75 SW Restoration

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Just a couple of pictures to show progress. I haven’t had too much time to work on.

Guess I better try and figure pictures out again

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I haven’t spent a lot of
time working on the boat. Got the port side, stringers uncovered. Surprised to find they are pretty good shape. Wood solid, but black were water entered the motor mount bolts. Still no water soaked foam.
It seems a shame to tear the boat completely apart to fix something that’s not that bad.
Exploring options.
Comments, welcome.

Making some progress. Got everything pretty well cleaned up from the front of the motor cover back. Everything from the front of the motor cover forward is going to remain untouched as it does not seem to be wet or rotted at all.
Stringers will not be changed at all either. Unfortunately, I have cut the top off of them and they’re all exposed so I need to do something with that.
My thought is to run nuts and bolts all the way through to attach the stringers back to the fiberglass, very securely and then fiberglass over that.
I had another thought, the 2 x 3 channel to the outside of the stringers. I could fill with some of that material that similar to Seacast to strengthen the boat up. Should the stringers ever go bad they will not need replaced.
However, I talked to Tech guy at the fiberglass distributors,he said that would probably be two stiff.
My plan is to rebuild the floor supports back in with Coosa board and fiberglass everything really well so that nothing ever gets wet anyway. Correct Craft did a pretty good job doing that, except for the holes where the motor mounts were on the stringers. As for the rest of the structure, holding the floor up, really wet and rotten because they did not seal the floor around the motor cover.






Arsenal of saws I used.
I decided to clean up all the mold in the boat, so I got it kind of wet. There’s a couple fans drying it out for the next couple weeks before I begin reconstruction.
I am currently trying to decide what material to use.
All seems pretty simple now.
I have the interior to do something with as well as the exterior cleanup.
Oh ya, picked up my 350 short block today.

Interesting project, glad you are sharing the pictures.  If you have any of the hull and dash add those as well, curious to see more of the boat.  I would have thought Ford 302 by 1975, not the OMC, not that I'm all that familiar with which engines which years.  I assume that's a 305?

KENO wrote: 63 Skier wrote: Interesting project, glad you are sharing the pictures.  If you have any of the hull and dash add those as well, curious to see more of the boat.  I would have thought Ford 302 by 1975, not the OMC, not that I'm all that familiar with which engines which years.  I assume that's a 305? 307 click the link below and it'll seem familiar  link

Your boat is bad ass. Gonna be super sweet.
I’d like to politely recommend as big an engine you can muster that is appropriate. Haul Ass and sound good
Super sized ski nautique
Enjoy   Big fast boats are cool

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Progress photos
Next I clean up the foam and grind all the surfaces. I’m going to fiberglass too. Then most of the nasty part is done.

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I don’t know if anyone knows this, but I read somewhere that is south wind, and a barefoot nautique have the same Hul design as these picture show.

Keep watching next week I hope to start reframing the floor supports. I am collecting material right now. Going with Coosa board and epoxy resin from Total boat two to one. Course of fiberglass mat and some thickener.
This is all new to me, but I think I got it.

DenDen wrote: I am currently having a difficult time, finding the camshaft that I want.

To answer your other question, two piece, Rear main seal, left-hand dipstick

Thanks Ken for saving the day. I knew about the rear main seal running reverse, and the people that supply the short block did that hadn’t thought about the front seal.
Yes, for the camshafts, I spoke to the Melling rep and that’s how I know that one is reversed right hand. I also talk to the competition cams rep and that’s how I know they do not make one that runs reverse. Maybe tomorrow I’ll find out some good news. Thanks again.

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