Please help me find this

Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82390

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I have a 1968 Chrysler Charger 183 and I need a part. Below is the starboard side of the part I need for the port side. I emailed around and the only person that responded told me it was called a corner sating. I thought it was a rubrail corner. Any information is greatly appreciated!

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Re: Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82397

satx78247 Offline Contributing Member Posts: 2688 Karma: 66 Thank you received: 3	adavid02, WELCOME ABOARD. BEST of LUCK on finding your part. yours, satx Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82399

Ike Offline Expert Boarder Posts: 480 Karma: 22 Thank you received: 14	I would suggest you get a machinist to make one. You may never find this part. If you do it probably won't be cheap so just have one made. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82424

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Actually, the one in the photo doesn't fit well at all and the sharp corner doesn't look very "boaty" which makes me think that someone already had that one made...slightly out of whack. They look like they'd be easy for any decent welding shop to fabricate...but have them make TWO. That way, they'll both fit properly, have rounded outside corners, have screw holes repositioned to hit a different spot and be a dead match.

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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82426

robert-lorigan Offline Platinum Boarder Posts: 2524 Karma: 60 Thank you received: 4	Those corners look a lot like the ones that were in an old trailer my Grandparents lived in when I was a young boy. I seen similar ones in camping trailers that were old on counter top edging. Might be an idea anyway. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82429

Catalina61 Offline Contributing Member Posts: 43 Karma: 7 Thank you received: 1	The corner may be original. Here's a picture from a 1968 catalog. (It really doesn't look very boaty) Attachments: Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82430

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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82432

adavid02 Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	Thanks for posting that! You beat me to it. I offered a guy $500 for two caps and was turned down. I am exploring replacing the whole rub rail so I may not worry about it. I have contacted machinists before about parts for the boat and the results were not good. We shall sea! Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82433

Nautilus Offline Contributing Member Posts: 1580 Karma: 87 Thank you received: 58	I wouldn't have turned you down! Send me the one your have. I'll have two of them made for you...and they damned sure won't cost $500!...More like about $40. Email if interested. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82434

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Not a hard job. Find a piece of channel or 90º angle of the same material as the original. In the middle of the correct length piece, cut out a 90º(or what ever the angle is that fits properly. Then fold the metal on the center of the 90º cut. Now make it into a corner to fit as a cap on the trim as the original. Do it twice, one for both sides. When you get it fit properly, tig weld the joint, file, sand and polish to the correct finish. It is really pretty easy, if you think of it. Besides, for me, so much of the fun is thinking how to do it and then doing it. You can do this!

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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82436

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I'm a huge fan of DIY. Everything from furniture to moonshine and anything around the house. I just don't have the equipment for metal work or chroming to make it look right. If I can't do something right I'm not going to do it. That said I appreciate the vote of confidence! I just don't think the project of replicating this is for me.

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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82483

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I'm going to suggest another way to approach this. I had the same problem with a missing trim piece on my Sabre Craft and I'm not good with metal work. So, I made one out of hardwood then covered that with a layer of 4 oz. fiberglass and epoxy resin. I then painted it with chrome paint. the results are not bad - the chrome paint being the weakest part of the project. But, if you can get by with a painted part, it works. Here is the result - the starboard part is wood, the port side is original metal (also painted so it would match).

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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82490

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If I were giving an estimate at my shop, and I was going to do it myself, rather than have the skilled metal workers at my shop, do it, (they cost more than me

) Without seeing the bottom side, I'd say it would take me about an hour to make two. That would be $72.

It is not chromed. They use aluminum because they can polish it and not spend time and money on plating.

Do you still have one as a sample? Where do you live? If you are close to MN I'll make one for a glass of beer and a hamburger.

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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82512

adavid02 Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	That looks great! What type of wood did you use? Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82513

adavid02 Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	Here is a full picture of my boat. Attachments: Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82529

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Thanks, I used some very hard maple to make the trim piece. Just a lot of carving and sanding then glass it. I think it will be tough enough to do the job. Just wish chrome paint worked better.

Say, I don't want to hi-jack the thread, but can you say a bit about how that boat handles rough water? Say two foot chop and swells. There is one just like it on down the street that looks restorable. With that tri-hull and a lot of deadrise, I'm thinking it does very well in rough water.

Oh, I used a Dremel to sand and carve the piece.

Great looking boat!

Bill

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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82649

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To be honest I think the boat handles chop like a bath toy. That said I am on a relatively small lake (Lake Allatoona) and the only time there is serious waves is on holiday weekends. The boat was made in 1968 when there were not floating monstrosities with grown men over compensating for something driving them.

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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82664

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adavid02 wrote:

floating monstrosities with grown men over compensating for something driving them.

The term is "Testostercrafts"

You know I think we have this figured out better.
We have a beer belly, a wife or girlfriend and/or family with us.
They have big tan muscles, 1000hp, and are alone in the boat.

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Re:Please help me find this 12 years 9 months ago #82687

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adavid02 wrote:

............ That said I am on a relatively small lake (Lake Allatoona) and the only time there is serious waves is on holiday weekends. .............

Allatoona as in just north of Atlanta? We'll have to get together sometime and have a "mini Glassic wet meet"! After the upcoming Labor Day holiday the weekend crowds will get smaller, maybe a fall get together after that?

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