75 222 Rebuild.

[Thomas70]

Finally pinned down a 222 to rebuild. Here are a few pics. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

[RickK]

Welcome aboard Thomas  :!:  :!:

Ahhh, young backs are much stronger than old...... Getting him involved early 8)

[Thomas70]

He offered to help, I do this stuff everyday so I let him have at it. This will be a boat for us and not a customer, so I figured he would appreciate it more.

[Thomas70]

Finally got a customer project out of my shop my 222 is in next to redo, my wife will be happy it's out of the drive way. Here are some pics of the 261 Mako I just finished.

[LilRichard]

Holy nice Mako Batman!

[Thomas70]

Thanks, Richard the owner invited me fishing saturday what a treat!! I guess he's happy.

[RickK]

Nice work.  Some "before's" would help too.

[Thomas70]

Here is a link with a mess of pics.
http://www.classicmako.com/forum/topic. ... C_ID=21102

[Thomas70]

We'll finally got the boat in the shop, a little later than I wanted but paying customers come before my projects. Got all the deckcap fasteners out and will build framing to part the deck and hull tomorrow. I will keep posting pics as I go.










Here are a couple pics of another 1975 like this one, they are 3 hull ID numbers apart. I'm would like to get rid of this one, either sell it as she sits or rebuild for someone.
 

[Mad Dog]

Thomas, one thing I learned (too late) about my 222 is that it comes in 3 parts; Hull, cap, & liner.  The liner includes the sole, the casting deck and gunwale panels.  I tore up the liner not knowing I could have gotten it out in one piece.  I slavaged the casting/storage deck but the rest is gone.  

What are your plans?  Keep the liner, just the casting deck, scrap it all and start over?

Looking at the images above I got deja vu, all over again.  

MD  

[Thomas70]

I want to save the casting deck.

[Mad Dog]

Based on the boat you just took out of you shop you must know what your doing so my comments are just my experiences with my rebuild of the same model.   :)

The casting deck looks to be in good shape as well as the rest of the liner.  The liner is glued at the top of the gunwale but is not too hard to remove but if mine were in as good condition as yours I would have left it in and just attach the sole back to it.  The big storage box in the casting deck has some crappy insulation around that is probably coming loose.  I pulled that stuff off and glued styrofoam around it.  It won't keep ice for five days but it will work fine as a fish box.  I also had to re-core the lid on that box.  The lid is pretty big and the previous owners mounted a pedestal chair to it (stupid move).  So rot got in, the lamination broke loose and the lid was concaved.  A piece of 1/2" marine ply and epoxy (with woodflour) fixed it right up.  

I noticed that the bilge vent was removed from the stern.  Was the duct box also cut out?  That was part of the liner as well.  I removed all the bilge vents from my rebuild because the tank is encapsulated and the fuel lines run through a chase tube.  No real source of fumes so no need for vents.  Do you have a plan for the foam and venting?

Are you going to remove the flotation foam from the stringers?  Mine was completely soaked.  The hull was probably carrying 500 to 600 pounds of dead weight in the stringers.  I have the removal process documented in my photo gallery.  Check the link below.

Keep us posted and post lots of pics  

MD  

[Thomas70]

I seperated the hull and topcap today. I am saving the casting deck and I will sprayfoam the underside to insulate. I cut the rear vent box out but it is going back. I feel allowing the bilge to air is a good thing. I will post pics tomorrow I forgot my cam. today.

[Thomas70]

By the way the stringers are dry and solid, they are going to stay with a little more support.

[Mad Dog]

Thomas,

You picked the right hull to restore.  Mine was not well cared for thus all the extra work.  :cry:

Good luck.

MD