Going The Distance

[rlhahn]

I don't necessarily fault their decisions, as they have to make the production process affordable, but I think even when they decided to cut some corners, their execution was not even up to the level of the decision they made to cut the corner. I'm not picking on Supra particularly, I just think it was an issue of the industry in the 80s where they weren't as concerned with QC and consistency as manufacturers are today.

I think the boat design was awsome back then (almost ahead of the times). That is why it's totally worth restoring. I just wish that people, then and now, would do things right all the way through a poject. I guess if they did that I'd be out of a job though...HA!

[rlhahn]

jet,

Here's a pretty good picture that let's you see how it can be done. Essentially you will have stringer, 2x4, 2x4, ply that are all about 4" tall. That creates the square and flat area the motor mounts sit on. Then you will have ply that is back at floor height to wrap it. You can see the build up pretty well on the left side of this picture.

I wouldn't worry as much about how it 'was' done and worry about how it 'should' be done.

That looks really good Okie. One question. It looks like you covered the low spot in the bow with ply. I want to do the same thing because that is the "water trap". Did you fill it with something first, or just cover it and seal? I had origanly planned to put another small bilge pump there.

[Okie Boarder]

Just bedded the ply in thickened epoxy and glassed over it. It's just open space underneath. Doing it that way keeps the entire bilge area open all the way to the front of the boat instead if closing it off like it was done originally. It becomes a perfect place to hide a ballast bag.

[rlhahn]

Just bedded the ply in thickened epoxy and glassed over it. It's just open space underneath. Doing it that way keeps the entire bilge area open all the way to the front of the boat instead if closing it off like it was done originally. It becomes a perfect place to hide a ballast bag.

Great! Thank you for the info.

[jet]

Okie..thanks for helping us out even though we are football enemies,lol. Hey what is that extra plank of wood you have on the floor between the rudder and shaft log?? Whats that for? And I see now what your saying about the eng blocks.

[Okie Boarder]

Okie..thanks for helping us out even though we are football enemies,lol. Hey what is that extra plank of wood you have on the floor between the rudder and shaft log?? Whats that for? And I see now what your saying about the eng blocks.

Enemies? Come on now...no such thing. Rivals is a better word.

That piece of wood you see is where the strut mounts from underneath. It also holds the bracket for the steering tube mount inside the bilge.

[jet]

Yes my friend. : ) So you ripped out the old one and replaced it?? What condition was the old one in?? Any water in there? Mine is 100% laid in fiberglass and looks strong should I chissel mine up and re do it?

[Okie Boarder]

Yeah, ripped it out and replaced it. I had accidentally gotten into the corner of it when grinding and noticed some moisture oozing out so tore it out completely. It was laid in glass too.

[rlhahn]

Making some progress.

[rlhahn]

some of the floor.