Build thread! 1970 srv 180 restoration

[Shaolin36]

Would like to hear about your experience with the solar battery charger; have thought about that but not this yet.

It depends on how you wire it up really I’ve only tested it so far but some of them you have to get a power management device aswell if you want to just hard wire it in, personally I just bought a 10W~ one I believe for around 30$ from Canadian tire it’s one square foot and going to be on the starboard rear corner where my stern light post is and I run a toggle to it just so if I ever want to sit anchored with stuff going or if I ever have a dead battery at startup. I’ll post more pics probably Tuesday once I get it all mounted onto her

 

[Shaolin36]

Ordered my fuel filter, new rubber ducky because mines gone, a vhf radio which won’t be here for a month and some green led strip lights for the cabin. Future purchase will be a new marine radio and speakers but that’s gonna wait for now as the fm works on mine just fine for now and I have a set of BOSE speakers I’m gonna throw in for the time being. Pics up possibly mon/tues stay tuned, cheers

 

[Shaolin36]

Bose Speakers installed, floor cut open and bilge well installed drilled bigger drain holes, plywood bit soft, stringers 95% so braced it with some pt for now, wiring to battery finished, cup holders installed with two extra mounts by stern seats, back seats done in pt some angles are rough but I’ll redo them when I have time, 8” aluminum bow cleat installed, all new fuel lines ran and gas tank mounted braced and strapped in with some lashing strap, also I have a 7amp power controller for solar panel which should be here any day and I’ll be doing the mount for the panel in the next few days I’ll grab some more pics tomorrow when it’s brighter out. All in all a good twelve hours today turned out good, cheers