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trimate II rehab

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Anyway, your moving right along and it's looking good.

It's strange how your transom seems to have had that slight curve/angle. On my Eluder the transom was cut down to only 1 inch thick in the area that butted up to the splashwell. I measured and measured the original transom before attacking the new one with a router.
 
one more night with no boat activity. we have cub scouts tonight. gona have to get real busy this weekend. they r calling for snow in sothwest lousiana. that my stop the glass work cause i will be building a snowman. my son said it was a promise dad. anyhoo, fiero i looked at ur green boat and yep i bet u had a few sleepness nights just to figure out color. i know i did. i will have a little bit diffrent desine. as for as the transom i am gona shave the top body line out to a smooth surface blending the corners and around the splash well. yee haa yall have a good afternoon and stay warm.....
 
was able to get a little action on boat after all

not quit ready for gell but it is close enough for the normal naked eye not to notice any flaws:bigthumb:. both sides are done and will prime them tomorro to keep them from rusting. heheheheh;););)
 

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A few more pics

A few more pics!!!
 

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not too much done with the cold weather
 

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battery boxes
 

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Looking good my friend . Cant believe how fast your moving thru this project . You have this done in no time . Keep up the good work :thumb:
 
Looking good my friend . Cant believe how fast your moving thru this project . You have this done in no time . Keep up the good work :thumb:


thanks to all of u. this site keeps me realy motivated.:surf: it is great to get on here and read. i hope yall enjoy. it looks like i have already found me another mate. need to finish this first...:eyecrazy: looks like i will be mounting the cap back on soon and start on dash. i have an idear for dash that i have not seen anywhere yet. more detail to come later....:rof:
 
Ez you're rolling thru this pretty good. If I had a heated garage and not working 60 + hours a week, probably would be finished with my resto by now. Keep up the good work.:thumb:
 
Ez you're rolling thru this pretty good. If I had a heated garage and not working 60 + hours a week, probably would be finished with my resto by now. Keep up the good work.:thumb:


yea cmpulse i am lucky to have a somewhat heated shop.:D i am a welder and my dad worked in the oilfield and my brother owns a cabinet shop. a long story short, is i got the pipe from dad and built me a wood burning
stove that my brother contributes too...:bounce:. hhehehe thanks for the support . p.s. when it was snowing, i was in shorts in my shop. yall please keep post comming this is awsome for me.
 
yea cmpulse i am lucky to have a somewhat heated shop.:D i am a welder and my dad worked in the oilfield and my brother owns a cabinet shop. a long story short, is i got the pipe from dad and built me a wood burning
stove that my brother contributes too...:bounce:. hhehehe thanks for the support . p.s. when it was snowing, i was in shorts in my shop. yall please keep post comming this is awsome for me.

The company I work for has an office in Baton Rouge,La. We design alot of oil refineries, gas plants, etc.
 
i have the batt boxes glassed in. gona put cap on tonight and start on seat boxes. i am gona put a 2x12 for the top of box to ensure a good mount for seats. i bought an old boat a couple months ago and it had a cracked block. in the end i payed $400.00 bucks for it. here is what i salvged- 31 gal aluminium tank that i cant use, hydrolic steering, old style merc trim new, new rebuilt alpha one outdrive, and some realy nice seats that u can adjust the height, interior aluminum trim stuff, and a realy nice pioner cd player with amp speakers etc. ok back to work also have new swim platform windows rails etc....
 
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seating arrangement
 

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EZ, your really going to have to step it up a little. You have really been slacking on this

JK, looking great!:cheers:
i am trying realy hard here.:drool: i just cant seem to get anything done. heheheh. sometimes i realy try to make the wife realy mad so she will send me outside, it makes her feel good. :devil: and the make up s_x is great. it is a win/win for me.:banana: tommorro i am gona build some retainer plates for the bolts that hold down my seats, no backup wrench will be needed and i can seal off hole in wood with some silicone then glass them over. i will post a pic tommorro to show yall an idear that some one may be able to use. it will all be stainless steel. then i will finish glassing the floor and off to the dash board i will go. i already have a few diffrent plans for dash, just need to pick one. yall have a gooood night and sleep tight....;)
 
seat clamps

seat clamps
 

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seat pedestals in place enbedded in

seat pedestals in place enbedded in
 

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