1968 22-2 FB rebuild

[CLM65]

Nice Aaron, thanks!  Lots of room below the bracket for the livewell drain, which is probably where mine will end up.  Where will yours be?

And what length is the shaft on your motor?

[Aswaff400]

ill probably put the livewell drain under the bracket to the starboard side. i did have it to the port side but i had a miscalculation  

my motor is a 25 inch shaft.

my painter stopped by today and we got a game plan together

[Aswaff400]

she's ALIVE!!!!

http://youtu.be/8SYZ9W68Raw

[dburr]

Aaron that sounds great!! I played it on the big speakers and the Big Boss thought I was looking at GyroTracs again!!   

[Blue Agave]

Sounds awesome, is she painted and ready to get wet?

[RickK]

Ditto on what Nando said

[gran398]

aaron that sounds great!! I played it on the big speakers and the Big Boss thought I was looking at GyroTracs again!!   

 
Lets go run that thing!!

[Aswaff400]

she aint painted yet, nor will i know when she will be painted... im tired of waiting on other people so im rigging the boat and running it.... if i have to pull the motor and bracket to be painted, so be it. but for the time being, she will get ran up until then. one of the guys that said he'll paint it said he doesnt care if it is rigged or not as he rolls and tips(no over spray), the guy that was originally supposed to paint sprays so he preferred the motor/bracket be off but can work around it(he painted my old boat with the motor/jackplate on)... the boats only getting painted from the waterline-up, so trimtabs, scuppers, and livewell drain can stay...

otherwise, she's almost ready to get wet. just gotta tidy up the bilge/livewell plumbing, and finish rolling out the gelcoat. getting the boat "useable" for a weekend up on the river in about a month... still gotta do some work to my trailer, new tires/lights/bearings/carpet...

[gran398]

Good deal, go run her in this beautiful fall weather

 Plenty of time for paint...put her in the booth this winter.

[Aswaff400]

finished up the livewell plumbing today and gelcoated the transom will hopefully do the nonskid tomorrow and finish up the remaining gelcoat inside the boat...

[CLM65]

Sweet, Aaron!  Can't wait to see it in the water!

[wingtime]

Aaron why don't you paint her yourself? Applying the paint is the easy part!

[gran398]

Nice Aaron, thanks!  Lots of room below the bracket for the livewell drain, which is probably where mine will end up.  Where will yours be?

And what length is the shaft on your motor?

Livewell seacock needs to run low as possible in the transom. Pop her on plane....you want a nice downhill drop.

Looking pretty Aaron

[Aswaff400]

got half of the nonskid done, was gonna do white but decided to do whisper gray instead at the last second... i think it looks good so far...

[RickK]

I agree with you - it looks GREAT