After weeks of working an hour or two here,.. and then an hour our two there; I finally have something to install.
Photo from underside of new stuff going in!
The 4 x 8' sheet of 3/4" ply directly over the cab, had been epoxy resin'd on both sides/taped with fiberglass cloth on edges and recovered on its underside with the original 'Filon' fiberglass outer skin.
All has been replaced on the underside and the very front/lower section/, has been completely rebuilt. Not a tough thing to do...this is all simple carpentry. When possible, I screwed and glued, using fasteners as well as Liquid Nails ..Heavy.Duty
. adhesives in--10 oz tubes.When reinstalling the lower 3/4" ply to the box tubing of the side sections, I used new self taping flat head machine screws installed in NEW holes(pre-drilled)and 3M's 5200 Adhesive Sealant to make sure everything stays as put!
Some of the wood in the very front end-near and around the window, but below it, was badly rotted away. All of this was replaced.
We are heading back to our boat in Guatemala in 2 days, so have wrapped up this project for a few weeks and will do some more in the last week of January. Brrrr.......
Till then, Tarps cover everything and we are off to
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