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Project Hydrostream Vulture

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Re: Project Hydrostream Vulture

Post: # 8755Post Hippie459MN »

Original Post - Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:44 am

All hooked up and just about ready for the 60ish mile drive today. Looking forward it!!!

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Should have some good progress pictures tonight or tomorrow. :up:

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Post: # 8756Post Hippie459MN »

Original Post - Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:19 am

Well, had a really good day yesterday and Chet seen first hand how much of a headache this thing has been due to a really poor previous repair job. If this was all original I would have been done long ago but its just been a nightmare to work on thanks to very poor workmanship on the repairs.

Don't worry, I will have some good pictures later today. I am also going to try and grind on it some more today but we'll see how I feel.

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Post: # 8757Post Hippie459MN »

Original Posts - Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:29 pm
77viper wrote:I think someone spilled a couple extra gallons of resin in that thing. They pored resin on the outside of the stringers more than a inch thick.

I was hoping to get more done but the extra resin and other "custom" stuff slowed progress down. That and I learned a 7" 36 grit sanding disk cuts skin fairly easily and ended up getting some stitches after we were done.

All in all I had a good day talking streams with another stream lover what else could one ask for.
Well, after yesterday few hours of work, then a short break to take a ride in Chets viper, I have a lot more motivation now. That viper got up on the pad with zero effort and was smooth as ever. He has one hell of a stream!

And now for what we had got done yesterday so here are some pictures...

These are just a few pictures about half way through the work of the day and just part of the pile of junk that came out of the boat.

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And the small pile of junk from the boat. There was still plenty in the boat yet.

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More pictures to come of the jackplate and all that transom reenforcement junk and mostly cleaned out of all the junk from the day to see what is all left. I just keep trying to envision it on the lake. :D

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Original Post - Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:10 pm

Here are some pictures from today just before I was about to get some more done but it decided to rain so didn't get any work done.

Just what I have done thus far and I feel like I am just about half way to having it all cleaned out.

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I don't know if you can really see it but right in the center of the picture is a weak spot we found that goes all the way through. Nothing that can't be fixed though.

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Here is the transom with all the junk and the jackplate removed. Notice the 2 cracks and how it completely separated. That could have been a disaster had I put a motor on there.

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Hopefully I will be able to get blot more work done on it over the next few weeks. Until next time, that's all for now.

And Chet, thank you again for your help and the boat ride. Hopefully we can do it again soon and get into that vking. And I'm glad your knee is still intact.

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Post: # 8759Post Hippie459MN »

Original Post - Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:58 am

Well, I managed to get in about 3 hours of grinding yesterday at Chets place and used his steel grinding disk and what I got done would have taken me 8 hours with the paper disks.

It might not look like much but if you actually seen what I am working with you would understand.

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Here is what I am having to grind away. The pictures don't really show how bad it really is.

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I did a tiny bit up front but spent 99% of my time in the back.

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And this is what happens when you get carried away with that grinding disk. That thing will melt right through your hull if your not careful. Notice the 2 holes.

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I will be going and picking up one of them disks later this week and hopefully get more grinding done. That thing is worth every penny.

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Post: # 8760Post Hippie459MN »

Original Post - Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:20 pm

Patiently waiting to be taken out of the back yard....

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Get ready Chet, within the next week or 2. :mrgreen:

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Post: # 8827Post Hippie459MN »

Looks what not in the back yard anymore. :up:

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Hopefully by Sunday night I will have some good progress pictures. :boating:

And welcome to my new topic with about 20ish pages missing and cleaned up nicely. Time to get back on track with this thing and leave it to updates... :D

Link to my original topic is in the first post so you dont have to search for it if you want to go back and look at it. :up:
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Post: # 8828Post VultureNo2 »

Can't wait to hit the waves with you. I just finished the interior. I will post this weekend. Good to see you excited about it. Ger her done. Bill :up:
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Re: Project Hydrostream Vulture

Post: # 8862Post 77viper »

Ok Hippie, where are the pictures? Or are you "busy" :mrgreen:
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Post: # 8863Post Hippie459MN »

77viper wrote:Ok Hippie, where are the pictures? Or are you "busy" :mrgreen:
Ha! I wish I was "busy" :mrgreen: But I wasnt that lucky. Thats is about the worst I have ever seen her so please forgive her and I am sorry.
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And now for some pictures...

Chet banging out some stuff in the back

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And here is just some stuff up front. Its clean here compared to when we started working on it.

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And here is how we left it at the end of the day. A HUGE improvement. Wont take much more and it will be time to go in the other direction. I am getting excited.

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And I have to toss this one in here... Chet returning home from the paint shop with his V-King. Dont let him fool ya, It looks really good I think.

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Its going to be at least another 2 weeks before I can get anymore done on it I thing cause of me starting my new gig on monday for work but the new job will be bringing good things so I now have a goal of 2 months to get it in the water! Its gonna be close but I think I will be able to do it. :? :D
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