JANUARY 2007
January 6
Larry, Chief and Rob locating and drilling the holes for the strut
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January 6
After the holes were located, the reinforcing plate was removed & drilled on a drill press. Steve & Larry are reinstalling it with Hysol.
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January 6
That should hold it!
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January 6
Stuart working on detailing out the strut
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January 6
Next to last piece...
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January 6
Last piece...
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January 6
LAST SCREW!!!!!!!!
Chief,Lars,Aldo,Millie
Scooter and Woody
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January 6
Steve climbing out after cleaning up the drips - (picture taken through the steering hole)
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January 13
Cowling combing
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January 13
Flash pan corners
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January 20
Dash Layout by Peter Orton
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January 20
Woody's getting ready!
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January 20
Chief is putting on the first stroke!
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January 20
OK...Let's GO!
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January 20
WOW...Is that RED!?!?
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January 20
Wipe, wipe, wipe, wipe...
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January 20
Peter is pointing out where there is some attention needed
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January 20
Top view
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January 20
Side view...now, let it dry!
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January 27
First coat of varnish
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January 27
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January 27
Strut & whip strut - Cad plated
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January 27
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January 27
First meeting of REAL engine & hull
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January 27
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January 27
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January 27
Plenty of room up front
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January 27
If we make THIS angle, it should fit!
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FEBRUARY 2007
February 3
Dash with instruments installed
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February 3
Engine rails ready to weld
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February 3
Engine rail gussets
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February 3
Richard Rutledge will be lettering the name on the boat in a couple of weeks.
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February 3
Forward tail supports
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February 10
We replaced the "eyebrow" with a wood called Padouk
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February 10
Fitting the rear cowl so they are even
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February 10
Our first hose!
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February 10
Chief and Lars attaching the end fitting
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February 10
Water distribution block...3 in - 1 out
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February 10
Water Tee and check valve for stuffing box cooling
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February 17
Alan cutting the pattern for the seat
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February 17
Rob and Alan fitting the pattern to the seat bottom
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February 17
Lars staining the tail
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February 17
Stained tail
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February 22
Wrinkle finish on dashboard
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February 22
Chalk outline for name
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February 22
Richard starting the right side
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February 22
Is he having fun or what!
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February 22
Richard starting the left side
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February 24
Left side ready for orange & shadow
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February 24
"Seat time"
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February 24
Another layer
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February 24
Larry, Rob and Alan
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February 24
This is how the seat was "clamped" to hold all the layers
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February 24
Chief installing the right side water pickup assembly
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February 28
Richard came back to paint the orange outline
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February 28
Looks GREAT!
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February 28
Complete with shadow
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February 28
No sense in letting the template go to waste...
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MARCH 2007
March 3
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March 3
Trim tab attached
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March 3
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March 3
Now you get the idea
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March 3
Guess who turns 60 on Sunday???
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March 3
Lori Norton (Larrys daughter) and Mary Compton Light up the cake!
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March 3
Karen and Larry comptemplating who gets the first piece...(Guess who!?)
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March 10
Left side name complete!
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March 10
Steve & Larry collaborating on drilling the engine rail holes
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March 10
Engine rails in place
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March 10
Close to 1-1/2" spacing on the right side
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March 10
Time to work on the stuffing box
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March 10
Getting closer to "Just add water"
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March 10
Just add Stripes and a U-60
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March 10
Sittin' pretty without the straps
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March 17
Larry and Grace
(4 months)
Our Youngest visitor yet!
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March 24
Engine bolt plates
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March 24
Installing the engine bolts
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March 24
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March 24
Engine rails
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March 24
Engine rails and bolts are installed!
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March 24
Scooter rounding the corners on the stuffing box
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March 24
Stuffing box ready for welding
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March 24
Epoxy putty on the left rear cowling
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March 24
Intermediate strut support
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March 24
Shaft alignment plate
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March 24
The U-60 Fleet!
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March 24
Our new towing truck
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March 24
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March 24
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March 24
Ed Karelsen talking with Steve
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March 31
Rob attaching the rear cowlings together
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March 31
Welded stuffing box
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March 31
Sketch for seat attachment
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March 31
Alan working on the seat attachment
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March 31
Ready for upholstery
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APRIL 2007
April 7
Chief and his quick change seat brackets
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April 7
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April 7
Installed!
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April 7
Form around tail
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April 7
Alan's getting close
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April 7
Final bondo application
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April 7
On boat (sorry for the blurry pic)
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April 7
Bolts for the intermediate strut ended up right in the center
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April 7
Shaft lines up AND turns with one hand EASILY!
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April 14
Dashboard getting wired!
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April 14
Our steering wheel along side the original from Maverick
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April 14
Rob and Lloyd drilling holes in the steering linkage for spot welds
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April 14
Rob putting the finishing touch on the holes
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April 14
Getting ready for some hoses
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April 14
Done!
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April 15
Don Mock laying out the tape
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April 15
Looks right!
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April 15
Now we're getting serious
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April 15
Larry gets the honors
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April 15
Ready for ORANGE!
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April 15
Left side
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April 15
Striaght on
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April 15
Right side
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April 21
Stripes and ORANGE!!!!!!
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April 21
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April 21
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April 21
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April 21
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April 21
Bow cleat installed
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April 21
Trim tab bracket
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April 21
NO! This is NOT for the Chiefs stuff!
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April 21
Chicken Wheeler waiting for his ride!
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April 28
Any question as to which hydro THIS is?
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April 28
Decals are on
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April 28
Chief working with the electrical
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April 28
Lots of activity
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April 28
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April 28
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April 28
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April 28
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MAY 2007
May 5
Peter's wiring table
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May 5
Steering intermediate support (made from Nylon)
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May 5
Water and Oil lines
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May 5
Water and Fuel tank vent lines
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May 5
Prop shaft after installation (we just HAD to put a prop on to see!)
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May 5
View up the steering hole with engine in place
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May 5
Larry's new steps for the '55 GMC
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May 8
Time to get some SUN!
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May 8
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May 8
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May 8
First full tilt!
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May 8
Look out! Here comes Vashon Unlimiteds!
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May 12
Pete Bertolotti and Bruce Dayz check out the cockpit
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May 12
Foot pedals and mixture control are mounted
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May 12
Engine bay fire suppression heads
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May 26
Cockpit floor
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May 26
Batteries in place
Fire bottle
(upper left)
Fuel pump (left)
Starter solenoid (rt)
Steering support(rt)
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May 26
Wind shield
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May 26
Engine bay
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May 26
Water distribution block and oil filter
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May 26
Mixture control
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May 26
Fuel pump relay
(under dash)
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May 26
Oil pressure switch
(under dash)
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May 26
Backside of dash
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May 26
Engine bay electrical plug
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May 26
Engine ready to be installed
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May 26
Cockpit floor boards, shaft shield and foot pedals
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