84' Stratos resurrection***PICS***

[westexasrepublic]

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tried the bolt method, used 5/8"?x4" bolt with 2 fender washers. got the flare started by running the nut down, and by using pliers and rolling the edge a little bit then sandwiched the whole thing together by tightening the hardware down. OVerall it worked good and cost $3 as apposed to the $30 dollar tool id only use once....

 

[Triton II]

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Gotcha. Ingenius Mr WTR!

TII

 

[westexasrepublic]

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finally got my swing away tongue made, now i can tow this thing to bolt the motor on....coming soon.....

 

[Cadwelder]

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Glad to see it's all coming together for you. I'm waiting the first test run in the water...shouldn't be too far away now.

CW

 

[archbuilder]

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Wow nice looking tongue, I don't think you have to worry about it breaking, lol!

 

[jrenneker]

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Hey Westex - Good to see your back at work. I'm in the process of finishing my stingers. When you wet out all your wood you just used resin right? You never added any hardener? Did you PL your stingers down before glassing them? Just trying to figure out my next move this weekend.

 

[westexasrepublic]

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I wet out the ply with resin/hardenerjust no glass, I used peanut buter to glue the stringers in place before I glassed them in place

 

[jrenneker]

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Thanks.. I'm going to get to work on it right now. oh and did you have any problems with the hull flexing outward? Mine bowed way out in the bow when I cut the old floor out. I used a ratchet strap to bring it back in to roughly the size of the cap.

 

[westexasrepublic]

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motor bolted on, first splash soon....

 

[Triton II]

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motor bolted on, first splash soon....

Cool... looking forward to seeing your splash!

TII

 

[Jbird5363]

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dude this is coming along nicely that transom looks stout.The very first picture on page 1 is really close to my familys ranch in strawn which walmart did you end up in some of them in that area get very entertaining.

 

[registeroot]

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that looks so cool. good work , its really paying off.

 

[westexasrepublic]

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looks like ill be spending my thanksgiving installing new seats and livewell set up from FloRite and The boat seat store.com. Got 2 new bucket and center seat for $340 shipped to me door.... Cant wait, pics to come soon....

 

[sprintst]

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She looks great man. The payoff is coming soon out on the water.

 

[westexasrepublic]

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I kept every receipt so far, every screw and bottle of glue, its all there and these are the figures so far for people that where questioning my sanity (including myself) I think im doing pretty good wouldn't you say? The parts include the new $380 seats I bought, still need carpet cost and new gauges to add to this total.... Most of the other cost are done and paid for....

 

[rockitsauce]

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sprayed the 1/2?x10'-0 sched 40 pipe with WD40 to create small channel along the stringer fillet that when pulled out from the cured foam will leave a gap to allow water to drain to the back of the boat (in theory) its worth a try

Are the small wood strips perpendicular to the stringers, those inside the compartments, what are they for? To hold the stringer in place temporarily?

 

[westexasrepublic]

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No rockitsauce, they where there when I tore out all the foam so I peanut buttered new ones back in after I cut out the old rotten ones.

 

[rockitsauce]

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Oh ok, I just didnt understand what they do unless its another hull/stringer connection. My '93 Strtatos does not have them. It did however have the same 1x4s across the deck as yours and mine were unlaminated, raw wood which held water really well and made certain the stringers that they sat on held water well too.

 

[DHag]

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What a great thread! I've just started a damage repair and resto project on my Champion bass boat. I'll document what I do with pictures, but I'm sure I won't be as thorough as this one.

'79 Champion Bass Boat Resto

This thread is a great guide. I've subscribed to it for frequent reference.

 

[westexasrepublic]

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back at it again this year. Have the seats bolted in and start wiring soon. I will update with a pic as soon as I get it out of storage to work on again....

in the meantime Im working on the motors reliability by cleaning the carbs and looking to replace the impeller and standard link and sync.

Also glad for all the kind words, sure glad folks where able to use my info for their own projects....