Hi every one, I have a ford 312 interceptor that I pulled from a 19' 1958 Chris Craft Capri. I plan on installing a small chevy v8 either a 283 or...
I have what I thought was a 57 capri but just found out it is a 58 which shouldn't matter, but I am in the process of a total restore wood, elec...
Dan, is your capri's nose in good shape, The first two top side fames on my rotted and an attempt was made to repair it. The two frames were cut...
Well I am just about ready to flip this baby over, I only need to remove the cover boards and I will be down to the sheer boardon the deck. Afyer...
You mention a title, does the title have any infromation on it that will help me identify the boat and obtain the orginal plans?
I checked the peice mentioned and found the numbers"1037" just above the Chris Craft logo on the end of the plate that is nearest the engine. Is...
Al, The strut pad that you mention, is it held on with wood screws and is were the drive shaft passes through the bottom of the boat?
Dan, I have a 57 capri and have the same trould finding the hull numbers. The pictures are excatly what mine was like except for the raised hatch....
Its the nose peice, haven't gotten to the stem yet. On the nose you just screww on 8/4 maghony to build up and then shape, sounds easy:)
Alan, Thanks for the reply, I am replacing all planks on the boat, even the under planking on the bottom. I am putting planks instead of plywood...
I have taken a short break from the thread to read "How to restore your wooden runabout" by Danenberg. In this book I did not see a mention of...
Replacment engine I have that 57 Capri with a 312 in it and am wondering what are the most popular and best fit repowering options for this...
Joined about two weeks ago and already have found lot of infromation. I am restoring a 1957 Chris Craft Capri and am lost with some of the...
G.G. The wood is moghany not plywood, at first when I began to pull the deck I thought it was plywood besause of the width and the board had so...
Whats orginal? I have attached a couple of pictures of the transmisson and gear box on this Chris Craft Capri. It has a 312 ford in it and after...
Clean up and inspect I have removed the entire deck and have found a couple of spots of dry rot which have been addressed in this thread. I am...
It sounds like the outside planks do not have a joint cut in the edges, so all I need to do to the exterior is remove the entire bad plank, cut,...
sounds good G.G., I was given this one by my father who passed away a couple of years later. I learned to ski behind this one at the age of 8 (I...
Thanks to all for all of the responces, they have been very informative and helpful. As you can tell I am new to this and excited about really...
Alan, After reding your last reply I snapped a couple pictures of the nose peice. It is a bit rough but looks to be good. There was a peice pieced...
