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GENERAL CATEGORY => Register of Classic Speed Boats => Topic started by: StoneRoad on March 30, 2018, 04:20:01 PM

Title: Anchorage "Sportsman"
Post by: StoneRoad on March 30, 2018, 04:20:01 PM

Currently "under restoration" although work is stalled at present.
Particularly I have two conundrums
a) a mis-match between the engine and gearbox
and
b) steering mechanism missing some parts
 
some images here ...
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/312383/album/402853

Title: Re: Anchorage "Sportsman"
Post by: BN on March 31, 2018, 01:40:04 PM

What a fantastic project, There are several people on this site who may be able to assist, though you appear to be doing very well.

Title: Re: Anchorage "Sportsman"
Post by: StoneRoad on April 27, 2018, 10:34:58 PM

Discovered a while ago that the mahogany gunwale has suffered from the usual problem of being exposed to non-salt water ...

Title: Re: Anchorage "Sportsman"
Post by: StoneRoad on February 23, 2019, 08:43:07 AM

Had another go at trying to work out the gearbox and engine mis-match ...

Still failing to sort it out ...

Title: Re: Anchorage "Sportsman"
Post by: StoneRoad on February 23, 2019, 08:43:53 AM

oh I should add
And it looks like the recent tidying up has resulted in some lost broken bits off the exhaust ... they were there, and they fitted

Title: Re: Anchorage "Sportsman"
Post by: BN on February 23, 2019, 08:51:49 AM

This is a brilliant project, best of luck with it. Anyone interested should look at the pictures in the first post of this board. BN