Does anyone have information on where I might purchase a new or used Buick V6 Exhaust manifold made by Thermocon-Develvo Patent # 3-105-472 9 &885 SCC? Original part was manufactured in 6/7/65.

I purchased a manifold from am OMC but it will not work.

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Herman Vess

It is the manifold. Looks like some one tried to patch it with bondo over some welding. Found a place to purchase a replacement today. I guess 42 years was enough for this manifold.

Herman

I took some pictures this week end will try to get them posted as soon as i figure out how to do it.

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Herman Vess

Paul: The 18' has the electric stringer out drive. It has the 225 CI Buick V6 rated at 150 Horse. The drive will tilt but is not a trim unit. You can lift at low speeds but have to watch your heat gauge if you do. trim was not out yet in 66. I think the trim tabs would be the thing as pictures indic...

Does anyone have any upgrade suggestions for the 225 Buick engine in my Boat? Also any suggestions for location of exhaust manifolds? My starboard side leaks like crazy.

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Herman Vess

Thanks for the information I will locate the products you recomend. It will make my repair a better job and that was the reason for asking. I do have a palm sander, both electric and air of which I also got at Harbor Freight, at least the air unit. The repairs to the bottom of the hull are small and...

I intend to remove the rotten white batten board floor in the boat and replace it with a new Teak floor over 1/2 marine plywood. I know this is not original but I think it would improve the boat. I think an oil finish would be better then a varnish finish but have read several messages about the gre...

All the advise I have recieved has helped me so much to determine the route to take on exterior restoration of the hull. I thank each of you so much. I am going to how ever ask your opinions one more time on my selected means and methods. Please advise if you think this will work. Complete sanding w...

I thank you so much for all your help to date. I am going to keep her green all the way down. I did discover that the brown is some type of anti foul paint. I discovered this doing trailer repair. I almost did not make it home with the boat and blew out an axle three miles from the house so my first...

Thanks Bill for chiming in on the subject. When I read your post I quit looking at automotive paints and started looking at the gel coats. Thus my question had anybody used the pre mixed colored gel coat from Jamestown? I don't have a color eye so I did not want a kit where I had to mix the color to...

I read it in a post from Bill Basler to TGBCRAZY on his reasearch of re-gelcoat. My original thought was 2 part expoxy. Bill advised that automotive paints just do not hold up to water. Did you use a special 2 part expoxy? As best as I can find out the original boat was green and white. I have seen ...

Hi Craig; Thanks for the info. The boat is glass and I don't want to spend the cost of a professional.To me restoration of a boat is for me to do to make it worth the effort. The bottom 1/3 of the boat is the area that needs help. The top part has some nicks but still shines. One person told me to s...

Bill: Thanks for the reply, The pictures you sent are what I based my thought that the entire bottom is green, but have seen several pictures of the boat with a brown bottom. I was out with the boat working on the trailer and took some wet sandpaper and I was able to take off the brown very easy whi...

When I purchased my 66 Sea Skiff the bottom section is brown then a white strip, then green and with a white top. Does anyone know the true original color combination of a 1966 18" Sea Skiff Sportsman? Pictures that Paul sent me show the brown bottom but also show a green bottom with white line. A p...

I am thinking of using a product from Jamestown Distributors. The MSDS lists it as AE-353-NUU produced by Interplastic Corp. It is a pre-colored Gelcoat. Has anyone used this product? If so, will it be a good product to apply to my 1966 Sea Skiff? I do not want to use paint.

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Herman Vess

My Sea Skiff is Dark Green but after 42 years I am sure it is not the original color. The Hull is 80% good from the white line up. Below the white line someone painted it brown which is mostly gone.The very bottom looks rough and will need some repair. I have looked at paint, Gelcoat products and Ep...