North River Geek Hydra-Sport Restore Progress Report

[northrivergeek]

OK Guys and Gals its been a long time since Ive made any progress on this Project ..
But where near the finish Line now.


All those who started following my boat project from Sept thru Sometime in February when I last posted a real update .. over the last 2 weeks or so Ive made great progress... Im close to done maybe another 2 weeks Ill actually have it in the water

And For Those who never saw original thread from Last Fall ..
Here is the boat day one and a couple shots from along the way














Ive bought a new steering wheel
to go with the newly remade boat, and have new carpet

Here is the pics

The Motor .. bought it for 400 maybe 350 cant remember .. I had been in salt the steering arm was shot rusted so thin was dangerous, I found a whole mid section for 100 bucks, found a tilt trim motor for 100 the old motor didnt have trim/tilt does now..
The old motor was turquoise blue sorta color yuck!! and peeling!

I swapped the motor and foot over to new mid section, and replaced the water pump while in the process, and sanded the whole motor, and primed part of it .. more work to be done on motor later..

I havent been able to touch the boat since about the 2nd week of March too busy fixing every one elses boat.. its been slow lately so I jumped back on mine..

I finished all the glass work ( cosmetic ) and filled pin holes etc .. then sanded and prepped to paint, this eve I primed it with epoxy, lil wet sand in the am , and I will spray the base and clear..
Pics to follow after paint done






















Till next time
Later


Modified by northrivergeek at 7:41 AM 8/8/2009

[Alan S]

Great job!!

[FSHN4DLRS]

NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL A RESTORATION!! KEEP IT UP LOOKING GREAT. PUT MINE IN THE WATER THIS MORNING JUST TO SEE HOW SHE RUNS HAD IT UP TO 65 BUT THE GIRLFRIEND WAS FREAKIN OUT SO I HAD TO BACK IT DOWN IT HAD A LITTLE THROTTLE LEFT OTHER THAN (I BELIEVE IT WAS MY OIL ALARM GOING OFF) IT RAN GREAT!

[northrivergeek]

Paint finished .. have to wait till Monday after clear dries to get better pics

[.:{KC}:.]

Dang! You have been busy. Looks great!

[22R]

Lot of work !! Can't wait to see it finished !
Looks good so far !

22R

[JeffA]

great work, can't wait to see it done!

[GetDNet!]

Looking good. Cant wait to see the finished product.

[ianl]

can you take a holiday in australia and come and spray mine i,ll even throwa shrimp on the barby for ya
good work

[northrivergeek]

Sure , Id love to see Aussie Land .. never been down under .. you buy the round trip ticket, I'll bring the paint , clear and my spray guns
Oh and by the way I LUV SHRIMP

[northrivergeek]

I picked up a new steering wheel and some gauges , and having a buddy make me new switch panels dash and bow

[BassPhantom]

Looking good. Did you strip the old gelcoat? What did you use for paint and what was the process?


BassPhantom531

[Javarude]

Great job and awesome color

[black dallas]

good job man!

[northrivergeek]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BassPhantom531 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Looking good. Did you strip the old gelcoat? What did you use for paint and what was the process?


BassPhantom531</TD></TR></TABLE>

No did not strip gel coat except the right side of the boat about half way down, had an old repair that had been previously done that was not done very well, I had to fix the issues from that....
The rest of the boat, was just sanded with 80 and 220 , then sprayed with Dupont Nason epoxy primer, then was block wet sanded to smooth out any low spots etc .. then sprayed again, and scuffed, then urethane base coat was sprayed, then the urethane clear coat ( 4 coats ) wet sanded again and then buffed now its smooth as glass .

There are still some flaws . but good enuff for me .. I could spend at least another week making the paint perfect .. but hell I just wana get done and go fishin
Its not perfect .. there

[Tmore]

Great job....I wish I had the know-how and energy to tackly a project like that. I can't imagine how rewarding it will be the first time you take it out.

[rooster tail]

holy crapola !

[BBain]

Nice job on this boat! I am in the process of doing the same thing to my 85 VL-475. I would like to ask several questions. Please email me at b_bain@q.com
I am only doing the transom/stingers and I have never done this before!
Thanks for your time.
Brad

[northrivergeek]

Small update to the boat .. Here is the gauges and steering wheel installed, waiting on my seats to get recovered, I may just buy new ones if he dont hurry the heck up, and still waiting on the rear and rod locker lids to be finished.

Motor is painted will post pics of it when mounted to boat

[milly@candoparts]

SEAN......LOVE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE BOAT AND THE NEW DECALS LOOK GREAT CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE PICTURES OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO THIS BOAT...I'LL SEE YOU WHEN YOU COME DOWN HERE TO VISIT US.....