Restoring Chris-Craft Boats to their Original Beauty
I finished removing the bulkhead and control panel. It really opens up the boat and gives me a clean slate to start over with. What’s impressive about this boat is how unbelievably strong the structure is. 3. Here I’m removing the engines. These babies are heavy. They are Chrysler 383s. That’s a lot of horsepower. 4. I built special engine …
As you can see, I could see the letters MIN and I knew it was Marine at the end. So, I did some research and figured it out…Mineola Marine. I had never heard of Mineola Marine, but I found them…in Fox Lake, Illinois. I have been there two times. It’s like walking back in time. I would suggest you look …
So, I started removing the many layers of paint. I use a heat gun to remove the many, many layers of paint. After removing the layers of paint, I start to see an image in the underlying coats of paint; something in red and it definitely showed marine at the end. Removing the paint from the top deck was especially …