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Re: 1978 Viper

by Hydromirk » Dec 12, 2013 1:32 pm

Keep the pics coming any info will help I'm from Gonzales la and I'm building a vandal

Re: 1978 Viper

by svmark » Aug 06, 2013 9:52 pm

That may have been the guy I got it from. If he got it for free he made a small finders fee on it.

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Re: 1978 Viper

by streamin_demon » Aug 06, 2013 8:04 pm

Really I saw your silver escort in my driveway to get it didn't get jig forboat took to long

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Re: 1978 Viper

by svmark » Aug 06, 2013 6:19 pm

I wish I got it for free.. But I didn't pay very much for it.

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Re: 1978 Viper

by streamin_demon » Aug 06, 2013 6:08 pm

Can't beat something for free like that viper you picked up in Orange park

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Re: 1978 Viper

by svmark » Aug 05, 2013 11:35 am

varmint1 wrote:That foam is from the factory, mine, my brothers, and dads has the same foam in our boats

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Good to know. It probably wont have the same amount of foam in it when I am done with the rebuild I don't plan on putting the foam boxes along the sides back in unless the are absolutely needed. I plan on putting some up in the bow and on either side of the transom going up a few feet to just past where the rear bench will go.

Re: 1978 Viper

by varmint1 » Aug 05, 2013 11:14 am

That foam is from the factory, mine, my brothers, and dads has the same foam in our boats

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Re: 1978 Viper

by svmark » Aug 05, 2013 10:51 am

This weekends progress....
Drilled a ton of rivets and got the rub rail removed and got the top hull split from the bottom.
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The transom is actually more solid than I had thought and had to cut the splash well. I plan on filling it anyway for more room for a bigger fuel tank and batteries.
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I am pretty sure that is extra foam that was added later since I had found carpet underneath while I was chipping it out. It also made for a glued on deck that was really hard to remove. I resorted to the bottle jack and some 2x4s to pop the foam holding the deck on.

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some of the bow damage along with a improperly patched puncture hole with the flap of glass sticking up.

Re: 1978 Viper

by JSU101 » Aug 02, 2013 1:07 pm

Mine wasn't even glassed. It had some type of putty holding top deck to hull

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Re: 1978 Viper

by varmint1 » Aug 02, 2013 10:41 am

Drill the rivets out, gently remove the rub rail, after its removed I use a sawzall and cut in between the upper and lower hull. It's glassed on the inside

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