Restoring Chris-Craft Boats to their Original Beauty
Now that I have one side done, it’s time to start on the other side. You can see I put a trim piece across the back. What I’m going to do on the back end of this bar will be just like a boat and I will grout all the lines. Wow, that was quick. I wish the first side had …
As you can see, I basically take random boards and see where they fit the best. Some of the hardest things are the curvature of the front end and getting that band around the edges. You can see some of the boards have the old grout lines from the previous boat. I try to incorporate them into the bar as …
Now that I have the first layer of the top deck all screwed down and secured, it’s time for the first coat of stain on the interior. I’m starting the finishing touches. By the time you caulk all the joints, sand it lightly and fill all the screw holes in the whole entire interior plywood, it’s taken a whole day. …
Bending the plywood has been challenging with the curvature of the inside of the boat and trying to make it fit good and tight so I don’t have any large gaps to contend with. Put in what I call the toe kick; it’s the board that goes from the shelf to the bottom of the boat and I added a …
It’s now time to put the top plywood on. It just gives the bar a lot of stability. If you look closely, you can see where I actually mark out the underneath structure on the plywood. So, when I’m screwing into it, I can identify and hit the structure to make it good and secure. I’m starting to go down …