71' Martinique Winter Stringer Project

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well worked on it more tonight.

pic of the tank, gonna need a new one, rust inside. Links??





motor out







seats out, wow look at what color the carpet USED to be





carpet next







looks like the floor was half assed pieced together. anyone else seen this?







and then the floor was last to go tonight















pretty sure water isnt suppose to seep out of the wood when you press on it.



and got a hint of what the foam is going to be like. gee i cant wait to pull it out.



next time i work on it, goals are going to be getting the side panels, and kick panel(?) out. possibly getting whatever the hell is on top of the foam out as well. looks like a thin layer of fiberglass, if i had to guess. . .

i heard of those tank restore kits. first wave cleans all the crap out, the second coats so it wont happen again. part of me says save the money, the other part says, its out replace it. lots of time to decide.

The same company that makes POR15 also makes the gas tank repair coating. I used it on a project & it works good. Costs about $50, cheaper than a new tank.

What's the best way to.get the glass up between the floor.and the foam? Using a pry bar so far has been a long tedious process.

Jim,
Keegan's restoration turned out fantastic. I admire him undertaking the challenge and doinig his "homework" This included searching and reading plenty of threads on the process. I encourage you to do the same. The existing knowledge base here on CCfan is really unbelievable. People with brands other than a CC come here!

If my memory is correct, I believe it was Joe (inNY) that suggested the diamond blade. Cheap from HF!! I've used them too and they do work great. When you get into the corners, get the Multimaster out. I have the original Fein but as soon as their patent ran out there are plenty of cheap "knock-offs", made in China and not so good units out there.

well firsts things first today, pulling the kick panel.





pics of whats behind it. yikes. anyone need bumpers?







this was on the back side of the trim where the radio goes. thought it was cool. the only sticker i have found thats not on the motor. it reads "international cushion co."





i decided to pull the support for the ski pole next. unreal the pole still worked seeing how much of its support was roted wood.





the rest of my day was spent trying to pull the fiber glass between the floor and the foam. next time i'll have my hands on a diamond cutoff wheel. so hopefully it goes by faster. today was a whole bunch of prying.











really wet foam



once my back started to hurt from forcing the fiberglass up, i decided to stand up and start getting the exposed foam out. we have a shovel that has a regular handle, but a very small spade. it worked perfect. i was amazed at how much water was still there!











and thats how it sits now. i've got about 12 hours in it so far. so not bad i dont think for whats done. now i cant wait to get that cut off wheel. life should be easier. i know its gonna be worth it in the end, but wow its a lot of work. i'm praying i can have it done by may.

also i went through your whole post today Keegan. awesome work! i can only hope mine comes out as nice as yours. thats definatly a boat to be proud of!

one more quickie, gotta a 20 ft wellcraft center counsel, guy was thrilled he only paid 15 hundies for it, bought a newer trailer dumped a thousand in it and was paying me to swap trailers. I walk to the back of the boat climb up on the 185 horse that was hanging on it and starting jumping up and down, i thought this thing was going to rip right off the back and the guy was like wtf are you doing to my boat, I look inside and see a big pile of wood chips, complete rot, the transom was bowed so bad you would of thought it was built that way....he wanted me to plate it and i said nope, you can do whatever you want to do with it but i wont be a part of it.
Once agin i had to explain to this guy the forces that are applied to the back of this boat, the boat is about 2000 lbs and you have this engine pushing all of this mass

Thanks for the compliment. You have to remove the airbox foam so that you can replace the conduit. The dryer type flex hose cracks and is a major point of water intrusion in most of these older models. Most of the rebuilds use pvc to replace the flex duct.

I did not rewire my boat. Just coil the bundle of wires and zip tie it together and hook it back up when you are done.

Dont start half assing it already, do it right the first time. cool it has a H/M in it. you should try to find the other manifold for it. good luck!

well more progress last night. started to cut into the airbox, and started to defoam. probably the dryest foam so far, but it was still wet.





i do have a question. in all the other stringer replacement forums i have read, it seems like the stringers have stopped somewhere around the battery box. mine however are still going under the dash. i'm starting to get worried about how far they go to the front. it wouldnt be a problem if i had space. but under the bow there almost isnt any. looks like at this point i have no choice but to unfoam them, and try to find the end. i just pray they stop soon.

i really hope thats the case. i'll have to cut some more into it before i can really tell.

not that much water, lol. but if i would have stepped in it with my shoes, well wet cold feet really isnt fun

less then 90 miles.