primer

The horn issue must be a very "gray" area in the early years. Even back to the pre WWII days some boats had them. I'll have to do some investigation! Our chaperters safety director is a Power squadron member who teaches USCG classes and would be a good person to ask!

8122pbrainard wrote: I believe that the USCG required horns of some type for a long time. My 54 has one and it's a automotive surplus black painted under the bow deck. That would be the standard horn and the optional would be the deck mounted chrome.

Interesting. That must not be the case now, right Pete? My Skier has no horn.

8122pbrainard wrote: I'm thinking it was the small round electric.

Yes, Pete. JB called me back and the mustang has the electric horn. The cuda has none.

So I guess I will find a hole to cut elsewhere. Maybe I'll just take a piece beside where the drink holders were cut.

Still want to wait on those swatches though.

Michelle,
I went looking in our ref. section and the diaries for pictures of horns. The horn was about a $20 option back then so I'm thinking it was the small round electric. I couldn't find a picture but did find some pictures of the single and dual trumpet style air horns. These may have been a dealer install but still appropriate.

sanity wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: Do you have a horn on the boat? Better? No horn

I asked because it may be a great spot to cut out a sample (use a hole saw) to send to Minicraft. Find a period correct horn and make sure the base of the horn will cover the cutout (patched). Wet sand and buff the area first to give them a true representation of the final deck color.

8122pbrainard wrote: Do you have a horn on the boat?

Better?

No horn

Wish I had those drink cup "circles" that someone cut out of the dash.

I told her (minicraft) what year the boat was and told them the cc color. She said they had a color selector that they sell for 75.00 that includes all colors, but I didn't need that.

She said that they save alot of the "matched" colors and label them. I explained what the color looked like to me and she said she would send swatches of what she has on hand.

I have some time, so I'll see what comes in the mail.

sanity wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: Have you contacted Minicraft yet for a color matched quart of gel paste? Pete, They are sending color swatches for me to match.

I think you are cutting the header on your quotes. In this case it was missing '[QUOTE=8122pbrainard]'.

That's only FWIW...and I want to see the phantom pic!

BuffaloBFN wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: Have you contacted Minicraft yet for a color matched quart of gel paste? I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think they will have much in that age range. They are pretty sharp though...they might be able to get a close match on a sample? You'd want the sample to be in super good shape.

Youre right- but I think Pete was implying that minicraft could match the color based on a sample.

Edit: Pete beat me to it!

Minicraft told me that the sample needs to be about the size of a quarter. Yikes, thats a big hole to drill!

Have you contacted Minicraft yet for a color matched quart of gel paste?[/QUOTE]

Pete,

They are sending color swatches for me to match.

TRBenj wrote: On the other hand, the motobox handle repair would be staring me in the face every time I got in!

Yup!!

Not crazy, just not sure I agree with it. I dont know about you, but when I use my boat, I spend more time inside that I do outside- at least up close. A slightly mismatched repair on the hull at the waterline would rarely be seen, and probably not be noticeable from a few feet away. On the other hand, the motobox handle repair would be staring me in the face every time I got in!

What I think they're saying is that gel is a different animal, But I like your thinking!

TRBenj wrote: I hear what youre saying, Michelle. My fear is that a color match may not be 100% perfect, and a repair might be even more noticeable than the damage! It wouldnt hurt to see what how it looks after sanding/buffing before going through the trouble of grinding out and refilling.

thats good advise S

Thanks Greg and Tim! Easy enough.

Tim, I'll know it's there even if no one else does, so while I'm knee deep in goop and glass I'll fix it.

Maybe I'll let it go on the "next" project.