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1966 Thunderbird 17' 9 years 3 days ago #107469

I just got this boat from a friend who inherited it from his uncle in Florida. It's in pretty rough shape but my buddy and I figured it wouldn't be to hard to restore given the basic design. The transom is toasted and so are the stringers. We plan on separating the top from the bottom to gain access to the transom and to lay new glass in. We are also restoring the 1972 Mercury 800 that was on it. It runs great but the manifolds were corroded. Luckily we found some parts from around the country so far. If anyone has any pointer or whereabouts on parts for this boat ie windshields, please let me know. Otherwise enjoy the pictures of the restoration process!
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Re: 1966 Thunderbird 17' 9 years 3 days ago #107470

Dan the Boat Man,

NO photos but WELCOME ABOARD.

yours, satx

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Re: 1966 Thunderbird 17' 9 years 3 days ago #107471

Dan the Boat Man,

NO photos but WELCOME ABOARD.

yours, satx

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Re:1966 Thunderbird 17' 9 years 3 days ago #107476

Pictures coming soon. Photos are "too big" from my phone. Right now the boat has been gutted and we are separating the top from the bottom on friday. Motor is torn down and parts are ordered up. Should be fun! What color should I choose?! Thinking white over blue. Thoughts?!?

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Re:1966 Thunderbird 17' 9 years 2 days ago #107505

Dan, welcome aboard, can't wait to see the pics.

Bob

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Re:1966 Thunderbird 17' 9 years 2 days ago #107509

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dan, as far as color goes, it is your choice as everybody has there own idea of what they like. paint it how you want to and it will be a cool looking boat when your done with it. frog

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Re:1966 Thunderbird 17' 8 years 11 months ago #108147

Starting the process.

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Re:1966 Thunderbird 17' 8 years 11 months ago #108150

Anyone having problems uploading pictures from iPad? It keeps saying my photos are too big but I can't change the size?

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Re:1966 Thunderbird 17' 8 years 11 months ago #108154

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I just use photobucket, it's way easier than resizing

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Re:1966 Thunderbird 17' 7 years 11 months ago #121277

pics!
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Re:1966 Thunderbird 17' 7 years 11 months ago #121278

pics...
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