Custom 1965 Correct Craft Mustang build

Got the steering wheel off, mostly because I was getting tired of looking at it.



Also found my 1950's mail jeep heater. Glad I can put some Jeep parts in this thing!



Looking pretty lame in the driveway, but I'm stocking up on parts.

Won a ski pole off eBay today, out of a century riveria, 36" tall. Perfect size! Also bought roberts 6700 carpet glue, it had fantastic reviews.

Some of the stuff. On top of the carpet glue you can see the rear eye I won off ebay, the one that was in the boat ripped out.



Chiseled off some of the original fiberglass, one layer of roven! Man they really hacked these things together! After close inspection a lot of the stringers literally had no fiberglass what so ever and they lasted almost 50 years.

The only spots I could find with two layers was where they overlapped.



Little engine cradle I made.



The boards, they are 16ft'ers. I cut off one end and had my uncle use his moisture meter on a couple of the boards, 7-8% on the faces, 10% on the end. Perfect for fiberglassing, I dont have to wait a day longer. (but I will, because I have other projects I have to finish!)

I might just be purchasing my fiberglass off ebay of all places...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fiberglass-Cloth-6-4oz-X-60-X-150-woven-roving-Grade-E-/180853188390?pt=Boat_Parts_Accessories_Gear&hash=item2a1bb0a726&vxp=mtr

Biax and cloth are the same material correct? 3 layers of cloth should be better than the original one layer of roving I imagine?

BTW I bought the Gourgeon brothers book, excellent read. It filled in a lot of gaps in my knowledge.

I got my 2 quarts of cpes today along with 2 gallons of West Epoxy.

For the stringers I plan on 2 layers of fiberglass cloth, and one layer of roving. I'm going to order the cloth tonight. I will order two 25 yard rolls of 10oz cloth and 25 yards of roving.

I have made more progress then that but I forgot to take pics. Rudder, steering exhaust is all out.

Gary S wrote: Good that you had easy trip,too bad about your Grandpa tho. Looks like your buddy has a 6 in his grand? Kind of makes the cruise control hard to use thru Georgia don't it? Keep us posted on your project, looks like a good one.

Yeah he was a great guy, father of 13 children! It was quite the ordeal.

The Jeep got about 17mpg to the boat and 13mpg back, not to bad. Once you when past 85 though it wanted to keep downshifting.


I left for this boat while I was in the middle of working on my Jeep so updates will be sporadic. Also, the whole trip kind of cleaned me out for cash for a bit haha. Just over 800 just in gas

Got my boat!!! Its a real pile!! A FANTASTIC pile!!!

Pics of the whole trip.



Got to nashville, best buddy mikes jeep.




Got to visit my girlfriend in nashville.



Todd and I faked this handshake for ceremonial purposes.



Jeep drove 1400 miles, we picked up the boat, drove 1 mile to the gas station and she stalled and died. Bad omen? She fired right back up and only stalled a few times on the 1700 mile trip back (had to go to long island, grandfather passed away. He was a cool mother ***************er and would have loved this boat.

Belt broke on one of the trailer tires. When to harbor freight and got two 55mph rated tires for a safe ride back. Might have exceeded their recommended speed :)



Best buddy mike.





Florida gas station



Slept at a rest stop in north carolina





At my aunts in long island for the funeral




Safe at home!



My babies together at last <3

Getting the plate for the trailer this weekend and prob rob all the stereo equipment out of the bayliner. Maybe stop by the bosses place and look at some chrome

yes,
They sell cloth by the yard and in precut tapes. I used three pieces of tape in increasingly larger increments for all the inside corners. So for example 2"/4"/then 8". Any matt or biax will be tough to get wrapped around anything or any areas that need bending.

I think you will find US composites a little cheaper.

Actually I think you are confusing mat with biax. 1708 and 1808 are biax designations,

The 1708 Contains double bias(17oz) stitched at 45degrees along with one layer of 3/4oz mat.Thickness: 0.044"

The 1808 Contains double bias(18oz) stitched at 90degrees along with one layer of 3/4oz mat.Thickness: 0.048"


These will be fine for final layering but will not be appropriate for taping and wrapping. Too thick hard to bend around corners etc.

I reccomend a 8-10oz cloth along with some mat as well. I used the cloth mainly for taping and wrapping, did a final wrap with mat. Also the mat was good for laminating.

The biax is too thick in my opinion and is best for a faster final layup.


Although some here probably find the home store Dfir to be subpar I also got mine there. I still paid alot for it and it was very straight, lacked knots, etc etc. All in all a very nice piece of wood. That in combination with the copious amounts of CPES and epoxy resin have me feeling this was a good compromise. I probably saved about half over a special order.

75 Tique wrote: TRBenj wrote:    We couldnt find much locally here in the northeast either. Just have to know where to look....right down the road from where you used to live.    Downs & Reader lumber

We found it closer than that- someplace out near Brad, I think. Littleton, maybe? We found a handful of places that could get it- but all had to special order it. All were expensive!

I dont think I could bring myself to spend $300 on a wood re-stringer job again. A few hundred bucks more could do a simple Coosa job!

TRBenj wrote:    We couldnt find much locally here in the northeast either.

Just have to know where to look....right down the road from where you used to live.   

Downs & Reader lumber

Hussler wrote: Hmm you guys are making it sound like it should be more than 30 bucks for a 20ft board. Probably not Douglas fir if the price is that low?

LOL, I think the last set of doug fir stringers I bought were in the $200 range. We couldnt find much locally here in the northeast either.

Of course, that didnt include the ply required on the floor, either. Im sure we'll have all of $300 in wood into the boat when its all said and done. It makes a strong case for composites!

Hussler wrote: I have a lead when I can get kiln dried douglas fir. Is that what I should buy?

If you have a lead on KD Doug Fir buy it.
Purchased from a cabinet supplier or the like, it should not only be controlled drying process but also free of knots. This will be the best choice if affordable and practical to locate.