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Re: Looking to buy fiberglass Century Resorter
There very well made. There all a straight inboard 16' and 17' with small block power up to 260hp and some 18' and all 19' are available with a Chrysler 440 330hp. They all use a nearly bullet proof Velvet Drive transmission. Complete OEM interior...
My 30' Carver has twin Mercruiser 454s with velvet drive 72c hooked to Walter #36 v-drive. The raw water pump on the engine has the trans oil cooler and the v-drive on the suction side of the pump. Do they stay cooled by raw water or are they plumbed into the glycol side?
Re: what kind of staple gun?
I shot over 12,000 staples putting in a interior kit in my B-I-Ls 1973 Coronado. I found the reverse to be true. stainless would just bend in the old wood. Everything that is cream vinyl was dark brown when she was new.
I just started my new project, a 1990 Carver 30' express with Mercuiser 454s on V-drives. It seems that Iboats doesn't have parts for it:
http://www.iboats.com/Inboard-Engine-Parts/dm/*******.468912359--**********.575554812--view_id.268605.
