cooperider
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Here are some Pix of DustinP's 1978 Trimate II. Nice Restoration DustinP, tell us about it.
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DustinP's 1978 Trimate II restoration pix
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cooperider
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Here are some Pix of DustinP's 1978 Trimate II. Nice Restoration DustinP, tell us about it.
cooperider
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Some more pix.
AH, I'm having flash backs.
Kidding, great job.
Kidding, great job.
cooperider
Well-known member
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 175checkmate:
AH, I'm having flash backs.
Kidding, great job. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
and he has only had it for about three months...heck I've almost been laying around that long.
Looks Kewl don't it.
AH, I'm having flash backs.
Kidding, great job. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
and he has only had it for about three months...heck I've almost been laying around that long.
Looks Kewl don't it.
Thanks guys, I have never even owned a boat before. I've been building cars since I can remember (which I am only 25, so that isn't really that long) I just applied everything I know about cars to a boat.
The project was very testing of my pacience at times, but the final project seems to be worth it.
The project was very testing of my pacience at times, but the final project seems to be worth it.
Guess I could tell a bit more about the restoration.
I bought the boat without looking over it good, and when I got it home I got scared. This thing was terrible. At first I was goting to sell the motor and controls and scrap the boat idea. I'm glad I didn't. The paint on the top side scraped right off to reveal some wal-mart rattle can primer. Seems it had beem painted horribly before.
Then I sepereted the topside from the hull. Set the topside in the backyard for later use. Built me a dolly for the hull out of 4x4's and casters from a car dolly. Began to sand and fill scratches and scuffs on the hull. Picked up 2gal of gloss white gel-coat and 1.5 was used on the hull. Wet sanded it and rolled it out of the way for later use.
Then I got the topside in the carport. repeated the same steps as on the hull with the addition of filling the holes from the railing. TThe other .5gal of gel-coat went on the top. Got that all wetsanded and went to my local PPG dealer and picked up 1gal of Chrysler pure white. Applied 6 coats to top and 5 to the bottom.
Then I got a few friends to assist me in flipping th bottom back over and get it on the trailer. Then it was on the the floor. I had to cut the foam from around the piece of 1x4 that runs through the center. Removed that sorry excuse for a piece of wood. Replaced that and refoamed it. Built a new treated 2x4 structure for the floor and resined in the ends of the 2x4's. Laid in the 1/2" marine grade plywod floor and covered it with a charcoal grey indoor/outdoor carpet. Built a new platform for the gas tank to sit on.
then I was ready to put the top back on the boat. Instead of the rivets i had to drill out I stuck it back togather with tapered stainless steel screws, flat washers and stover nuts. Sealed it with something that the local marine shop sold me for $14 a tube. Then wetsanded the entire thing.
Went and bought a 6pack of DosEquis and a roll of 3/8" green masking tape and began the journey of trying to design the stripe (got it just how i wanted it on the first try). Sprayed the blue, which was the one i thought I wanted, but apparently he mixed it wrong) so the tape came off, I wetsanded AGAIN and reapplied the tape. The color worked out great this time. Removed the tape a few hours later. Wetsanded AGAIN and took it to the local auto trim shop and had a 1/2" Silver matallic stripe put on. Brought it home a sprayed 6 coats of clear on it.
Hit all of the aluminum trim with a scotchbrite pad, to give it that brushed look and installed most of it.
There are tons more small things that have been very time consuming that I have done throughout the restoration. There are still a few things to be done. Like installing all the seats (all of which I have, just getting lazy), installing the center moulding, painting the hood on the motor, and installing the gauges, but for the most part it is done.
sorry for the long post, i'm just bored.
if you guys have any guestions feel free to ask
I bought the boat without looking over it good, and when I got it home I got scared. This thing was terrible. At first I was goting to sell the motor and controls and scrap the boat idea. I'm glad I didn't. The paint on the top side scraped right off to reveal some wal-mart rattle can primer. Seems it had beem painted horribly before.
Then I sepereted the topside from the hull. Set the topside in the backyard for later use. Built me a dolly for the hull out of 4x4's and casters from a car dolly. Began to sand and fill scratches and scuffs on the hull. Picked up 2gal of gloss white gel-coat and 1.5 was used on the hull. Wet sanded it and rolled it out of the way for later use.
Then I got the topside in the carport. repeated the same steps as on the hull with the addition of filling the holes from the railing. TThe other .5gal of gel-coat went on the top. Got that all wetsanded and went to my local PPG dealer and picked up 1gal of Chrysler pure white. Applied 6 coats to top and 5 to the bottom.
Then I got a few friends to assist me in flipping th bottom back over and get it on the trailer. Then it was on the the floor. I had to cut the foam from around the piece of 1x4 that runs through the center. Removed that sorry excuse for a piece of wood. Replaced that and refoamed it. Built a new treated 2x4 structure for the floor and resined in the ends of the 2x4's. Laid in the 1/2" marine grade plywod floor and covered it with a charcoal grey indoor/outdoor carpet. Built a new platform for the gas tank to sit on.
then I was ready to put the top back on the boat. Instead of the rivets i had to drill out I stuck it back togather with tapered stainless steel screws, flat washers and stover nuts. Sealed it with something that the local marine shop sold me for $14 a tube. Then wetsanded the entire thing.
Went and bought a 6pack of DosEquis and a roll of 3/8" green masking tape and began the journey of trying to design the stripe (got it just how i wanted it on the first try). Sprayed the blue, which was the one i thought I wanted, but apparently he mixed it wrong) so the tape came off, I wetsanded AGAIN and reapplied the tape. The color worked out great this time. Removed the tape a few hours later. Wetsanded AGAIN and took it to the local auto trim shop and had a 1/2" Silver matallic stripe put on. Brought it home a sprayed 6 coats of clear on it.
Hit all of the aluminum trim with a scotchbrite pad, to give it that brushed look and installed most of it.
There are tons more small things that have been very time consuming that I have done throughout the restoration. There are still a few things to be done. Like installing all the seats (all of which I have, just getting lazy), installing the center moulding, painting the hood on the motor, and installing the gauges, but for the most part it is done.
sorry for the long post, i'm just bored.
if you guys have any guestions feel free to ask
orangecrush
Active member
Dustin looks sharp congrats on the project keep the pics coming,Good Luck OC.