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by Don Danenberg
Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:43 pm
Forum: Hull Construction
Topic: Keel Condition 70 Connie
Replies: 5
Views: 3966

Re: Keel Condition 70 Connie

Yes Well.., Somebody used my name so I thought I might respond. Those photos show only surface checking, lots of surface and near sub-surface darkening (possibly oil?) and not any kind of 'splitting'? I can't really see it from here but I'd say soak it with CPES (the real stuff) and paint it well. S...
by Don Danenberg
Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:02 pm
Forum: Engines & Powertrain
Topic: Dual exhaust for 283 in a 55' Sportsman
Replies: 16
Views: 8182

Re: Dual exhaust for 283 in a 55' Sportsman

Call Jim Staib, www.finewoodboats.com ,815-344-9663, he's the copper exhaust pipe guy now. You appear to be referring to copper plumbing pipe (type L, M), that is NOT what Chris-Craft used? Copper plumbing pipe is measured ID (inside diameter) and will not fit the factory exhaust elbows ID. They use...
by Don Danenberg
Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:51 pm
Forum: Cockpit and Cabin Interiors
Topic: Kapok Cushions & Spring Sets
Replies: 4
Views: 6963

Re: Kapok Cushions & Spring Sets

Hey,
You got any of them "Loosee" cushions left?

I have 1938 and 1946, 'original' cushions, photos of many others.

Let's Learn?
by Don Danenberg
Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:44 pm
Forum: Cockpit and Cabin Interiors
Topic: Kapok Cushions & Spring Sets
Replies: 4
Views: 6963

Re: Kapok Cushions & Spring Sets

Perhaps Not..,
But I would still like to see these, that you say are 'Original'?
I have many photos, myself, that lead to Originality.
Perhaps we could trade photos?
by Don Danenberg
Fri May 19, 2017 6:24 pm
Forum: How to Use Boat Buzz
Topic: copper exhaust pipe
Replies: 5
Views: 4248

Re: copper exhaust pipe

Neither,
TIG-WELD Copper is necessary and not all that difficult.
by Don Danenberg
Fri May 19, 2017 5:44 pm
Forum: Odds & Ends
Topic: windshiels for my 39 BB
Replies: 8
Views: 4566

Re: windshiels for my 39 BB

OK, so I had to hire a ^%$ 'KID' to re-initialize my photo, back-up, hardrive to access these photos.... The drawing, from the Mariners' Museum is # A2062. I might make a pattern from these original glass panels from CC # 48510, but they might NOT likely fit your frames? Your frames will tell the st...
by Don Danenberg
Tue May 16, 2017 7:54 pm
Forum: Odds & Ends
Topic: windshiels for my 39 BB
Replies: 8
Views: 4566

Re: windshiels for my 39 BB

OK, I'll try again to attach these photos..,

Apparently I cannot, I am offered; 'save draft, Preview, and Submit'.., ?
by Don Danenberg
Tue May 16, 2017 7:49 pm
Forum: Odds & Ends
Topic: windshiels for my 39 BB
Replies: 8
Views: 4566

Re: windshiels for my 39 BB

Hey, Ho,
I just found these...,
I do have photos of the originals as well!
Why do I not see how to attach these photos?
by Don Danenberg
Tue May 16, 2017 7:40 pm
Forum: Odds & Ends
Topic: windshiels for my 39 BB
Replies: 8
Views: 4566

Re: windshiels for my 39 BB

OK.., I just figured out what I had done wrong.., due to the recent 'wannacry' virus, I had disconnected my 1-Tarrra backup that holds such photos.., Here is the figured glass shapes.. I do still have originals, including the original, rubber-infused, cork gaskets. They are NOT that difficult! Well,...
by Don Danenberg
Tue May 16, 2017 7:08 pm
Forum: Odds & Ends
Topic: windshiels for my 39 BB
Replies: 8
Views: 4566

Re: windshiels for my 39 BB

I do have original glass here, including MM drawings of same, for the 1938-39 Bugatti windshields.
I'm willing to bet that my local glass-guy can cut and "pencil-grind' the top edges for somewhere near $55 each, apiece?
by Don Danenberg
Sun Mar 12, 2017 8:32 pm
Forum: Cockpit and Cabin Interiors
Topic: 1/2 round and stuffing
Replies: 5
Views: 4820

Re: 1/2 round and stuffing

Yeah..,
But some originals have shown to be somewhat different?

Did they ALL fit Today's judging standards?
by Don Danenberg
Wed Feb 15, 2017 8:07 pm
Forum: Research Related
Topic: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail
Replies: 10
Views: 5867

Re: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail

Wow!
After a fortnight..., still "Crickets"?
by Don Danenberg
Sat Feb 11, 2017 8:28 pm
Forum: Research Related
Topic: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail
Replies: 10
Views: 5867

Re: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail

Ya know,
Reality allows that the "boats" know more than that of the intended paper-work?
by Don Danenberg
Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:59 pm
Forum: Research Related
Topic: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail
Replies: 10
Views: 5867

Re: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail

Does this 'prove' that ALL 19-Barrelbacks were stained Black on the ceiling planks?
I think not.
by Don Danenberg
Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:57 pm
Forum: Research Related
Topic: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail
Replies: 10
Views: 5867

Re: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail

These were the ceiling planks.
Note that where the surface was covered with a tightly attached frame or ceiling batten, the Red stain still shows.
by Don Danenberg
Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:54 pm
Forum: Research Related
Topic: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail
Replies: 10
Views: 5867

Re: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail

Close-up of stain that had soaked between the two pieces.
by Don Danenberg
Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:52 pm
Forum: Research Related
Topic: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail
Replies: 10
Views: 5867

Re: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail

This is the dash panel.
by Don Danenberg
Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:51 pm
Forum: Research Related
Topic: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail
Replies: 10
Views: 5867

Re: 1939 barrel Dash Holy Grail

If you remove that center panel, show us photos of what the surfaces are between the two? What stain had soaked in there? My #48510 was in storage from 1958 to 1973, sold on a yard sale for $150, then stored in a metal shed from 1973 until 2006-when the third owner retired and started to work on it....
by Don Danenberg
Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:50 pm
Forum: Cockpit and Cabin Interiors
Topic: Prewar master parts 1936 t0 42
Replies: 27
Views: 11623

Re: Prewar master parts 1936 t0 42

Look, I wasn't there 79-years ago, but not many who post here were? All I can really report is that #48510 had its upholstery disassembled by professional upholsterers, 2 of the 3 now retired, and no other tack holes found? All Remnants show "US Rubber - Naugahyde", patented in 1936. No evidence of ...
by Don Danenberg
Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:28 pm
Forum: Cockpit and Cabin Interiors
Topic: Prewar master parts 1936 t0 42
Replies: 27
Views: 11623

Re: Prewar master parts 1936 t0 42

So really,
Don Vogt,
You demand all the answers that do not exist?
by Don Danenberg
Fri Jan 20, 2017 6:15 pm
Forum: Cockpit and Cabin Interiors
Topic: Prewar master parts 1936 t0 42
Replies: 27
Views: 11623

Re: Prewar master parts 1936 t0 42

Well Mike, I don't know that they "were all Russaloid material"? Although, the ceiling pockets were different than all the rest? As I believe I showed you a couple years ago, my #48510 was completely upholstered with "US Rubber - Naugahyde" (patented in 1936 and referred to by Chris-Craft as "Im. Le...
by Don Danenberg
Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:04 pm
Forum: Cockpit and Cabin Interiors
Topic: Prewar master parts 1936 t0 42
Replies: 27
Views: 11623

Re: Prewar master parts 1936 t0 42

#48547 showed GEN leather (as in Genuine) on the hull card, the first one.
by Don Danenberg
Wed Jan 18, 2017 9:59 pm
Forum: Odds & Ends
Topic: 1939 19ft CC barrel
Replies: 18
Views: 7758

Re: 1939 19ft CC barrel

Yup..,
Once again, you missed something.
by Don Danenberg
Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:52 pm
Forum: Cockpit and Cabin Interiors
Topic: Prewar master parts 1936 t0 42
Replies: 27
Views: 11623

Re: Prewar master parts 1936 t0 42

Ya Think?
by Don Danenberg
Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:45 pm
Forum: Odds & Ends
Topic: 1939 19ft CC barrel
Replies: 18
Views: 7758

Re: 1939 19ft CC barrel

Wow,
How does this happen?
by Don Danenberg
Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:44 pm
Forum: Cockpit and Cabin Interiors
Topic: Barrelback dashboard stain
Replies: 28
Views: 12098

Re: Barrelback dashboard stain

Most of the photos you have seen involve Oxidation of the 70-year-old varnish. I have many photos, over 4-decades of barrelback restoration. Removal of all of the gauges and switches did Not happen, all that often, when topsides or decks were re-finished. If someone offers Proof of Walnut-stained Da...
by Don Danenberg
Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:27 pm
Forum: Electrical Systems
Topic: '52 Riviera Stern Navigation Light Wiring
Replies: 4
Views: 3003

Re: '52 Riviera Stern Navigation Light Wiring

Good one Jim,
Remind them, with previous postings, about keeping the electrically activated stern light grounded the same as the fuel tank?
by Don Danenberg
Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:27 pm
Forum: Research Related
Topic: Hull card mystery
Replies: 11
Views: 8072

Re: Hull card mystery

I have not done "a lot of research" on the BSO (Boat Shipping Order) but did run across quite a few. Some 5-years ago I was hunting for more of the rare 'Materials Specification' reports. The Museum had maybe only a dozen (including the 17' and 19' barrelbacks). These reports, signed by "O'Mara" are...
by Don Danenberg
Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:59 pm
Forum: How to Use Boat Buzz
Topic: Sealing a U22 Hull ( temporarily) b/4 restoration
Replies: 14
Views: 6323

Re: Sealing a U22 Hull ( temporarily) b/4 restoration

Exhaust pipe at transom is the only (and usual) place water can ship while loading with a true 5200 bottom, for at least 3-4-decades.
by Don Danenberg
Sat Oct 05, 2013 4:57 pm
Forum: Odds & Ends
Topic: Yacht Ensign for 19' Capri
Replies: 5
Views: 3223

Re: Yacht Ensign for 19' Capri

Has anyone tried:
http://www.usflagshop.com/Nautical%20Flags.htm

They advertise 16x24 and 20x30 cotton ensigns. Need to convince them to make 12x18 as well.