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| 1946 Mercury Custom Runabout built in Piru, Ca as a racing ski boat. Original wood trailer. |
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| Gray Miarine Fireball 160 a factory built 6 cylinder 160 hp 244 cubic in racing motor |
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| Replacing ribs a pair at a time. |
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| Replacing the outer planks. |
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| Now let's replace the transom and hull sides. |
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| Sanding almost done. |
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| Getting ready for stain. |
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| Bright red stain on the deck and transom. |
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| What. No worries mate. We will get her done. |
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| Final varnish. 20 coats |
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| Gold leaf hull ID numbers. |
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| Ceiling boards being installed. |
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| Original horn rebuilt and painted. |
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| Distributor reconditioned. |
| First Place in Class Trophy |
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| First Place in Class Trophy |
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| Now that is what I call a barrel transom. |
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| An estimate of 14 screws per square foot. |
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| Fairing the ribs. |
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| Bottom prefinished as per original color. |
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| New wood looks nice. And now to sand the boat fair. |
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| Carefully sanding out the deck seams. |
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| Hmm, I think we have seen this one before. |
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| Another view of the staining process. |
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| More varnish. |
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| 24 Karat gold leaf name. |
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| Three hours to white stripe all that deck |
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| Dash holes cut out. |
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| Engine Rebuilt and Painted Fireball Red |
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| Original generator reconditioned. |
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| Cockpit crash pad being installed. |
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| Boat launched at Tahoe Concourse De Elegance. |
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| Proud Owner. |
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| Dash with a pull handle for gear shift. Throttle in middle of steering wheel. |
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| Now this is bare bones. |
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| Replacing the bottoms inner planking. |
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| Rolling the boat upright. |
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| All the deck fitting holes drilled. |
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| Beautiful 1/4 sawn mahogany. |
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| The boat will be two colors. So taping off for the first color is necessary. |
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| Boat stained red mahogany and dark walnut with the first coat of varnish. |
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| Front view. |
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| Engine rebuilt and being carefully reassembled. |
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| Waterline stripe. |
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| Building the front seat back support. |
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| Rebuilt guages installed. A push pull gear shift. |
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| Cloth covered electrical wire carefully replaced. |
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| Carefully dropping the engine in. |
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| Engine is show ready. |
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