THRIFTWAY TOO PICTURES

April 2003	June 2003	August 2003	December 2003	April 2004	May 2004
August 2004	October 2004	November 2004	February 2005	June 2005	August 2005
December 2005	April 2006

APRIL 2003

April 2003 Ready for skin!	April 2003 Side View	April 2003 Bow shot!	April 2003 Fuel tanks in place
April 2003 An inside view	April 2003 Upside down deck with fixture	April 2003 Close up of the dry sponson transom	April 2003 Georges "stash" of Rolls Griffons

JUNE 2003

June 2003 The Air Trap in place ready to slide down into place

June 2003 The U-60 crew working on the Too's bottom

June 2003 Both air traps now in place

June 2003 Side view after installation

AUGUST 2003

August 2003 Moe Buringrud reacting to the hull

August 2003 Moe with his sons Eric and Ward along with grandson Trevor and original crew member Greg Smith

August 2003 MOe3

DECEMBER 2003

December 2003 Vacuum bag preparation	December 2003 Port side non-trip	December 2003 Night shift hauling aluminum sheet	December 2003 Henry at bow
December 2003 Aluminum bottom skin	December 2003 Henry Jesse and Will preparing to vacuum bag	December 2003 Henry at the sander	December 2003 Ready for the bottom panels
December 2003 Starboard sponson	December 2003 Mad Makita driller!	December 2003 George, Will and Jesse	December 2003 Will and Roger with thinking caps on
December 2003 Three panels down!	December 2003 About half way skinned

APRIL 2004

April 2004 Roger Newtons spoiler in place	April 2004 Closeup of the Spoiler	April 2004 Right Sponson	April 2004 Rudder bracket in place
April 2004 Will, George and Mike working up a sweat	April 2004 The "Czar" cogitating	April 2004 The crew at rest	April 2004 The crew listening to Ron Jones outline the procedure for cutting the shaft hole
April 2004 Let's get ready to punch the hole in the bottom!	April 2004 Yup, that's Ron Jones Sr. on the business end of that hole hog!	April 2004 Shaft log hole complete!

MAY 2004

May 2004 The bottom is now complete!

AUGUST 2004

August 2004 The completed bottom!	August 2004 The roll!	August 2004 Now, let's set 'er on the dolly	August 2004 Finally!
August 2004 Whew...we didn't DROP it!	August 2004 Let's get this green thing off	August 2004 The whole crew	August 2004 George cannot WAIT!!!

OCTOBER 2004

October 2004 Dixon Smiths Merlin tool	October 2004 Factory Griffon bank tool	October 2004 Peter Orton's bank tool	October 2004 Our new modified bank tool
October 2004 View of the recently widened engine compartment

NOVEMBER 2004

November 2004 Ron Jones Sr. presenting George with the ORIGINAL steering wheel and manifold pressure gauge.

FEBRUARY 2005

February 2005 Things are taking shape!	February 2005 It was a nice day to roll the TOO out to get some sunshine	February 2005 Mike with his router fixture.	February 2005 Mike and Henry checking deck battens
February 2005 George checking the deck battens	February 2005 Stuffing box and whip strut as machined by Scott "Pyro" Raney of the U-8

JUNE 2005

June 2005 Deck battens in place for now.

June 2005 Bow Shot...the boat is too big for one wide angle picture!

June 2005 Transom view with "boarding ladder" in place.

AUGUST 2005

August 2005 Full view of Griffon Gear box	August 2005 Drivers seat installed with Mike's brackets	August 2005 Temporary gearbox to stuffing box.	August 2005 Varnished interior
August 2005 New shop overhead gantry with rolley and 6 ton come-along

DECEMBER 2005

December 2005 Note Mike's rudder reiforcements in lower left	December 2005 Lots of new system work around cockpit area	December 2005 Almost ready for a ride...well, not quite!	December 2005 Gearbox has a new shaft and coupling installed
December 2005 Engine oil tank bolted in place. Note lifting fixture clamped at right side.	December 2005 Another shot!	December 2005 The "Czar" working on foot throttle and left foot rest	December 2005 George working at the disk sander

APRIL 2006

April 2006 Mike, Will and Henry are looking over Ron Sr's beautiful craftsmanship	April 2006 The gearbox with engine rail mounts attached	April 2006 Stuffing Box bearing	April 2006 Czar Roger ready to guide the Griffon block into place
April 2006 Sighting the cowl line over the engine and firewall pattern	April 2006 Griffon, gearbox and shaft are coupled	April 2006 George with his "new" 1955 GMC tow vehicle	April 2006 1955 GMC Tow Rig
April 2006 1955 GMC Tow Rig	April 2006 1955 GMC Tow Rig

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