2001 23V rebuild from the ground up

[SONIC]

After this, me too. No clue how people do this for a living!

[KoolAid]

Way to go brother! Looking great!

[SONIC]

that dash is really cool. going back to the seat conversion, is there any chance you would ever sell a template or even reproduce those?

Thanks! The dash just has the perfect pass, clarion cm4 multizone headunit, and a speedhut gauge with 4 gauges on it.

And Nope! I could send you the cad file to have the parts cut but honestly it's not anywhere near worth the work required unless your boat is already in a state of massive disarray like mine was/is lol.

[SONIC]

Way to go brother! Looking great!

Thanks!
I'm finally excited about it again, projects that drag on like this one can get really tiresome, it's so nice to have it moving forward rapidly again.

[freeheel4life]

Build is looking great Sonic. You running some hose off the cooler drains into the bilge??

[gumby]

Sonic glad to see you are back on it. Can't wait to see it complete.We will have to get together at the lake.

[SONIC]

yup i was going to ask the same thing because there's no direct bilge access under that seat. seeing the rest of this project, he probably has a fancy impeller setup that sucks the water out of the cooler once an hour to make sure there's just ice in there

HA!
Nope just a drain hose to bilge

[NICKYPOO]

So glad to see this project back in action. I thought I did some heavy mods to my boat. Seems fairly tame now. I like the cooler idea. Nice one. I’m curious to see how the helm turns out. Thanks keeping us up to date.

[SONIC]

This is the project that never ends!

The guy who was supposed to paint the boat ended up being an assbag and a scam artist.
Took a deposit and then never did any work, left it outside for about 4 months with every excuse under the sun for why he wasn't working on it.
I finally got fed up and went and picked it up while he wasn't there. Still trying to get my money back but I don't see it happening. Called to file a police report and they already knew who he was before I even gave them his name, douche should be going to prison soon. While that makes my heart feel all giddy inside (I do not like being taken advantage of) it doesn't help me get my money or my 4 months back.

Anyway fast forward and I found a new shop in Atlanta to paint it, should be done in the next week or so!
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[KoolAid]

Glad to see you back at the project! I know it will be spectacular when its finished.

[NICKYPOO]

Man, can’t wait to see this thing finished. Glad to see it back in good hands.

[tombugg]

Love the work!! Subscribed!

When you say paint are you referring to gelcoat ot actual automotive paint?



Tom Bugg

[SONIC]

Love the work!! Subscribed!

When you say paint are you referring to gelcoat ot actual automotive paint?



Tom Bugg

Neither actually
I'm using Awlgrip, which is a marine paint. Used on high end yachts and big money fishing boats. Apparently super tough, we'll see.

[SONIC]

Getting started on the EVA ("seadek") flooring.

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[freeheel4life]

Man I wish I had a router table! Glad to see you are back at it man. Cant wait to see it finished. You still crushing it with the counter tops??