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1985 Valero Recore /transom/restore

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1985 Valero Recore /transom/restore

Post: # 21727Post Knappy44CE »

Just saved a 1985 Valero V bottom in some serious need of love. The boat has been butchered with layers of paint on the top half. The original floor was rotten so the guy just screwed 3/4" sheets of plywood down over top and 2 of the deck screwed went right through the bottom of the boat near the sides and they cover the plywood in a fake wood rubber flooring.

I got all the rotten floor out and cut a square of glass out of the bottom and the core is like wet cardboard. Stringers are rotten too.

So who knows about these valeros? From what I gather they have the same bottom as the Viking?

Is there also a core in the pad area between the stringers?

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1985 Valero Recore /transom/restore

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Re: 1985 Valero Recore /transom/restore

Post: # 22621Post Spotteddogs »

Hi.. . Im new to the site and just bought a Valero.. I am looking at doing the cord just wanting to know what it the thickness of the core is in the bottom and sides of the hull.

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Re: 1985 Valero Recore /transom/restore

Post: # 23062Post DavidB »

I’ll definitely be following along since I’ve also just gotten an 84 Valero and I’m in the deconstruction state!

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Re: 1985 Valero Recore /transom/restore

Post: # 23065Post AdamDK »

Typical balsa core thickness is 1/2". Yes, the Valero hull is the same as the VKing. Just the top deck is different.

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Re: 1985 Valero Recore /transom/restore

Post: # 23758Post coffeeguy »

I bought the boat from Knappy44CE
Making some progress on it finally
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Re: 1985 Valero Recore /transom/restore

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Right on! :up: Looking good!

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