Miss Peachtree

[Lakeshadow]

She's teaches me, rendering herself like a battle boat.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

If nothing else this thread is a lesson in obscurity! Your vague ponderance has me befuddled!

Please exit from this thread if you are not capable of I, myself that is....

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

View attachment 159802 Please exit from this thread if you are not capable of I, myself that is....

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Engineered steering ratio design implemented somewhere years ago. Fast and quick ratio as severe as the power rack turning Kia Boy around.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

How about a fine Brazilian girl. There's nothing like being a master fabricator working with beautiful "ribbon mahogany"...

If your a master sheenie man you can make missing parts out of bar stock and old lug nuts... lol.

Flipped around a set of vintage cables. Beat up ends are in the control box. Cool red shrink wrap is new cable covers. Shiny brass looks great along side mahogany...

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Removing rust the slick way, with horsepower....

First place "ribbon" every time.....

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: Miss Peachtree

At risk of defiling the OP's thread by actually answering a question, there is something to learn. Electrical rust removal using a baking soda/water solution and a battery charger. One of over 42000 Google finds.

And in keeping with the threads do nothing and share nothing theme - No horsepower is used during the process.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree 1953 Chris Craft

Re: Miss Peachtree 1953 Chris Craft

I figured out how to rebuild a non-serviceable part. Does anyone care to hear about how it was done? This must of been done before, most everything has.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Miss Peachtree

STOP

This is not a chat room or a place to rile other people up. Multiple posts were deleted because of childish actions.

In the future there will be people banned for talking trash and making snide comments.

The OP has a wooden boat and is going to restore it.

Many posts were deleted because they amounted to nothing of value and there were even people telling others to leave.

Do not try the patience of the moderators. Do not talk trash then come crying to the moderators when you don't get your way.

One more person telling other's that there is nothing to learn here will be permanently banned.


My apologies to Lakeshadow. Please carry on with your restoration.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

At risk of defiling the OP's thread by actually answering a question, there is something to learn. Electrical rust removal using a baking soda/water solution and a battery charger. One of over 42000 Google finds.

And in keeping with the threads do nothing and share nothing theme - No horsepower is used during the process.

Hi, GA_BOATER, It's washing soda that's used, the suds are an innocent bystander. The horsepower remark is what we buddies say every time something comes out right, "now that's some horsepower".....

There were just gobbs and gook and ick coming out of that gas tank. I had to do the electrolysis three times to clean it out, and as you expect not all the rust came out. But I may say that the tank is well for use now and a great candidate for some kind of inner seal coating.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Visit a motorcycle shop and get some fuel tank coating - there are kits available.

Take some time and post a few shots of the entire boat/motor. What are your plans for the mahogany?

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Thanks for responding. The washing or baking soda are pretty much the same thing and it works great.

Bob's mention of a lining kit is spot on. A word of caution - Some work a lot better than others and some just flake off.. If you use ethanol enhanced fuel especially. Google gas or fuel tank liner and pick the search results in the classic (read old) motorcycle sites. Those guys are fanatics like we are. I wish I could remember some of the good ones, I think POR 15 is one of them.

And like Bob also said - Any more pics and details of that Woodie?

EDIT - I just a little search - Don't use Kreem. It's one of the flakers.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Thanks for responding. The washing or baking soda are pretty much the same thing and it works great.

Bob's mention of a lining kit is spot on. A word of caution - Some work a lot better than others and some just flake off.. If you use ethanol enhanced fuel especially. Google gas or fuel tank liner and pick the search results in the classic (read old) motorcycle sites. Those guys are fanatics like we are. I wish I could remember some of the good ones, I think POR 15 is one of them.

And like Bob also said - Any more pics and details of that Woodie?

On a saving grace....... that tank will contain pre-mix and not straight E-10

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Hooked up to the Kia Boy, yet adjusting still... Going to put a straight reciever on the car and go with 3/4" of spacers on the axle, so far....

Going with the sure thing I think so far.....

Super quick ratio steering. Thinking for sure I'll pull off a quick fab and lower ropes perpendicular to suit both outboards adjustable favoring operating physics.

Got to convert this throttle lever into an electrical trigger switch for horns...

Back burner Evinrude. I'm so happy with this find so far. Buckeye nuts are good.

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: Miss Peachtree

On a saving grace....... that tank will contain pre-mix and not straight E-10

True, but the ethanol does eat some of the coatings whether it's pre-mix or not. I've seen forum postings about coating tanks for old 2 stroke pre-mix bikes and a lot of flaking Kreem stories. POR-15 is one of the favored linings and is E resistant. Kits run about $50.

BTW - this isn't an E-10 knock, we have to live with it, just that some liners are better than others with today's fuels. A little research can save time, money and help with a lasting repair. Cheapest tank rust prevention is keep the tank filled when it sits for extended periods. Good luck, LS.

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Hi BOB_VT and GA_BOATER,

I just don't want the shiny varnished look on this boat. I do like the flat black sides and the stealthy appearance.

There is no rot on her yet there were a few soft portions on the front and both sides in back. I sanded it down taking care not to go through the veneer, and also doing a minimum of sanding.

The boat has three dinner plates with ammonia in them sitting on the benches and it is covered with a new tarp resting in the lean-too part of my garage. With the tin roof it is darn hot in there. I have noticed today that the wood has a feel to it that tries to squeak when I press my fingers across it. It does look ever so different in appearance. The colors and the grain are becoming more pronounced. That ammonia is fragrant under that tarp, wheeewww....

I experimented with the mahogany piece of wood that rests in the bow that the gas tank sits on. I sanded it like I did the hull, and applied Sun-Brite teak oil on it. I used Watco teak oil on the underside. I really like the look. I want to try this for a season or two and maybe coat the hull with something else at a later time.

This is more of an original un-restored preservation than a restoration at this point. To be a show boat the ribbon mahogany will have to be replaced. There are a couple bad spots on it, like bird **** was on it or something? I can make patterns I suppose either before I take the old wood off or after I take them off.

This boat is way too dry. It was stored in dry storage for 35 years, and in a garage for 15 years after that. I read that the ideal place to store a wooden boat is a dirt floor barn that is properly ventilated, with a loose cover on it.

I already heard it from the girlfriend "you like that boat more than you like me", I said "what? my fine brazilian girl!"

See you guys later....

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: Miss Peachtree

She's gonna leak for a while until the wood swells, but that's a wooden boat "feature". When are you planning to splash?

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Girlfriend and I washed the inside of the boat out a few days after I brought it home. I have never seen so much dust in something before. We washed it and filled it up about 8 inches and it never leaked, not a drop. Marine plywood of this type does not shrink or swell, it stays constant. Good thing I had the emergency sump pump to plug in and drain the darn thing.

The wood comes from Brazil and then is shipped to Europe to be made into marine mahogany plywood. Then it's shipped here. I don't travel that much, must be nice, ha ha...

Tomorrow I'll start on locating the control box. Next will be the wiring, which will be simple considering the Fastwin I'll be running at first. I should have time to run it in a plastic can before I go. Then it's a trip to Peaches, when I get back it'll be time for a maiden voyage.

This being my first boat I am understanding how much work is involved. And the meaning of pleasure craft.

Steady as she goes...

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: Miss Peachtree

I didn't know it was ply construction., so it should hold water. Pleasure comes down the road. After all the work is done. LOL

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: Miss Peachtree

Thanks for the pix, nice looking.

Did you mention if it was a vintage homebuilt, or a manufactured ply boat? Maybe i missed it...

 

[Lakeshadow]

Re: Miss Peachtree 1953 Chris Craft Runabout Kit Boat

Re: Miss Peachtree 1953 Chris Craft Runabout Kit Boat

Yep, it's a kit is what I was told.

Simple bracket made to lower ropes and take the twist out of the corner pulleys.

Bracket finished to mount control box.

Did what I could do about the bad spots and took down soft spots while not going through the veneer at the high spots. Got it leveled best I could. I can see the color has become slightly gold looking and the grain is becoming more pronounced at the bad spots and elsewhere. I'm good with the ammonia treatments....