wheeldriver
Seaman
- Joined
- May 29, 2012
- Messages
- 50
Hi Everyone
I been hanging out here for more then a few months and learning a ton from you all. A big thank you to all that contribute in helping and sharing tips in restoring these boats.
As someone here said not to long ago "You can't swing a cat around here without hitting a SS", that line still makes me laugh. Well heres my SS being thrown into the ring. I purchased it this last June and have been slowly restoring it and getting it the way I want it. It's all original from the boat the motor and the trailer from the dealer, all three are within a yr of each other. The previous owners said they have taken it out to the lake each year for the last few yrs and had no problems. The floors were a little springy understandably as old as they were but no serious rotting. Our climate here is very dry so that helps. The transom was also in good shape other then a slight bow from holding that 85hp merc for years. I thought about doing a quick makeover to get it out on the water, but found I really enjoyed working on this boat and thought better of it to do it right.
The restore process I've been doing is pretty basic from what I've seen in other threads, I'm on a tight budget however. I did a leak test after getting everything out and found about 6 rivets with a slight leak, did the stainless steel truss head screw trick to fix those. Covered everything inside with Gluvit where water might get in. Replaced the transom and floors. The old foam inside was all dry and mostly in very good shape so I'll reuse most of that. As to painting the hull, I sanded down the outside removing the oxidation until I came to some solid paint. It actually looked somewhat nice with the oxidation gone. The paint I used was rustolelum.
I have some more photos that update to where I am now, I'll get those up soon. Thanks again to those that help us noobs in getting these back into shape!
I been hanging out here for more then a few months and learning a ton from you all. A big thank you to all that contribute in helping and sharing tips in restoring these boats.
As someone here said not to long ago "You can't swing a cat around here without hitting a SS", that line still makes me laugh. Well heres my SS being thrown into the ring. I purchased it this last June and have been slowly restoring it and getting it the way I want it. It's all original from the boat the motor and the trailer from the dealer, all three are within a yr of each other. The previous owners said they have taken it out to the lake each year for the last few yrs and had no problems. The floors were a little springy understandably as old as they were but no serious rotting. Our climate here is very dry so that helps. The transom was also in good shape other then a slight bow from holding that 85hp merc for years. I thought about doing a quick makeover to get it out on the water, but found I really enjoyed working on this boat and thought better of it to do it right.
The restore process I've been doing is pretty basic from what I've seen in other threads, I'm on a tight budget however. I did a leak test after getting everything out and found about 6 rivets with a slight leak, did the stainless steel truss head screw trick to fix those. Covered everything inside with Gluvit where water might get in. Replaced the transom and floors. The old foam inside was all dry and mostly in very good shape so I'll reuse most of that. As to painting the hull, I sanded down the outside removing the oxidation until I came to some solid paint. It actually looked somewhat nice with the oxidation gone. The paint I used was rustolelum.
I have some more photos that update to where I am now, I'll get those up soon. Thanks again to those that help us noobs in getting these back into shape!
You are doing it right man... better to get it done correctly and get many, many years of enjoyment from it! You've definetly come to the right place for info and help... ask and ye shall receive!!
