do you do this?

[lark2004]

does anyone else rebuild their outboards in the lounge room?<br />

 

[tr918]

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Dude, my wife would kill me! Cool paint job though. Nice job!

 

[lark2004]

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It was really my wifes suggestion, she didn't want me to "dissapear" into the garage while she was watching Oprah.

 

[vikingham]

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I built a new door and hatch for our cuddy on the kitchen counter....only made one tiny drill hole in the butcher block...hardly noticeable...

 

[Jeepnn]

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Yeah...<br /><br />I would be sleeping on the couch for weeks if she even let me bad in the house!<br /><br />Mike M.

 

[f_inscreenname]

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I have rebuilt carburetors on the dining room table and the basement rec room (that I remodeled a year and a half ago) has had a few boat projects go on. Paints can be used as long as they don't smell. <br />Its great isn't it. The ex-wife wouldn't have any of that even though I built that house she kept too.

 

[Paul Moir]

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After coming back from being painted, most the assembly of my 28hp was done in the den floor. You've got to work on carpet with fresh paint afterall. <br /><br />I was wondering where you had gotten your decals from. I should have known. <br />What colour base paint is that? It's a little hard for me to tell from the pictures because the glare.

 

[JasonJ]

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Oh yeah, I have defintaley been there. Now that I have a garage, that is where I do that stuff, but before it was not uncommon to have the wife come home to engine parts on the kitchen table..

 

[dakk1]

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Yeah, my wife wants me to get the 14hp Evinrude out of the bedroom. Heck, I've never said nuthin' about her sewing machine. <br /><br />Dave..

 

[lark2004]

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just gloss black for the cowling Paul. The badging is all the original Evinrude stuff. But it was pretty banged up. So it's been repainted in gold, then the highlights in gloss black, white, and red. The paints for the highlights are the Humbrol brand hobby paints.<br /><br />Dave, I would have done it in the bedroom, but hoisting a 40hp engine through the window was just gunna take way to much beer to think about.<br />In fact, I drank to much beer to be bothered cleaning enough room in the bedroom for the motor stand....

 

[CalicoKid]

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Yes, before I had a garage I always had mountain bikes tore apart in the kitchen and dinette, the tool box sat on a cart like a greasemonkey buffet. Before that I built a Chevy V8 in my bedroom back in college.<br /><br />Lark that hood looks good! You going to put a clear coat over the emblems?

 

[lark2004]

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probably not, it's enamal paint, so it shouldn't weather to bad. Just give it buff to get it all shiny.

 

[Wimperdink]

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Topic name by Lark2004: do you do this?<br />Dude that has got to be one of the best topic names I've seen. I've read this post about 20 times and every time I see that topic name, I go back in thinking I havent seen it yet. So finally I had to just reply.

 

[dtherrien]

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Back in my mid 20's i rebuit a 67 389 from my GTO, in my living room, in my apartment. My roommate couldnt believe it.That motor looked and ram awesome too!!!

 

[DangerDan]

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Last winter I copied the cabin carpeting and cut the replacement pieces on the kitchen floor (the only room large enough) My wife had a fit and is still waiting for the floor guy to come fix the vinyl I accidentally put a couple of tiny little nicks in... you'd think I ripped the floor up or somthing.... women!!

 

[88seville]

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In the early 1980's I rebuilt the top end (rings on up) of a '66 Triumph Bonneville in the back bedroom of my rented house. Laid down a sheet of plywood and rolled the bike right through the back door.<br />Landlord came by once, never said a word.<br />We rented that house for two years, when we gave notice that we were moving, landlord begged us to stay. Said we were the best tenants he ever had.<br />LOL!

 

[Realgun]

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I have parts laying in the beadroom, garage, kitchen and on the side of the house. The wifes not really happy but oh well.<br />Most of the parts now are pretty clean. Was a mess a while ago.

 

[tengals123]

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yep, I did my cowling in the lounge.<br /><br />cheers