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1979 Predictor restore!!!!
- Thread starter Fastcheckmate175
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Fastcheckmate175
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No Slam not yet. But the stringers and cross members are all cut and ready for this weekend! Tonight was a cut and fit for the floor!!!!
No Slam not yet. But the stringers and cross members are all cut and ready for this weekend! Tonight was a cut and fit for the floor!!!!
well good luck! im glueing my floor down to my stringers tomorrow to let cure for a few days then im going to start glassing mine down. im so happy the end is near..
Fastcheckmate175
Member
Good luck to you too!!! I am giving her a new paint job too....so the floor gettin done will only be a halfway mark!!
Great East Predictor
Active member
looks good, you putting knees from the floor to the transom?
Fastcheckmate175
Member
Yep,,, Im gonna build battery boxes on both sides of the gas tank and use the knees as part of the box. Even though it didnt have knees before, im sure it wont hurt huh!?!?!
jallen355
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Great East Predictor
Active member
yup, that's what i did...here is a pic
Fastcheckmate175
Member
Just like Jallens....I just have to measure for the bigger gastank. That stock tank is killing me with only an hour of play!! Gonna try and fit a 19 gallon tank in the back! 
chrispallen
Well-known member
his is solar powered 
jallen355
Well-known member
Now that's HOT!his is solar powered
Great East Predictor
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chrispallen
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i am serious, if you look past the broken engine parts, right below the blue plug wire on the right, you can see on the deck, just on the edge, a little solar panel.
:lol:
if you look past the broken engine parts, right below the blue plug wire on the right, you can see on the deck, just on the edge, a little solar panel.:lol:
Fastcheckmate175
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chrispallen
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looking good, i am excited to see how this comes out. you still gonna stay with red as the primary color?
Fastcheckmate175
Member
Yes Chris, red with a white bottom and white mixed in on the top somehow!!! I gotta keep moving on this. I cant stand for my boat to scattered across the yard and in two sheds!!
Fastcheckmate175
Member
J...where is ur bildge pump.....and if its just not installed yet...how is it gonna suck from ur subfloor????Something like this?
jallen355
Well-known member
The bildge pump is bolted to a bulkhead/crossmember between the stringers. You can see the bulkhead in the pick below.The one just ahead of the transom. Pump bolts the the backside of it just ahead of the drainplug. The cavity you see cut in the floor right at the transom is the access to it. It's a few inches ahead of the drain plug. Sit right down on the bottem/pad on the hull. Of course you have to remove the fuel tank to access it, but is there another alternative? Mine has an on/off/auto swtiching feature.
btw, this pic shows the original starboard mounted battery tray and the lack of one on the port side. What you see, both port and starboard was eventually removed and upgraded.
btw, this pic shows the original starboard mounted battery tray and the lack of one on the port side. What you see, both port and starboard was eventually removed and upgraded.