73 MX-16 resto/mod, 1 broke high school teacher

[Jetmate]

You can buy it by the yard in 1/8" and 1/4" thickness. You apply it with contact spray adhesive. I use Permetex in a can for small jobs and landau top cement in a cheap spray gun for larger jobs. You can layer it up if you need more depth. I used 1/4" on the top of my cooler cover and 1/8" on the sides. Thanks

Gotcha, I have put on a few vinyl tops.

 

[CHAIN REACTION]

looks great,the only way to get what you want these days is do it all yourself.gonna use some of your ideas on my mx13 rebuild.

 

[Kurtster]

I teach music, but I ran an upholstery business for 10 years. Thanks

All I got to say is ----- man I wish I had your talents, especially now that I'm getting close to the upholstery part of my restoration.

You are one talented sob and your doing a great service to a great boat.

Your MX is gonna be absolutely gorgeous when you finish

 

[redstrat]

You are one talented sob

My wife never mentions talent when she calls me an sob. Matter of fact, neither do my students.

 

[Don's89 Senator]

Just got caught up on your build. WOW! Your good. Like to see that on a body of water soon ( after ice melts ) Colors are great. Oh, is the Falcon for sale?

 

[redstrat]

Just got caught up on your build. WOW! Your good. Like to see that on a body of water soon ( after ice melts ) Colors are great. Oh, is the Falcon for sale?

Thanks, I drive over the Hudson to Troy every day. The ice is disappearing. I think I'll keep the Falcon for now. I have a couple of CV450 Hondas that I want to build next, then I'll flip a coin and start on either the Falcon (rust free 40k miles) or the 53 Willys (25K miles almost rust free). I also have a thought of selling the MX-16 I'm working on now, buying a good Merc with the proceeds and starting on my other MX-16. But..... I've promised my wife I will get back to work on the house when the boat is finished. Too many projects, too little time.

 

[paulsboats]

Tell her you meant boat s.

 

[redstrat]

I got to work on the rear panel yesterday. I started by laying out my design on the panel, then making a paper pattern that I transferred to my 1/4" foam and my vinyl. I'm going to replicate the racing stripe horizontally around the cockpit. I applied the foam so that the stripe will sit in a groove and give the panel some dimension. I used a christmas tree clip in the corner because I won't be able to reach around the speaker in the side panel

I glued the vinyl and the panel, started in the center working the stripe into the groove and out toward the edges. Today I covered the the rear seat console. I took a shot of the bottom to show how I'm going to mount it. I epoxied in 2X2s keeping them 1 1/2" off the floor. When my shop warms up I plan to epoxy 2X2s to the floor with stainless carriage bolts that will attach the console. My goal is no visible attachments. You can see I had to futs with the retractable cup holder to get the face to be flush. It was mounted at an angle in the Dodge van i took it from.

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Here is a shot covered with 1/8" foam.

So here it is all put together. Just say no to bench seats

 

[youwont56]

Dam that's one sexy back seat ! Awesome job your really good at that.

 

[Kurtster]

Day'em, that is some impressive work.

Beautiful graphic work and quality craftmanship

 

[paulsboats]

so when do you want to set up shop? 25x50 big enough?

 

[DropTop5.0]

This is looking wicked cool!

 

[redstrat]

so when do you want to set up shop? 25x50 big enough?

Give me 10 years to try and get a pension out of my teaching gig. As a music teacher I never know when the axe will fall these days. My wife would love to retire to Cape Cod.

 

[Problem Child]

Your custom design is very cool and I'm really into the rear buckets. Doing an incredible job and gonna be sweet against that new paint job.

 

[paulsboats]

music dept.at the school i went to got the axe years ago,so did the industrial arts dept.

 

[SCT]

"As a music teacher I never know when the axe will fall these days"

Redstrat, sounds like Mr Holland's Opus. You have a talent at restoring, though!

 

[redstrat]

"As a music teacher I never know when the axe will fall these days"

Redstrat, sounds like Mr Holland's Opus. You have a talent at restoring, though!

Thanks SCT, and everyone for your encouraging comments. Hopefully my Opus will not have to be written for some time. After many years in the arts I realize that talent doesn't always equate a living wage. There were years when my kids were young and I was working full time and going to school that I didn't have time to work in my shop. I'm really enjoying creating something tangible. I'm hoping to create a bit of a buzz with this boat interior to attract some part-time work. Down the road I'ld like to split my time between the shop and private guitar lessons. Livin the dream....

 

[redstrat]

I finished up the front console this week. It took me about twice as long as I thought it would. I bought a 120 watt Poly-Planar MP3 stereo. No radio but thats OK with me. I mounted the amp under the console and the input and volume control in the center compartment. I found a stainless friction latch that worked out well. I think I'll have to spring for a white fire extinguisher. I was happy to see that the speakers fit inside the enclosures that I made months ago. I haven't done upholstery as a business in many years but over the winter I put some cards around town. Today I got my first call for a mooring cover. I'll try to make some extra cash so that I can finish this orange MXer. I want to put an aluminum rub rail and a new windshield on her. Here are some before and after pics, have a great week y'all.

 

[paulsboats]

Liams at nauset beach

 

[redstrat]

Wow!!! I guess the surfing must have been a bit intense last weekend. I hope they'll be able to get the sand out of the deep fryer. Thanks for the update Paul.