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I thought I'd quit working on old boats, but I dunno....
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<blockquote data-quote="Pappy" data-source="post: 399924" data-attributes="member: 3278"><p>Thanks for the kind words! Pretty amazing to find a gal that enjoys the same things that I do. Boats, fishing, shooting sports, antique outboards, motorcycles (she has had her motorcycle endorsement since 1971 and rides an 800 lb 6-cyl. Honda Valkyrie) and she puts up with me as well.....strange but true. Glad you enjoyed the videos. </p><p>Lesa now has two antique outboards of her own. A Scott-Atwater 16hp and a 1 1/4hp Elgin air cooled that runs like a sewing machine. She just bought her first boat as well. More on that later.</p><p>Kismet.....this was not a fast or easy restoration labor-wise. The boat sat for a long time with me just looking at it until I finally got the motivation to strip the paint. Sat for a while longer until I got the motivation for the next step and so on. The inside was a real son of a gun for me and I was feeling it each and every night after working on it. I was originally going to paint the entire inside due to the amount of corrosion in it but was talked into the elbow grease to keep going. The nice thing about an aluminum boat is that you can see immediate progress and that builds immediate satisfaction. Keep on going and show us the progress when you have some.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pappy, post: 399924, member: 3278"] Thanks for the kind words! Pretty amazing to find a gal that enjoys the same things that I do. Boats, fishing, shooting sports, antique outboards, motorcycles (she has had her motorcycle endorsement since 1971 and rides an 800 lb 6-cyl. Honda Valkyrie) and she puts up with me as well.....strange but true. Glad you enjoyed the videos. Lesa now has two antique outboards of her own. A Scott-Atwater 16hp and a 1 1/4hp Elgin air cooled that runs like a sewing machine. She just bought her first boat as well. More on that later. Kismet.....this was not a fast or easy restoration labor-wise. The boat sat for a long time with me just looking at it until I finally got the motivation to strip the paint. Sat for a while longer until I got the motivation for the next step and so on. The inside was a real son of a gun for me and I was feeling it each and every night after working on it. I was originally going to paint the entire inside due to the amount of corrosion in it but was talked into the elbow grease to keep going. The nice thing about an aluminum boat is that you can see immediate progress and that builds immediate satisfaction. Keep on going and show us the progress when you have some. [/QUOTE]
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