Restoring Chris-Craft Boats to their Original Beauty
It’s time to stain the interior to make it all one color. If you remember, it was white and gray. Yes, this is a lot of fun crawling around in. I did the first couple of boats by hand with just a brush. That’s right. By hand–and it took two days. Now, I spray them with two coats and it …
Now it’s time to sand out the top to level it out. I start with a 60 grit, then an 80 grit, then a 100 grit, then a 120, and the final is 220. Most of this is done by plank sanding. A plank sander is a longboard, about 12 inches long, that has the sandpaper attached to the bottom and the …
Now I’m starting to put the outer band boards on the top to finish it all. I’m laying out the top planks for the engine covers and cutting in grout joints to just give it a little more class. Working my way to the middle. The fun part starts to begin when I get to the moving parts like the …
I’ve decided to cover both engines with one large compartment versus individual engine covers. It’s always fun building something square with something that has no square angles on it whatsoever. Yes, we’re gonna fit twin Chrysler 383 engines through that one opening. In building the engine cover, I’m trying to keep the same contour from bow to stern even with …