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Good opportunity to get about 50# out of the boat, and end up with a stronger, better, boat than it ever was before.

yeah it was a blessing in the dark that I bought it and nick didn't run it another season, could have been a bad year seeing how wet the core is

[knot<safe77]

yeah it was a blessing in the dark that I bought it and nick didn't run it another season, could have been a bad year seeing how wet the core is

Call me crazy but i feel some boats have better karma then others, and this boat definitely needed to be brought back to life. This boat has a Lot!! Of history so proud and thankful you are doing the build and motivated to do it.. may the hydrostream gods shine down as this resro takes place. Can't wait till she's done.. great job so far

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[QUOTE=knot<safe77;2598198]call me="" crazy="" but="" i="" feel="" some="" boats="" have="" better="" karma="" then="" others,="" and="" this="" boat="" definitely="" needed="" to="" be="" brought="" back="" life.="" has="" a="" lot!!="" of="" history="" so="" proud="" thankful="" you="" are="" doing="" the="" build="" motivated="" do="" it..="" may="" hydrostream="" gods="" shine="" down="" as="" resro="" takes="" place.="" can't="" wait="" till="" she's="" done..="" great="" job="" far[="" quote]
I hear ya, it will have a new start in life in about 6-8 months. Not going to rush it and redoing the paint again to match the gel is going to be a task.
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[rossi]

MRAGU has his Bruiser Scheme Viper matched really well !

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My brother in law came over who is a master painter with several awards , we got the metal flake part figured out. Just trying to get a grasp on repairing the crazing. I've been sanding small sections in between waiting on things to dry. If a sand it with 36 grit by hand it opens it up well and the cracks And I've been told by a few people that duratech hi build blue primer cut down 50\50 will fill them well and can use a high quality primer over it and will hold up well. Other option is epoxy 4oz woven and epoxy and the high build and go from their

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Got a little done this week, transom is in. Next is the core

[Bayou Native]

Awesome job so far, keep up the good work...

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Transom is two layers of 3\4 with a layer of 1708 in between and polybond, glued it to the original glass stern with some polybond, have two layers of 1708 on it now , will add couple more in after foam is cut out of the stern and core is in. Going with balsa core and will bed that in some corebond , that's the weekend and next few weeks work, pics to follow

[rossi]

Are you keeping the splash well or deleting it ? I had the exact Viking, same year and all for 8yrs before I sold it a month ago so your build has my attention.

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I'm keeping the splash well , I deleted the last one and didn't like it , gave me more room , but didn't like it. I'm running a 15" mid on it , and have a couple other things I'm doing to run a 25 gallon fuel tank

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So this lower was in the scrap pile, two of them actually, someone used body filler to fiar them out and it failed on them both.so I cleaned this one up checked to make sure it was all straight and no welds , got some of the bobs nose cone epoxy and went to town.

[aaron78viper]

So this lower was in the scrap pile, two of them actually, someone used body filler to fiar them out and it failed on them both.so I cleaned this one up checked to make sure it was all straight and no welds , got some of the bobs nose cone epoxy and went to town.

Good find man. how much to refill the case with gears and all that? is it worth grabbing a case without gears?

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I pulled the gears out of this one to put a 15" shaft in it, plus fit in my bead blaster better. May fix the other one with a 20" shaft for a spare for my 20" mid

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Little update , been trying to remove core, what a nightmare , rotten, then rock solid then dry , about 50% is actually bad, but going till I hit 100% dry which is at the dash, or 6-8" before it. Splash well is back in and have to put one layer of glass on it and its done . will get up some pics when I makes some decent progress

[cutwater]

Nice work, Donnie. Get-er-done and bring her up to the Romp