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01-24-2022, 07:59 AM #15000 RPM
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1989 viper project
Had some time this weekend so I did a little poking into what's ahead and wasn't at all surprised, what's left was so wet it was actually frozen. Been looking at lots of pictures of restorations and it seems like everyone cuts out the well to get to the transom or to remove the top half. Is it impossible to split the boat in half and leave the topside completely intact?
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01-24-2022, 08:04 AM #2
Very similar scheme as my Vking, great looking boat!
I cut my splashwell out since someone had already done it that way before me. I know it's is absolutely possible to split the boat and keep in all original, but I'll let the guys that have done it that way get into more detail. I do know it is a lot more work and requires a hull jig to keep everything in line.Last edited by VkingMike; 01-24-2022 at 08:10 AM.
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01-24-2022, 08:12 AM #35000 RPM
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I've been following your build, you're doing a great job. I've also watched Tony's build several times, he made it look easy but I know it wasn't. I do plan on building a jig for it but after I lighten it up a bit with all the wet soggy floor removed.
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01-24-2022, 08:27 AM #4
Wet is bad, wet and frozen is really bad. I’ve seen transoms swell out over and inch when frozen which is going to delaminate much worse than simply wet does. This is also an issue with foam core if water gets in and under then freezes? It’s not going to be any safer than rotted balsa. The jig isn’t that hard to make I used a nice compass and a bent tip to follow the hull to the wood after rough shaping it in by eye. Did that twice for each rib and it got close. When I set the hull in to work on it I laid pre mix fiberglass ( Bondo type stuff ) on each rib that had slight clearance, placed parchment paper over it and set the hull down and then it was very well supported. I used a cross line laser and measure down the strakes every 12” and compared side/side to true it up first using tapered shims underneath.
It’s a lot of work to restore one but it is a lot of fun. The grinding part not so much lolHydrostream dreamin
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01-24-2022, 08:31 AM #5
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01-24-2022, 08:39 AM #65000 RPM
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That's why I plan on splitting it in half, want to leave nothing to chance. Restored a car years back, took every single piece, nut and bolt off then had the entire body soda blasted back to bare steel. Been over 15 years now and still looks like the day it was finished. Figure to do the same with this build, when I can't go backward any more, I'll start moving forward.
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01-24-2022, 08:47 AM #7
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01-24-2022, 08:52 AM #85000 RPM
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Absolutely, when you're done, you'll know exactly what you have and it will be well documented for the next owner should you decide to sell it one day.
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01-24-2022, 02:46 PM #9
Thats by far the best way to start a build of one of these.
It can be done to save the deck when splitting but it's a lot of work. Since mine had been apart once I had to do some cutting in the splah well. That also saves any hassle with transom thickness when it goes back together too.Last edited by tnelsmn; 01-24-2022 at 02:50 PM.
'78 Hydrostream Viking/'98 225 ProMax
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01-24-2022, 05:40 PM #10Member
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Yea 100% spilt the deck off! right way to do it, I don’t regret splitting mine at all takes a bit of time but it’s all worth it and makes things was easier to get at.
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01-25-2022, 07:11 AM #115000 RPM
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I see you got the deck off in one piece, how difficult was the front portion of the motor well that the upper motor mount bolts go through? Were you able to get up inside there from under the well to free it from the rotted transom wood? That's the part of mine that appears to be the most challenging part without cutting the well out from above.
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01-25-2022, 01:17 PM #12
I cut that section out on mine, but I knew ahead of time I was re spraying all the gel.
'78 Hydrostream Viking/'98 225 ProMax
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01-25-2022, 01:22 PM #135000 RPM
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The Gel is in such good shape, I'm going to try and preserve it....may turn out to regret it, but nothing ventured.......
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I didn’t even try to cut back there. After I was done cutting around the boat I picked it up from the front and rocked it side to side as it slowed pealed off the back of the transom, my splash well is a bit different then yours the voodoo’s splash well is part of the top deck the fiberglass is thick on it, it’s meant to support the transom since it’s so small.
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