Speed
Boat This old white pine speed boat has just arrived
for restoration.
She has a ford flathead V8 going into her
this is how she arrived
Some one had removed
the barrel back decks and replaced them with a bit of 3x2 framing
and old ply. The transom has some bora in it and the starboard Knees
on the chine are rotten, its all got to go.
New aft deck beams installed
and side deck frameing
Front frames are rotten and the inner planking has started to go.
New bulkheads
installed and deck framing ready to be skinned
Janette repairing foredeck framing
New transom Knee and framing in ready
to have a Mahogany skin fitted
Ply decks are on and being fared in
inner comings are all on
Mahogany
and Kauri veneers are finished ready for John to fitt all the seating
tanks and steering as soon as he is ready we will install the ford
flat head V8 back in her