Vintage Boat Restoration Projects

What's New In The Shop

Week of 8/29/2010

 

Our shop and it's experienced technicians work towards perfection and innovation with every project.  Developing innovative tools, methods and techniques is our goal to keep us as one of the leaders in the wooden boat restoration field.

 

                 View photos below of restorations in progress and watch a beautiful woodie come to life!                                  Also view mechancial processes and tools that can make your engine roar!

 Restoration

          
                                                                             

           

       The name has been removed and we are working to match the custom stain on this 1949 19' Chris Craft Racing Runabout.  

  

                                   

       This 1951 18' Chris Craft Sportsman has undergone some minor repairs to the coverboard and some other dings, as well as being revarnished.

 

                                  

This brand new 2009 Grand Craft is undergoing it's final assembly before it's water test. This is one of the last Grand Craft's ever made before Grand Craft stopped production!

 

The 2000 30' Hacker Craft is having some hull repairs done, as well as revarnish work and the engine is having an oil leak looked into.

 

                                 

The Cold Molded bottom installation is still underway after the majority of frames had to be replaced in this 1949 17' Chris Craft Special Runabout.

                                                                 

  

            

            

 

 Mechanical

 

            

            This 1955 20' Chris Craft Continental's engine is being prepped before the delivery of this recently sold boat.

 

            

This 1937 16' Chris Craft Racing Runabout has just passed it's water test and the buyer is coming in to see the boat.

 

 

         

This is a Ford Flathead V8 that has been pulled from a 1935 19' Chris Craft Custom.  Hull card confirms originality of engine which make this a rare combo.   We are having it rebuilt by a premier Flathead Ford builder.

                   

        

Replace stiff throttle linkage on mid to                                       Antique Boat Center test carburetors.  Known   

late 50's Chris Craft Runabouts and Utilities.                               good carburetors that we use to diagnose,

Allows you to reuse the original dash handle                               troubleshoot, and verify engine performance.

and update the linkage with a modern Morse                              We have carburetors that fit many early

style cable.                                                                          marine engine.

 

    

Zenith idle jet blanks.  We are reproducing idle        This is one of our newest tools we developed to aid in more

jets that fit many of the Zenith carburetors            precisely repairing and rigging boat hulls.  We use it to locate

used in marine applications.  These idle jets are       align, and bore the shaft hole through the keel.

almost impossible to find now.

 

 

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