1972 Skier Restoration

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uh oh! is that another can of worms I hear opening up!

Porpoising is safer than the alternative, hopefully it does porpoise at higher speeds!

Rh engine and prop?

Riley wrote: Looks great. Really nice job. Is that where those windshield parts went?

Yes It is and thank you!

Scott,
It sure turned out looking great. Tim sure has a fantastic idea!

TRBenj wrote: Looks nice Scott. It would have been a neat touch to paint up the new PCM in vintage Waukesha colors (dark blue and neon green)...

Looks great. Really nice job. Is that where those windshield parts went?

I used the shark nautolex also in my 75 sep rebuild, its great looking.

Nice work! That shark vinyl flooring looks great. I'm planning on using that on my 67SN project as well.

In order to put the original black stripe back on the boat I borrowed a 1973 Mustang from a friend and used it as my pattern. One think I added per the boat owner's request is the Skier decal in the stripe. This was not original on the model boat until 1974. Laying out the stripe was not the easiest thing since it is wider in the stern area and gets narrower and curves up towards the bow. A friend of mine who is a teacher in the auto body shop at eh local career tech center helped me with this.

The hull was completely wet sanded and polished out. The gel coat chips were also repaired. The aluminum engine frame is out of a 2001. The front of it was modified to support the ski tow bar which is much stronger. The wooden support was rotten so it was cut out for that reason.

Does anyone know how the spatter was put on?   Was it paint or in the gel?

How do you know that the bow light is not original? That style was used starting in '73, and a '72 built at the end of May would have been about the last boat made that model year... so it wouldnt surprise me if it had some early '73 hardware on it.

The picture above is of JMurph's '72 Promo SN, which still has the original splattered gel inside the ski pockets. Reid ended up respraying the gel on the hull sides of his '71 Skier. I'd encourage you to scrape off the carpet glue and see if you can salvage the original gel, and to go with the vinyl floor with t-trim. I plan to bring my '71 back to this original configuration before long (a previous owner carpeted it, unfortunately). The ply floor installed over the glass floor was just wrapped in vinyl and then screwed down.

Im guessing you know that the front scoop has been replaced with a slightly newer ('76 or 77+) version? I think HW was joking about the exhaust pocket being full of water.

I got you on the t molding now. I have never seen a cc with the vinyl floor. Thanks for the info. I looked at your thread on the restoration of the promo boat…….nice. Did you respray the sides as well before installing the ski pockets and vinyl flooring?

The bow light is not original. Where would you source the vinyl you spoke of? What are you call t-trim? Do you have a pic of the vinyl floor? Is it something that is sprayed or come in sheets? SN is SK3344. It was built in May, 30, 1972.
Thanks