PT-658

[AVGWarhawk]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7693407296698216570&ei=3mPQSMCOIKO6gAP&cgsC

[Digital_Trucker]

Nice story, thanks for sharing:up: I can't imagine the patience it took to complete that project.

[Task Force]

Id love to be able to visit it.:D Nice story.:yep:

[longam]

Very Nice to see these guys taking the time to bring her back to life.

A leaving port video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTkvl-JzkZc&feature=related

[AVGWarhawk]

What is astonishing here is the fact that these vessels were made of wood. Salt water, fire and just the general environment took it's toll but they were able to get it back together after all these years.

[Hylander_1314]

Watch this little documentary of the ELCO Boat Company. It's in 3 parts. With all the glue and fabric used to cover the mahoganey, I'ld be suprised if the water got to much if any of the wood.

The contact cement alone would make it just about waterproof.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8tQP3s9DIQ

Neat camo paint on them too. Most of the boats in the early part of war were painted forest green by the crews in the field.

[AVGWarhawk]

Well, they need to start making that contact cement again! If she lasted that long from fire and the environment, then the glue must be good:up:

[Hylander_1314]

That's basically how I made my transom support for my aluminum boat. It's 20 layers tick, and laminated with Weldwood Contact Cement. Not the treehugger hippie envirornmentally safe stuuf, but the nasty fumes will knock you out if you don't ventilate stuff. I then coated it with epoxy resin after it was cut and sanded to shape, and routed along the top face for the aluminum edging. The layers are a little over 1/8 inch thick, so the transom is about 2 inches thick total, so it supports the outboard real nice. Finding the birch in thin sections sheets at 4ft x 6ft was the trick.