'68 Holiday-V 120 Mercruiser I/O

TheWrks

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Re: '68 Holiday-V 120 Mercruiser I/O

Ahhhhh, Silver Lake!! It's been a few years since I've been there....

Your boat is coming along nice!

Love it up there, thanks got some more done today..
 

TheWrks

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Re: '68 Holiday-V 120 Mercruiser I/O

Well moved the stands to finish the painting, I started to put the hardware back on. My ebay Ski Lockers came today cut that hole in no time :laugh:

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Scott
 

jbcurt00

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Great work, ski locker looks great
 

barato2

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the whole thing is lookin great. yeah, it's amazing how new goodies arriving can produce a burst of energy. we still haven't entirely grown out of being little kids at Xmas... :lol:
 

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the whole thing is lookin great. yeah, it's amazing how new goodies arriving can produce a burst of energy. we still haven't entirely grown out of being little kids at Xmas... :lol:

Thanks, you are correct kid in a candy store on Xmas no less!!!!!
 

TheWrks

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Well cleaned up some trim pieces and installed my new ski eye (going to paint the outer bracket)

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It looks of center but it was the angle i took the photo :eek:

Tomorrow build box for ski locker finish polishing upper rub rails then install...

Scott
 

TheWrks

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Well never did get round to building the box :blue: started on other stuff.

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Bow cap went on a lot easier than it was to take it off...

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Just the windshield to go now... Boy putting the rubber rub rail back on was a royal pain in the Buttocks :eek:

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End caps came out real good and both went back with no problems

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Scott
 

jasoutside

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Wow man, those castings look totally awesome!!!:thumb:
 

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You're bringing her back to real nice and sparkly. :D
 

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Man, I didn't think that it was possible to get that kind of shine out of those bow & transom caps. Gorgeous boat!
 

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kid in a candy store on Xmas wwith a crisp new $20 from Grandma and the parents stayed at home....

i see a lot of nice boats on here. yours really stands out even here and honestly probably looks better than it did the day it rolled off the mass production line in Goshen......
 

TheWrks

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Thanks all for your comments, I 600 then 1500 then 000 steel wool and 2000 grit the out came the PC orbital with wool pad and metal polish :joyous:

Had to work to day so not a lot was done, put all the snaps back on new ones for the camper top on the top and cleaned up the good old ones for the cover.

Cleaned up 1/2 of the windshield
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Scott
 

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Well we lost power yesterday, and its now looking like it will be back on until late Saturday Night. :mad: Don't know how much I will get done this week end...
 

TheWrks

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Well the power came back on after 24 hours :joyous:

Started today with installing the windshield (now help just me), boy what for that was:rolleyes:

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But wait there's more....
 

TheWrks

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Went to HD and got 2 sheets of ply and some pink stuff.

1st layer.
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The new two rear sections of flooring next to the old/

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Scott
 

jbcurt00

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Re: '68 Holiday-V 120 Mercruiser I/O

W/S, insulation & wood all looks great!
 

jkbichsel

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Re: '68 Holiday-V 120 Mercruiser I/O

I have State Farm and no survey was required....

I know this is an old thread, however, I get boat insurance from American Family for my 1976 Starcraft Holiday for 47.00 per year. You may want to check them out.
 
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