Restoration progress (with pics)

Perfect! Looks great

Great solution - looks factory.

Titan-

Looks great. I'm in the process of restoring my 86 Salt as well-the pics look pretty familiar:) I'll be pullin the motor and the cap shortly and have a million small side projects too. Where did you get your carpet and do you know what weight it is, IE ounces/yard? I'm sure I have some questions here and there if you don't mind? I have the extreme pleasure of re-doing all the stringers....looking forward to it:rolleyes:

Once again-looks great and love the pics!

The interior looks great and I love the remote near the rear swim platform. Nice work!

Thanks guys!

Long-something-dreamer: I'll be glad to answer any questions I can and there are plenty of other people on this board that can help as well. There's been a fair amount of rebuilds here. I got my carpet from Ingles Carpet in Dalton, GA. You'll find several references through-out this site, and many have ordered and had it shipped. I'm lucky enough to live close and bought it in person. I can't remember the ounces, but I think it was around 25. I'm very happy with it.

Check with Viper Customs, too. They carry the carpet Supra currently uses in the new boats.

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Originally Posted by dusty2221

Jet, could your deck not be modded to flip back on itself? A hinge in the middle? That would allow it to be folded back for rear seated people, and flipped over for the deck and to provide seating above the sack in the floor.

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sure it could...make the bench seat a straight seat instead of the angled seats you have now...the backrest of the seat can be hinged to swing up, to complete a bigger sun deck and the bottom seat all the way across, make it one unit and it hinge up and out to finish off the sundeck and hide the sack.

It's been a while since I gave an update. I've been getting a lot of small things done, but it's not easy to notice all the changes. Here are some pics just for fun.

http://unumemarketing.com/boat/main.jpg

http://unumemarketing.com/boat/bow.jpg
The speaker surrounds used to be teak. Now they're vinyl. New speakers, lights, rebuilt cupholders, etc.

http://unumemarketing.com/boat/walk_thru.jpg
More teak work. New hinges.

http://unumemarketing.com/boat/stern.jpg
The engine cover is new vinyl, but is the factory color. It shows a little more white than the existing vinyl. It should tighten up once it gets in the sun.

Looking good! I bet everyone is getting excited about the new ride.

Wow! Everything looks great. All your teak work is outstanding. It pulls the whole boat together. Very nice.