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Before any work
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Found this Baja on Ebay for 250 bucks
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Picture of boat before any change.
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Before any work
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Before any work
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Side view before change.
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Start to remove hardware and strip the boat
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Removed hardware
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Removed hardware
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More demo
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Transom needs to be replaced.
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Removed hardware
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Removed wind shield
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My girls wishing it was done.
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Removed wind shield
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Front top
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Wood in the nose of the boat was in good shape.
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Wood in the back of the upper needed a little work but not bad.
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Rear top
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Front top
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Another shot o the nose.
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Bottom hull, no stringers just solid fiberglass in good shape.
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Bottom hull
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Transom area
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Transom area is showing signs of rot.
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Foam was water logged
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Bottom hull
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Bottom hull
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Time to remove wood.
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Grinder came in handy to cut out the wood that was glassed into place.
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Hull, wood removed
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Hull, transom removed
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Now this took alot of work. Cut around transom with grinder and then started chipping away at old transom. Once I got the wood out I used the grinder to clean up the back of the fiberglass to mount the new transom too.
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Foam, wood, and Transom removed. Used grinder to clean up hull and power washed.
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Hull, wood removed
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New wood fiberglass in place
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Cut new plywood pieces and coated with resin. Position plywood and started fiberglassing them into place.
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Shot from the front showing plywood glassed in.
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Another picture of new wood
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Caps made to hold new transom in place.
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Moving on to the transom I made a couple of clamps to hold the transom in place so the resin can set up.
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Two pieces of 3/4 plywood glassed together using stainless steel screws. Coated all edges with resin.
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New transom cut and fiberglass
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New transom fiberglassed in boat
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Position Transom, start laying fiberglass.
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In the corners I used a bondo product that was a jelly resin to add a big rad in the corner.
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Layers of matting glassed over transom
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Work stops as winter starts
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Lower Hull ready to paint.
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I used interlux paint system, sanded with 220 grit and applied primer with roller and brush.
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Second coat of primer with lite sanding between coats.
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Hull ready for paint.
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Choose Interlux perfection, color Rochelle red. I cant tell you how bright and glossy this came out!
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Second coat, sanding between coating.
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Transom area after alot of reisn, bondo, and sanding.
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Hull is finished!
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Pick this motor up on Ebay for $1000, Very low hours and great compression.
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Fisrt coat of primer upper hull.
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Second coat.
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Primed upper hull.
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Ready for paint
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Decided to add a gas tank in the nose so I glassed a piece of plywood to support the tank.
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Upper hull gets first layer of paint.
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Second layer of paint, start to bolt all the hardware back on.
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Decided to go with all black components, vent intakes where chrome. Sander and painted black.
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Dash, wiring, and gauges.
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Tank finally arrived (12 gallon), also coated the inside of the hull with interlux bilge coat.
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Upper hull complete.
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This was fun putting the two hulls back together. Had to build a fixture to in order to get the upper to fit.
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Worked out good!
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Carpet, seats.
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Sander and repainted hood.
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Motor mounted.
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Battery and bilge pump installed.
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New seats from Cabelas.
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Getting close.
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Motor runs great.
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Still need rubrail.
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Finished boat sitting in Lake Huron.
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Boat ran great, no problems.
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Looks good just sitting in the water.
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Handle good in the turns.
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Had some of the old Baja logos made out of vinyl.
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Snaps on plane.
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Hull was stable in the big water.
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Just a fun boat to drive.
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