Recent content by heyitsmike

Going slowly. There has been a lot going on in the past few years and sadly the boats been pushed to the back burner. In The process, I've moved, and have been renovating a house along with god knows how many other projects[emoji1787] In the meantime, I finally dug the boat out of my dad's...

A bit of a bump in sure, was finally able to go and pick up my old boat from my dad's house. This aught to be a nice off season project!

Thanks haha. It's a 1975 Land Rover 101. Designed a an "air portable" artillery hauler. Stripped down, they are a 1 ton payload truck that weighs under 3,000 lbs

As spring is starting, I'm getting antsy.... I want to get this thing in the water! Unfortunately I've been dealing with a few other projects that have been taking precedence.... How's this for a tow rig!

I guess it was a thing. Basically it had one solid piece of aluminum above the water line with no rivets. Basically the big blue stripe along the side of the one in my pics. Gave it a sleek appearance

Lol, don't you worry, I have the right tools for the job. After its stripped and buffed the first time, I figure it will be easier to do at the beginning of the season as "upkeep" Sheens don't seem to last too long up here on the Taunton River... Brackish water and unseen obsticals tend to...

Thanks! I'm up near Boston lol The plexi on the windshield is pretty beat anyway, so I'm gonna just cut and bend a new piece and be done with it. The rest of the boat, rest assured, I will be going through with a fine tooth comb. Checking for stress, cracks, missing rivets etc. I have an idea...

Well that's the plan, but I may beef it up a bit in the process just because I'm neurotic about over-engineering hahaha

I already posted some pics in the introduction thread, but I thought I'd make a thread here for the rebuild progression here's some pictures! Here's the plan for the boat so far - reinforce the transom - buff the everliving snot out of the aluminum to make it shiny -build some nice wooden...

New to the group! Recently acquired a Crestliner Falcon for the low low price of free! Haven't seen many, and there doesn't seem to be much on them save for a few old brochures and stuff. Lots of plans for this one... Even have a period merc 400, 45hp to go with it!