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Extreme restorations/repairs? (1959 Texas Maid Tahiti)
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<blockquote data-quote="mbullen" data-source="post: 497749" data-attributes="member: 24594"><p>I would suggest that your journey isn't extreme at all. In fact, it sounds textbook. </p><p>In the vintage aluminum world, the vast majority of restorations begin with finding and excavating a forgotten gem just as you have described. </p><p>(Texas Maid is a really desirable brand in the vintage world, btw. Neat history overlapping the Lone Star universe. I have a '57 Osprey myself.)</p><p>Inevitably, the next steps are almost always to gut the vessel to the bare hull anyway. It's always preferable to start from the ground up, inside out. </p><p>It's how you find and address leaky rivets; coat, paint, scrub, or polish the infrastructure; and insure that the rest of the build is fresh and solid. </p><p>Make sure to think about templates and measurements during the deconstruction and record every step along the way for the rest of us to enjoy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mbullen, post: 497749, member: 24594"] I would suggest that your journey isn't extreme at all. In fact, it sounds textbook. In the vintage aluminum world, the vast majority of restorations begin with finding and excavating a forgotten gem just as you have described. (Texas Maid is a really desirable brand in the vintage world, btw. Neat history overlapping the Lone Star universe. I have a '57 Osprey myself.) Inevitably, the next steps are almost always to gut the vessel to the bare hull anyway. It's always preferable to start from the ground up, inside out. It's how you find and address leaky rivets; coat, paint, scrub, or polish the infrastructure; and insure that the rest of the build is fresh and solid. Make sure to think about templates and measurements during the deconstruction and record every step along the way for the rest of us to enjoy. [/QUOTE]
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