not wait to see it up close. Good job with the project. Keep them coming

real nice. you're gonna enjoy the hell out of that. and if you weren't one of the crazy "take your shoes off and don't step on the seats" people before, welcome to the club

Lol. Adam I was quite opposed to that but now I am going to have to be the take off your shoes and dry off first Nazi ha.

Carpet is still original so I won't be super picky about that but since everything is wood I am going to work pretty hard to keep it as dry as possible which we did a great job of this summer.

Dave, If you see it in person you'll be expected to drive it and foot behind it.

Thanks Eddie, now if I can just keep up with your Chevy ;).

Also, I am going to try and be really careful about sunblock because my family being the light skinned persuasion we usually get it all over the place during a normal boat day. Probably sling some towels over the seat backs while were riding.

Next on deck is to pull the interior all back out and remove all deck hardware/windhsield/dash pieces to wet sand the dash and then buff everything from the rubrail up.

After that there are a few little patches that need to be made in the typical 2001 problem areas (ie the front of the exhaust wells). After those are made I plan to put the super clean on the bilge and get it as pretty as possible then toss the 351 back into its home.

After the motor is back in the interior will go back in so it is actually usable.

Once that is done time permitting we will be mixing some Gel and properly tinting it to the correct Cream Brown color. There are a few places that need a little glass/gel work on the exterior. The port side Ski Nautique graphic needs replaced but I think I am going to try to save the rest because they are so nice and original.

Some exterior areas need a wet sand and some don't so after gel repairs are made those areas will be sanded the the entire thing buffed and were done!!

Gotta save up for that reproduction dash panel though.

Hahahhaa, its all just Christmas trees and there's no way I am taking the chance of effing up one of the coaming pads or arm rests while I buff the deck.

All the seats are just pinned to the hinges anyways.

I am going to look into some long large plastic bags to put it all in a safety bubble until it is re installed in a few months.

I use spray on but only the Neutrogena stuff with helioplex or whatever.The least greasy mess I have found of any kinda and best protection. It is to be sprayed on at the dock or out in the water at the sand bar.

Hopefully the ladies love it haha.

It has tunes, I have 4 Polk DXI speakers in the side shelves the early deluxe boats had like the 70s SN. They were the only speakers with good output that had small enough magnets that would fit under the shelve height without grinding into the floor. I still had to notch out the bottoms of the shelves a bit. The shelves acting as an enclosure really makes those speakers talk.

I have an older clarion 400 watt 4 channel amp pushing them and it really rocks but lacks in the bass department. Probably build some sort of sub box maybe next season as my funds will be pretty low for a few months.

I will be doing some sort of amp that incorporates high channels and a bass channel like the PAD5000.5 because I want to keep it as light and compact as possible.

Lol I was just asking myself these questions CQ. We use a ton of 303 and regular old Fantastic to clean vinyl.

We just made a connection with a company called Boat Bling that are working with CC to become an approved vinyl cleaner/dressing.

She got a tad dusty on the way home. I avoided all puddles possible with the truck. Before I pull it back out I was going to completely detail and 303 coat it all so it would be ready to rock for summer but I will be doing research on the what for and approved by CC stuff so I can A) use it for myself and B) better recommend product to our new boat customers or customers in general.

Are you thinking of RJ and Babe's?

I finally ran out of Exquisite which has been my go to cleaner and apparently they don't sell it on EBay anymore.   Switched to Totally Awesome, you get it at the dollar store, and it works just as well, but doesn't leave the seats feeling as nice after you wipe it off so I have to go back over everything with a sponge and some water to clean off the cleaner. Babe's seat saver for the protection afterwards, not quite as greasy as 303 which makes a difference when you're carrying foils across the sun pad.   

8122pbrainard wrote: Hollywood wrote: Are you thinking of RJ and Babe's? Yup, that's him and his products.

RJ doesn't represent them anymore. Been actually a few years now..

Zach, Nice job on that little brown number !!!

Moj'