Alumacraft 1436 Complete Rebuild

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I inherited this old boat and motor from the wife's grandpa. I figured I'd post some pictures of the boat and motor build. The motor is a 69 johnson 9.5 that i got in very poor condition. It didn't run, the foot was full of rust, missing plenty of parts, and overall probably not worth fixing, but somehow its running now.

 

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More pictures of the paint job

 

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Ignore the writing. I was sending pictures to the grandparents.

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[jmcaswell]

Great work!
About to reprint a 1648: what did you use to strip thre boat down to bare aluminum ?

Do you have a play by play of your process?

Will a couple gallons of rustolum and some kind of sprayer get the job done ??

 

[brtc]

Thank you. I used the black oil based rustoleum to paint it. I put 3 coats on the outside and it used a little less than a gallon. I used the roll and tip method over spraying. It came out nice, but spraying probably would have looked better. To strip it, i went to advance, and got some aircraft stripper. I tried both the spray can and the liquid, the liquid was way better. Just took it to a car wash, painted the stripper on, and sprayed it off. then i got a paint stripping wheel and spent the next week sanding all the little parts. I used herculiner truck bed liner on the inside. one gallon was not enough, and it was 140 per gallon.

 

[jmcaswell]

thats a great idea, taking it to a car wash !