Latest addition to our family

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to introduce the latest Correct Craft in our family. Yesterday I brought home a 68 Mustang. This is my fourth Correct Craft, and I currently still have a 99 SAN. My wife and kids are too nervous to take my baby out when I am not at home, so now they can go out and have their own fun. This boat needs some TLC and I am really excited about working on it. I am going to have a million questions for you guys that restore these classics.
It was 10* yesterday so we did not even hook up a hose to it. We dry ran it for about 10 seconds to make sure it sounded right. I am sending the rest of the money after the lake thaws and I can run it for a couple minutes. One concern is the steering seemed to be frozen (literally, like the cable is wet or something), and I assume it would not hurt to replace the steering cable, I will confirm after it is warmer, but I definitely think there is something goofy there. Also, the trans was in neutral but the motor was spinning the prop pretty good at idle. Is this because of the cold? I suspect it also needs a new cutlass bearing (?) in the shaft strut. The hull has been painted and there are some scratches, and cracks. Is rubbing it out going to improve the look of the paint ? Or am I going to rub through it and make it look worse? Only one motor mount bolt was loose so I feel like the stringers are in decent shape. I will leave it at that, for now, but I plan on doing a ton of resto work to this little gem. Here are a couple pics. That is road gunk on the front of the bow and will get that washed off today, was too cold last night....

Mike, cool boat,....
Glad to see it end up in the hands of someone that will bring her back to her former glory.
Exterior ain't bad, inside needs ???????
Got the Correct motor tho, Go Blue Oval...
You will find this is a complete 180 of the '99 SAN, just a cool boat to run and to show off, CONGRATS ON THE NEW RIDE.....Boat dr

Mike , maybe a little too cold for a "clean neutral" oil viscosity or as major as a tranny rebuild.Either way I would wait till the weather is a little warmer.
Mine will spin in N here at 65 deg. Just food for thought, Eric will probably disagree, but he rebuilt mine.......
Boat dr

Mike woke to a "FROST" light as it was, still rather chilly . Temps do drop here but not for long.
Easter week end highs of 78 deg.What a time for the kids looking for EGGS..........
Will be expected to put the old girl in Sunday and get her wet, tough job , but somebody gotta do it............... Congrats again on that find.......Boat dr

If we were going to bash him , I would not start at the Vacuum advance, I would go straight to the fuel line and the in line filter.
But this will come after he has been here a while.Easy does it with the newbies Tim........
There are possibly other safety issues here as well, but let him look and ask first.................Boat dr

Carb,starter and alternator need to be checked for marine designation.......

Mike, Glad you found the boat that your wife and kids can use without worrying. I too have my 77 for the day to day wife and kids use. My wife feels that if she scratched ether of my wood boats that it would be grounds for divorce. She may be correct!!

Be careful without getting water to the boat. I'm one who recommends against dry running a boat. I've seen water pump impellers blown from it.

Go easy on the buffing - yes, you may go through the paint but that's hard to say because we don't know how much paint is on it! Start with a real mild compound or even a "cleaning" wax.

When you get settled, we have seen some issues that you do new to address on the engine. You have come to the right place to get the right answers!

You did mention filter, my fault.

Hi Guys

OK, now that you have made some observations.
What about the distributor ?

Rotate the water pump clockwise ? 90*? 180*? I did notice all the goofy plumbing stuff.

What about the fuel line and filter? Is that no-no having plastic on a marine engine, I take it?

what about the vacuum advance?

I am eagerly awaiting tinkering with it. I still have 3-4 weeks before I can get it wet.

Pete, when we started it the owner had squirted some dish soap down into the impeller and it literally was only 10 seconds.

I have been a lurker for the most part on this site, but have been an active member of PN for some time.

thanks !!

Mike

Thanks Tim !! I suspect that the fuel filter I see in yours is what I should have also, as opposed to the big plastic can that i have.

Mike, Tim posted a picture as a reference to his plumbing and then got bashed on his fuel filter and the rubber hose from the pump to the carb!!!! His fuel filter is a Tempo made for suction service on outboards. The high pressure line from the pump to the carb should be steel. The filter on yours has been added possibly because the gas tank has crud or rust in it. You should siphon it out and that a look.

Glad to here the PO used the dish soap!

The distributor the PO used is a automotive. Marines are mechanical advance and not vacuum. Something about the RPM torque curve they operate in. One of our more gearhead oriented guys will be able to explain it better.

Tim, I'm sorry, I didn't know it was brought to your attention twice. Thanks for informing me.

Ha. I am sure I will! Thank you!

I thought I had seen this boat before. Welcome!

Tim D wrote: No, don't get one of those filters. I put it there for reference for fuel flow, and several here say it's dangerous/crazy, but it has been there about 12 years. Also dangerous is the fuel line from the fuel pump to the carb, which I've had it that way for 18 years.

Do you still have the rubber fuel line and filter? So are you saying it has been good for this many years, but if it blows up tomorrow that is the only bad day?

BTW you can get A1 rated rubber fuel hose that is acceptable in leiu of the steel line, it is however typically about $3 a foot for 3/8" id.