What type of tower is that? I really like it. Boat looks good!
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What type of tower is that? I really like it. Boat looks good!
coming along nicely man! Great work
Looks like the old supra project is about to start again. Life kinda stepped in the way of the boat project (selling our house, buying another house, and trying to adopt two children). However, progress should begin this coming week. Our original goal was for the boat to be completed by the supra reunion. That's not going to happen but we are now hoping to have the gel done by then and possibly the motor. Let the fun begin.
Was that "trying to adapt to children" or "trying to adopt twochildren?
Either way, I share your pain regarding the house, we're moving into our new digs in 6 days, and I now have a heated shop in which I can work on a boat, problem is, no trailer, and nothing big enough to tow with.
Good luck with the beast.
We just taught our kids which "to,two,too" to use. You caught meQuote:
Originally Posted by chris young
Just a few more days and I should have some shop space. Out with the Malibu in with the Supra Attachment 15824
Man I like that tower! What brand is it? Jet
Monster MTKQuote:
Originally Posted by jet
Looks great so far man,
I am about to start the exact same project... any tips? How did you get the old stringers out? Mine are super rotted which i've heard makes it much easier to tear them out.
How long did it take you to remove the old stuff and how long to get the new stringers in? Just wanna gauge how much time i will need.
I took the easy way out and paid shanne at the boat works to do the stringers. After lots of research on here I decided the $2500 he charges for it isn't that bad. I uncapped it. He removed the floors, stringers, and foam. Then he installed the stringers and floorsQuote:
Originally Posted by thepadokc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZH2hSFb6U0 Time lapse of capping the boat
Could they have made that look any easier?
$2500 was a good deal.
Project beast has come to an end. However, project 85 sunsport has commenced. Back before I started on the beast I had found a 1985 Sunsport that had the floors and stringers done in composite material. I called the guy who was selling it but he said a person had just bought it. I asked for the buyers information and called him. The buyer said he wasn't interested in selling it. The original seller had worked at supra and did the stringers and floors at supra. He said he just rebuilt the motor and it put new heads on it. Then I bought the beast from Shanne at the boat works and we started that project. About two weeks later a guy pulls up with the sunsport I had tried to buy. He wanted Shanne to restore it also. The whole time we have been working on the beast in the back of my mind I really still wanted the sunsport. Fast forward to this past Thursday. I received a call from Shanne and he told me that the guy with the sunsport wanted another project done instead. Shanne had worked out a deal to trade out his labor for the boat. He then preceded to tell me that he would give me the sunsport and take the beast back.
The sunsport has an extremely nice trailer and "rebuilt" motor (you never really know). The 454 in the beast is cracked and locked up. Now there is a chance to have the boat completed by the end of this summer. We still would like to make it to the supra reunion but that probably is unrealistic. Yesterday I got the motor started. Today we gel coated the floors. Hopefully by Tuesday we can gel coat the boat. The interior will be the hard part since the vinyl will not be here until Tuesday and we have to rebuild all the seats.
Attachment 15873 Last night
Attachment 15874 Today
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Hope you have as much fun building your Sunsport as I did. Your going to love it when its done. Keep the pics coming.
Monday I will have new foam cut and I will be dropping off the interior so it can be sewn up
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Unfortunately the previous owner sprayed gel over the top cap and it did not adhere correctly......Lots of sanding
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Coming along nicely.
That looks pretty awesome man. That had to be ALOT of sanding and buffing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Southerngrounds
WOW, JUST WOW! I love the black, can't wait to see some more pictures/video.
Bowz
Love that diamond stitch! Really sharp!
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I was worried how it would turn out but it looks good with the black
I like it too...really nice!
Black trim on the seats...OUCH, burnt legs in hot sun haha....but it looks sweet :D
Nice.........
holy cow, that looks awesome!
It has been busy at work for the past few months so it's coming together a little slower than I expected but we are making progress!
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Before and after
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'Dat ass....
Supra logo looks great. Are you keeping the Supertrapps or going to straight pipe - rubber flaps?
It's basically done. Monster towers invited us to their 2016 calendar shoot so we have lots of pictures with the boat and some eye candy too.
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