Another BFN Rebuild

Hey Chris ,
If you want to bond carbon fiber to al. just use paa al. with an acetone wipe just prior to bonding or fpl etch or al oxide slurrie blast, hope i answered it for ya. Sorry Chris, i do learn stuff from you AND Tim. My skill set consists of if you don't make a mastake you aint workin'
If Tim, Chris and myself got together to rotate the tires on our cars i'm sure we would all start on a different tire AND a different car! I'm positive it would get done to the BEST of our ability thou.(you guys do torque lug nuts rite?)

P.S. My hands ALWAYS fall short of what i see in my minds eye.

Tim, I hadn't been following this thread for awhile. The work you're doing on that boat is fantastic. If you were to put it on the market once it completed, people would line up to buy it, including me.

79, I don't get it. This is one of the better rebuilds I've seen on the site.

Tim, still cheaper than buying new or even used.

And there's always that special buyer. David & I went out for the first long cruise in the Mustang last week and a guy pulled up to us in a Colbalt all excited about the Mustang and wanted to know if a boat like that could be bought for under $10k. I told him to go to the ACBS show in Naples in August and the boat might be there and he might be able to buy it for that.

Riley wrote: Tim, still cheaper than buying new or even used. And there's always that special buyer.

New, yes- but I promise it wont look new on the outside! Used is tough- I think most people would fail to appreciate how much money and effort is involved with any kind of proper structural restoration, let alone one of this magnitude. They'd see similar (unrestored) boats for half the price (or less) and see no value in one like this. Im ok with that since this one is a keeper, but Im afraid thats just the nature of these things.

A special buyer is another thing altogether- and finding one would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Just think though- if you were to swap your Mustang for $10k, that would buy at least one runner and several projects... maybe even some with V8's.

79nautique wrote: nor do I need to post pictures or need that pat on the back, confidence is a beautiful thing, seeing your handy work drive past or see it under the hood or sticking out of someone's leg holding it together or flying over head on the news is much more satisfiing and doesn't require me to raise up and shout out hey look at me and what I did to feel important or accomplishment. Whats that Humble maybe

Okay you might want to quit digging a hole for yourself. I don't think there are many on here who would disagree with me when I say that you, above most people on here, are constantly trying to get people to look at you and your accomplishments, and giving yourself "pats on the back". You're trying to act like you have tons of humility...please.

Air206 wrote: maybe even more than Pete! HA.......

I thinks it's a close "toss up".

I've meet Tim as well and I guess some of you are not aware of that or that we jab at each other quite often, I just do a little bit better job getting under his skin than he does mine and with my background some topics I view it in a different light than others and say oh that's nice where others go wow how did you do that. Again a laugh never hurts anyone and I know Tim laugh at it just as much as I do

I thought it all had to do with your '90 smoking his '79 at GL a few years back.

What would we do without good ole 79? He's like the brother that you will scream and fight with one second, and drink with the next. And sometimes say stuff just to get something out of him. I do enjoy his posts and they add a bit of excitement to the forums for me.

Tim, love everything you do. You've helped me out a lot!

penial implants?

Tim...Hurry up on the pictures...this is getting out of hand

Swatkinz wrote: 79, Do you work as an engineer or something in ortho implants? Just curious as I work in medical devices

Designer for Depuy at one time

You're reading the wrong side of that ruler eric...that's 8 cm

Thanks Chris!

Its been a full month since the last real update- which means Ive been slacking on pictures (again). Progress has been pretty slow- without any sort of deadline, I guess that can happen. The weather here has been exceptionally nice- easily the warmest July I can remember. We might have had one or 2 days of rain, but really not very many good "garage days". So, Ive been spending my time on the water, and chipping away at other projects that keep me closer to the lake. The good news is that my newest lift is finally in- so now theres a Correct Craft at my dock.



Lets see now, where was I... oh yes, the BFN.

Like I mentioned, the airbox is finished- all taped in and sanded. The battery box lid is in decent shape as well.



We test fit the cradle, then dropped the engine in for a mock-alignment to see if we were in the ballpark with our cradle construction. No pictures to show that step, but it came out really close to where we thought it should.



Once the cradle location was finalized, we cut the pylon hole in the floor, then trimmed the rear edge of the front floor section. Hopefully this will give us a bit more clearance between the pullies and floor... you couldnt sneak a finger past them, let alone an arm- which made for an interesting reach for the drain plug.



We also glassed down the pylon cup.



Here is the bottom side of the removable panel. It needs some final sanding and smoothing, then its ready for paint.



The top got 2 layers of cloth and one of mat. With just the 3/4" supports on each side, it had minimal deflection with one person standing on it... nice.



In the meantime, engine assembly has been ongoing. This picture is old (it is nearly all dressed at this point), but you get the idea.



Dad removed the inner valvesprings to lighten up the pressure during cam break in. I anticipated needing shorter pushrods with the new cam (which has a larger base circle), but the roller tips appeared to be centered on the valvestem... bonus.



The majority of my time recently has been spent sanding and fairing the bilge in preparation for paint. No up to date pics, but theres not much to see anyways. I think one more coat of resin and a quick scuff should have it in decent shape. Here are a couple quick shots after the major grinding and sanding prior to fairing.







During the mock alignment, we ended up using 2 thin SS washers under the rear to get the shaft centered in the log. That would explain why the shaft was riding on the bottom of the log for who knows how long. Also as it turns out, the rear end of the strut was out of round, causing the shaft to bind with the bushings installed, so its currently sitting in the freezer so we can pull one of the new XPC bushings back out and fix the strut.

Getting closer!

Wow.