# 1959 wood boat restoration
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [October 26, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366 "2009-10-26T18:28:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 5
### Author:  [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/81 "2011-06-27T07:38:08Z")
Good to see you back at it, progress so far looks great
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### Author:  [@sickboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sickboy)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/82 "2011-06-27T08:10:42Z")
sweet project. I’m looking forward to doing some boat restoration in the future. Great work so far!
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/83 "2011-06-27T08:34:41Z")
> [@Mike93](#):
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Wow.
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### Author:  [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/84 "2011-06-27T10:06:59Z")
YES!
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### Author:  [@esford90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/esford90)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/85 "2011-06-27T12:07:51Z")
wow this is looking fantastic
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### Author:  [@DegreE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DegreE)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/86 "2011-06-27T14:25:04Z")
So much win in this thread.
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### Author:  [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/87 "2011-06-27T14:57:23Z")
Really coming along nice!
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### Author:  [@Mopar65](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mopar65)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/88 "2011-06-28T08:28:57Z")
So nice! MOAR!!!
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### Author:  [@Mr\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr_T)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/89 "2011-06-28T09:10:58Z")
if i had a vagina, this thread would make it wet. Awesome work man keep it up!
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### Author:  [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/90 "2011-06-28T13:07:54Z")
Looks fucking great :tup: cool project.
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### Author:  [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/91 "2011-06-28T13:31:29Z")
Boat looks amazing.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/92 "2011-06-28T14:59:40Z")
Stunning.
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### Author:  [@Boarderx192](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boarderx192)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/93 "2011-06-29T16:30:42Z")
If you dont mind me asking, aside from the initial investment of the the boat, how much do you have into this?
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### Author:  [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/94 "2011-06-29T19:51:44Z")
> [@DrImodium](#):
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> If you dont mind me asking, aside from the initial investment of the the boat, how much do you have into this?
So far I think it’s in the ballpark of $750…give or take a few hundo. $100 of this went to the trailer (new swivel jack, ratchet winch, and hitch coupler)
Tonight, got her flipped back over:) Used the same ratchet strap method, but had a friend help this time just in case…
On the trailer…threw the old top back on just to get a better visual of a somewhat finished looking boat, this won’t be used as it’s pretty beat up. This is a really shitty picture…
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### Author:  [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/95 "2011-06-29T20:02:49Z")
JUST IN TIME FOR WINTER! you can sea trial it down here if need be 🙂
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### Author:  [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/96 "2011-07-18T15:28:17Z")
Hi.
Gutting the interior…here’s the pully system for the steering.
Then…top, dash, steering wheel removed…cleaned the shit out of the inside…sanded where I could…
then, brushed on a layer of epoxy to seal the wood.
Took on a deep color, thankfully.
Opted to make a new dash board as the old one had several holes I didn’t want to deal with plugging, also I have a different vision for dry storage rather than just an open hole. 1" piece of soliod mahagony:)
4’x8’ 4mm thick sheet of mahagony was cut and temporarily screwed down. This will serve as the ‘subdeck’, on top of this will go a 1/4" layer of mahagony serving as the final layer.
Took some opportunities to class up the top while I was at it. Rounded corners and an 1" overhand over the dash…
Next steps will be to glue and screw these top pieces down, then trim the overhangs!
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### Author:  [@Tim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tim)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/97 "2011-07-18T15:53:24Z")
Looks so awesome!
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### Author:  [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/98 "2011-07-18T18:05:45Z")
sooo much work. Hate to be the first guy to put a scratch in this thing. Look forward to more updates.
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### Author:  [@jimmyfloyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimmyfloyd)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/99 "2011-07-19T06:51:41Z")
Looks great. Can’t wait to see it when you have it complete.
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### Author:  [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2011, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1959-wood-boat-restoration/75366/100 "2011-07-19T07:14:09Z")
And they’re both rear-engined! 😛 😉
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