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You could have a little faith that I will make it work. On the other hand, s’mores are delicious! Lol

 

Okay, here comes the Navy.
Zim

 

Phucking EPIC LMAO
Zim

For the record, I did the same with my chuck box. Almost welded that shit to the bottom of my truck so I could drag it through the mud.....twice.
Ahahahahahhaha
Zim

 

That first pic looks like an old 5”/38 mount. An old DDG or a Patrol Coastal?

 

Yeah I thought that too. 76mm is what Wicko says. The guy that bought it had no idea. LOL. Can you imagine buying a ship and not knowing anything about it? They fixed this thing and sailed it up the Mississippi....holy danger..
Zim

 

I don’t buy small pleasure boats without knowing anything about them much less an old Navy ship!

 

Holy shit I forgot to tell ya. Him and his brother went down to Florida to buy (3) Coast Guard Cutters LOL. They got outbid and ended up with this thing. He said the cutters went for $175,000 each. Must have been really small ones..
Zim

 

What are they planning to do with it? I don’t know of any bodies of water big enough use it on in Missouri.

 

They still want to take it for a ride somewhere. They are having trouble with steering right now. Use to be basically a jet propulsion up on the foils but I don't think that's going to happen...lol
Zim

 

Made it to the villa.

Butler just brought me this

Or was it the valet

 

This journey has been daunting for me. I have the tools, want to learn, but not quite ready to screw up the wood by learning!

 

Morning

 

Yep, I am up and moving.
Edit, Happy Labor Day

 

Good morning all.

Labor Day

 

Must have been for that price. I would be willing to bet money that they were wore out and ready for the scrapyard too. Most of the CG cutters are well past the end of their useful life cycle. There has been a fleet wide replacement program that has been delayed several times over the years. It is finally on track and they are getting some very nice ships. Several were made over in Mississippi at Ingles Shipyard who was also making Perry class FFGs at the time. The CG Cutters were being built next to them and they looked a lot alike. So much so with primer on they they looked identical. Only way you could tell them apart was when one was haze gray and the other was white with the racing stripe. Lol.

 

Good morning everybody.
Happy Labor Day

 

Good Morning

 

I understand that, especially with the price of lumber now! I’ll do a write up on my build thread to explain the saga.

I’m building the standard 26” wide, wheel well height platform with storage access from the tailgate and a second compartment at the front of the bed with a hinged access panel. I went with 1/2” hardwood ply to save weight.

 

Morning all