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lol...that's a great question. I sit in front of 2 computers - pretty much as much as I want and or need to from 7:30 till 5. When you "watch a topic" it pops right up there.

Uhh Maan, you scratch my record Maan..

Yeah shor do Pete, Up in smoke was some funny stuff.. I'm old Pete hahaha..

Moj'

Mojo wrote: "Dave's not home Maan" lol.. Moj'

I didn't think you were old enough to remember that one!!!!

sanity wrote: That is a neat color. And that's original?

It's 72' Man, lots of great colors...
Stang's booger

"Dave's not home Maan" lol..

Moj'

Now here's a great color on an old boat..
Green Skier

Like Stang's Mustang, rare and very cool. The old colors are great, if their restorable...

Moj'

sanity wrote: Rub it in Lee. The fatboy sits in the garage.

As my Road King, battery-less, under blankets Ughh...

Moj'

Michelle,
Stick with a original color! I'm recommending this because of the many years I've been involved with antique and classic boats. You may not know it but your Mustang qualifies to be entered in a ACBS judged showing even though it is fiberglass!!!

Tim'
I've got a feeling all the boats you pictured are the Yucatan Yellow. Just differences in color reproduction on paper/film.

sanity wrote: Yours is different. The colors (plural)look great on the boat.

How is that different? Shined up, I think the Yucatan Yellow would look awesome.










*disclaimer: I am not 100% sure all boats pictured are Yucatan- though I think they are.

Michelle, I admit that I probably wouldnt have ordered a boat in Yucatan- but I wouldnt have ordered Inca Gold either. I do love my red boat, but theres something very cool about these vintage boats in the unique vintage colors. I get a lot of comments on mine- once restored, Im sure you would too. You can count the number of Yucatan boats in the diaries on one hand- its rare!

At least you know where I stand.

I need to start a few threads anyway, I owe Kevin some pics of the folding tongue job on the cc trailer. Just not enough time in a day. I will get around to it. Need to run for now, its in the upper 70's today so I will run errands on the hog.....in a tee-shirt..Ha!

Go ahead, Lee. Post away. I would like to see it again myself.

Mojo wrote: Hey Skinaut, Cool old Centurion.. What's the scoop with her? V-drive.. Lets see some pics... Moj'

yeah, sb chevy v-drive. I will start a new thread and post some picks of her when I got some more time. dont want to hijack sanitys thread

I like the old original colors. It just adds to the antique feel of the boat. I know it takes some getting used too but it grows on you. Look at both of my hulls= harvest gold? and gray on the ski. I really like them now, and it makes the boat stand out as something special. And will even raise the value of the boat to a collector. But a reverse version of JB's boat would be cool too. I guess you just have to go with what you really want. If it's in the budget and you find someone that can do it right, gell is the way to go.$$$

Michelle,
I'd like to add that re gelcoating is relatively new (within the last 10 years or so) and there are lots of people out there still not familiar with the process. However, it's no different than spraying a heavy viscosity two component paint.

worried about you girl, talking to 'things', spending the nights in the garage, posting pictures of yourself on the internet. Dont make me come up there....

While you do not need to go down to the bare glass before re-geling I think it would be better to do so. Adhesion of the new gel coat would be as good either way assuming similar surface prep, and better than even the best paints discussed above. However gel coat is essentially uv stable colored polyester resin. Poly resin with no reinforcing fibers is brittle. The thicker that gel is the more apt to develop stress cracks. Removing as much of the old gel as possible will allow you to get a good thickness of new gel down without worrying about it. Thats the way the logic has always played in my mind anyway..