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    Default Supra Comp, Born 1986, Reborn 2015

    I am now wrapping up my restoration on my 1986 Comp and I did my best to document the process along the way. Bear with me as I upload the pictures and add info where needed.

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    The before shot at day 1 of the tear down.
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    The end of day 1...
    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
    Riding a HO Sports CX Ski

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    After a day or two of small items getting addressed, the progress got kicked into high gear the night we did this...
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    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
    Riding a HO Sports CX Ski

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    The third night of tear down started by removing the rub rail which was nothing special and then drilling out the rivets to split the top cap from the hull.

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    Which yielded some fun surprises, like a screwed up wiring harness, if you can call it that for the stern.

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    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
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    And that is when the first big round of fun started...

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    Yummy!!!

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    And there was more...

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    Really solid, clearly.

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    Floor came out after these pictures and we continued...
    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
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    We then set about removing the "factory installed ballast" from 1986...
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    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
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    Now with all that ballast out and weighed, we set about measuring and then cutting out the old stringers and anything else that was rotted.

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    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
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    After all that, I got a quick lesson in fiberglass work from a fellow Supra owner and member of the forum.

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    Shout out to CJTPilot for the quick lesson.

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    Then the "fun" began as we ground everything down to get ready to form the new stringers, backing plates and whatever else I was replacing which ended up being pretty much everything except the divider between the ski locker and the helm on the top cap, but we will get to that later.

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    My first fiberglass patch work.

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    Removed a previous owners patch of just a bunch of "JB Weld" where the fuel vent used to be.
    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
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    Old and busted, next to new hotness. The weight of one side of the old stringers weighed more than all the new lumber going in before we cut any of it down to size.

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    I took the opportunity while I had it apart to give the hull a good wet sanding because it was easy to maneuver the hull around and get at it.

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    Then the fun began. I started by building the engine mounts of the stringers first...

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    And then work back towards the transom before working my way towards the bow.
    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
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    At the end of the night, this was as far as I made it.
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    I also took the time to beef up my transom.
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    Working on getting the stringer height right so that the floor is essentially level between the two main stringers.

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    Forward stringers went in next.
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    My wife asked me where I was so I sent her a picture saying I was sitting in our boat.

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    All cutting and shaping done.

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    Sealed and treated the lumber.

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    '86 Comp TS6M - Reborn 2016
    Riding a HO Sports CX Ski

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