Hello Everyone,
It has been a while.....I picked up a new project boat.
But the floor and motor are toast.
Its a 1976 Kona 21' with an olds 455 and Dominator 12-S jet w/hydraulic trim tabs. It has been converted to an open bow with a mid cabin. I couldn't figure out where to start so I pulled the motor and stripped it down. Turns out the motor sat with water in it for a while and there was rust on the side walls and in the heads. The osmossis process had also started on the pistons as well. I brought everything over to the guys at Millenium Motorsports in Temecula and had them evaluate everything. Turns out it was a pretty good build until someone let it sit. H-beam rods, Sealed power high compression pistons, clay smith cam, and is a full roller setup. Thankfully the crank and cam are good to go. But the block needs a bore and hone to .060 over, and the heads need re-surfaced and a valve job as well. Greg @ Millenium has been awesome to work with. He has answered all of my tech and pointless questions and actually took the time to explain the pros and cons of everything. So the motor should be done in about a week or so. The mid cabin had windows in it and was basically pointless because the access hole to the open bow was only 2' X 2'
Since the floor was bad, i decided to start there, while i was at it, I decided to cut the center section of the cabin out to make it a walk through and fiberglass in where the windows where. I am about half way through all of that. I have the floor cut out, thank God the stringer are good and not rotted, and the center section of the cabin cut out. Now its time to get dirty and do some fiberglass work. When thats all said and done it will be time to paint.....I will try to get some progress pics posted, but for now i have the before pics of the boat. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks for reading!
