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8122pbrainard
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John,
Please get in touch if you need any help. I did start a job this morning but I still have weekend time. |
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john b
Grand Poobah Joined: July-06-2011 Location: lake Sweeny Status: Offline Points: 3238 |
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Thanks to everyone for the words of encouragement, they are appreciated. The boat will still make it to Green Lake barring any complications.
Peter, I will not be using the rear seat pads for my Mustang. They are in very good condition including the foam padding inside. You are welcome to them if you want them when I am done. The upholstery is one of the things I can have done while Jan is recouperating. I can drop them off at your place in the spring. They are probably not original but are the same style I have seen on some original pads. They are medium blue with no pattern. LMK. |
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1970 Mustang "Theseus' paradox"
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turningpoint84
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Wow Jon, sorry to hear about this, hope everything turns out for the best. Also, feel free to steal my seats from my boat if you need any measurements. John, Also, on your back seats are you paying some one to upholster the back bench? Reason I ask is would you mind making a 2nd one for me? I need new upholstery badly for my back seat. I'd obviously split the bill with you and you can seriously flat out take my back bench cushions for the exact measurements. I believe the one i took out of my 1968 is original. |
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Gary S
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Sorry to hear that John,Jan and you are in our thoughts.
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TRBenj
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Scary stuff John, glad to hear the prognosis is good. Hope she mends quickly and starts kicking you out of the house soon!
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storm34
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John, we'll keep you and your wife Jan in our thoughts.
Our family has been through some health issues the last few months and know it's not fun to deal with this kind of thing. Stay positive, sounds like she'll recover just fine! The boats can wait! |
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john b
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The time frame for completion of the Mustang is again in jeopardy. My wife, Jan, started having back and leg pain with some numbness suddenly about 2 months ago. It progressed rapidly and she is almost immobile right now and in constant pain. Jan is having spine surgery on Monday (03/08) to remove the ruptured disc that is pressing on the nerve bundle, and fuse L4-L5. I have my hands full caring for her right now and she will need a lot of care after the surgery. At some point during recovery she will be happy to get me back into the garage working on the Mustang, but that is a little bit off. The good news is the surgery is fairly common and has a high success rate.This comes as a complete surprise to us because Jan is physically fit, thin, and very active. Although I am reassured by the surgeon and the other doctors involved, I am still very concerned. Jan is my whole life.
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turningpoint84
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HMM, most I could do on my mustang was 2 years back in 2013. My boat expires March 31st 2015. |
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john b
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Must be before my time Pete. All my WI boats are 3 year and the stickers on the Mustang as far back as 1997 bear that out (2000 & 2003 expiration). I didn't buy up there until 2001, you have been lucky enough to have found your Northwoods dream long ago. |
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8122pbrainard
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No, the recent ones as of about 15 years are 3 years but the old ones are 2 years. If you have an old registration (I have 3 -2 Alumacrafts and the X) then they are still 2 year terms. |
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john b
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Wisconsin is a three year sticker, but you know that. I carefully peeled it off and found this underneath. Pretty much confirms the POs story. if you remember, he bought it from your friend B.C. from up in WI who bought and flipped it to this guy. My Mustang is still in the "diaries" on this site. I hope it stays there because I haven't copied the listing yet. I believe the description includes some artistic license, but I liked the PO and I knew what I was getting so everything is peas and carrots here in Greenbo, and his too, I believe.. My Mustang |
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8122pbrainard
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John,
The DNR registration expired in 03 but was that a 2 or 3 year sticker?? |
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Mojo
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Perfect John, keep pounding away !! No sea doo this year !!
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73' Martinique had:96' SNOB had:76' Nautique had 77 Tique |
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john b
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Dave, I hate to keep you waiting so long for a mediocre result. This is going to be more like a repair, clean, buff, primp, and detail job, not a restoration. It needs to see water this year, it has been far too long. I won't be happy until it pulls a barefooter (not me). I have planned another night spinning the buffing wheel in the garage. I may finally get to where I need to remove this tonight.
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Mojo
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John,
Hurry up. We've been waiting for years to see this thing.. It has to be ready for GL.... Moj' |
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SkiNautique4
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That looks like a beautiful boat!
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john b
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With the fiberglass back seat a Mustang has 0 storage space. Where do you get an airline size sunblock?
Thanks Gary. Looks beautiful. That's what I would like to do but in a different color combo. Pretty convinced it's plenty close to how they came. |
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8122pbrainard
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What would we use for extra dock bumpers?? The USCG regs require testing once a year meaning new charge kits every year which is doable but a PITA! |
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Gary S
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Do you want me to send it or is here ok John? Trouble is I don't have
much down here. |
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peter1234
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what about just carrying inflatables
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former skylark owner now a formula but I cant let this place go
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Riley
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That was a pretty ingenius way to store them. That big bag in any of these boats is a PIA.
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8122pbrainard
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I duplicated the trowables with upholstered covers in my Atom. Too bad wearable PFD's are now required. That big bag in an Atom is a PITA!! |
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Riley
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Some of the back seats had throwable cushions that were encased in a vinyl cover that snapped to the back seat. Thowable cushions were approved flotation devices in the '60's and they doubled as padding and as your required PFDs.
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john b
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Concerning the rear seat pads. I am assuming the seat back pad originally hung from the nine snaps at the top and the bottom was unsecured, and the bottom pad was secured by the three snaps in the radius transition from the seat bottom to the back. As I mentioned mine had a velcro strip for mounting the bottom pad. Here are a couple of photos of the set-up. I like the style of the green seats, but it's facing the wrong way. The pattern looks similar to the brown one like mine up in WI. The green color wouldn't go well with my boat. Is that Reid's sweet olive green Mustang? Gary's is a natural with blue. Gary, if you have a photo of your new interior you can send I would appreciate it, and if possible get some measurements on the stripes. I believe yours is very similar to the green boat? Funny thing Gary, the pads in my boat look very similar to your old upholstery., but then how many ways can you make a pad. I grabbed a screen shot of your old upholstery from the youtube "Correct Craft Mustang SS on a beautiful day".
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The nice thing about doing the boat interior is unlike the Corvette you just did,no one can stand there and tell you the stiching distance is .040 too wide or the thread thickness is .005 under because no one knows! After bothering Tim countless times,I based mine off of that red Mustang and naturally Rodneys because I have seen it many times and took pictures that I could show to the person who was going to do the work. The hardest part was the side panels since I didn't have any,your help was invaulable in getting them worked out so your ahead of the curve on those. I basically tried to match my hull and deck and assume that is what was done on Rodneys.
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TRBenj
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Those pads must have been a Wisconsin thing, ha. They're not the most attractive option in my opinion, but it's a personal preference.
With a white hull and deck, I'd add a bunch of color on the interior too... You can probably go any color you want, I'd probably add a matching color boot stripe. I'd go with a fairly bold, contrasting (dark) color, personally. |
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Riley
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That 3rd pic looks original to me as far as pattern. With your cream colored hull and deck, I'd go for interior colors that would compliment them.
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8122pbrainard
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I need to see if I can get some pictures of my old 70 Cuda as well as a neighbors 70. Both came through Watercraft with the dog house pads. There were a couple more in the same era up north - I need to see if I can find them as well! |
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TRBenj
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John, I've only seen the motorbox pad on larger boats and on Pete's Tique, which he added... I'm not sure when the option was first offered but it was a rare one I think... I suspect yours was added later?
The brown bucket facing us in the picture looks to be correct for the late-69 and 70 bucket pattern (the middle section on the drivers seat seems narrower). None of the other interiors look original to me. Most interiors prior to 69 lacked color, like these boats (I may have better pictures for some of these- email me a reminder if you want to see them): http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=6444&sort=&pagenum=1 http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=3674&sort=&pagenum=7 In late 69 and 70, it seemed more the norm to get colors. The usual scheme was for the same color vinyl everywhere (including side panels) minus a neutral stripe down each bucket and 2 stripes down the back seat. These boats have nice original style interiors, even if non original... These will be the ones I use for inspiration when i do my '69 and '70. http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2372&sort=&pagenum=7 http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2041&sort=&pagenum=8 http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=9 http://correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=200&sort=&pagenum=11 You'll notice that some of these boats belong to some of our more notorious members- I would not hesitate to reach out to Reid and Gary as they've done nice original style interiors on these boats in the recent past. No one has the patterns, this is a custom local job. I am tempted to bring mine to the Amish guy in OH! |
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