Byrdman's CD18

wailedcentipede · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject:

looking great Byrdman ... looking at the posts you may have motivated others .. lol ... i did mine about 12 years back inside and out the hardest part was hitting it with 80 grit sandpaper, but no regrets ... now you got me wondering if i shouldn't clean up the beast once again .... well it really looks great .. take care . wc

gljjr · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject:

Man she's lookin good! I'm glad to see you have her fixed up so nice. Unfortunately mine will take many moons to get that nice. But you have certainly helped to inspire me to get'er done! Smile

Sea Wolf · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject:

Byrdman · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject:

Lee, the shop manager / Extraordinaire of Wefin's is keeping real good notes/(tickets Rolling Eyes

) on all items going into, off of, back on, C-Byrd. I will follow up on brand, modle number, and mix of all paint stuff....once I have it all in about a week. I kinda get an update about every 3 days from Marc and his crew as to allow them to focus and get'r done. They are working on making me a trailer now... I can not have that pretty lady ride'n on an ol' worn out pair of shoes.... Mr. Green

Thanks for the many kind words from all.

Byrdman

JamesTXSD · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject:

She's looking pretty! You'll be in the water before us... and we'll be looking foward to hearing all about her "make-over". Very Happy

Best wishes,
Jim B.

Wefings · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:59 am Post subject:

Hopefully Ill see the paint guy today and get the info on the paint . I havent forgot !!
Marc

Byrdman · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:21 am Post subject:

OK.... More Progress to report... 1st, Thanks to all who have sent individual pictures, parts list, input, thoughts, prayers, drawings, "if I had to do it overs...".... and the such. Again, you made this upgrade easier..

Got to try her out the 1st time Thanksgiving Weekend during a last minute get-together/gathering when I found that a few of my Bama/TN C-Dory friends could get together on very short notice...and on a whim... We had a blast.

Now... the pictures and results of the group effort...

The envelope please....

CoolSmile

DaveS · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:36 am Post subject:

Patrick,
The Camperback looks great! I like it!

oldgrowth · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject:

Pat - the boat looks good & as Dave said, the camperback looks good also. When I get through with mine in a coupls of months, I hope it looks half as good as yours.
_________
Dave

jennykatz · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:58 am Post subject: moving

well your canvas looks great WE will be up in Tenn. this jan looking at property over towards Knoxville actually south of their . We cancelled the c-25 we were going to get our house is under contract 1 week after we put deposit down on c-25 so we had to back out . Hope to see you next summer take care Jim and Loree on the Duck

Sneaks · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:14 am Post subject:

Looks superb, Pat. I like and may plagarize that "dodger" feature on your canvas. Us altitude advantaged folk could use it.

That shadow on the bow in the dockside photo really looks cool and has me wondering what a C-18 or C-22 would look like with a paint job that imitates an Orca. A live Orca, not the boat.

Makes me wish I knew photoshop better....

Don

Byrdman · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:08 am Post subject:

Thanks to all for your kind words. I think my next project will be some type of box seat arrangement for storage of some things, mixed with a board that you can drop between the seat boxes, much like down the port dinnette side of other CDs, and a pad to drop in place for sleeping. That would make for a very large sleeping pad without having to move to many things about while cruising, and...folks that are over 5'8" will not have to do the rolly-polly to sleep....they can really stretch out.

Got my eyes on some of the projects on Lil-Mac...and some other nifty improvement projects.

Byrdman

starcrafttom · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject:

pat that is one really nice looking rebuild. The high canvas back with window is a great idea. When do we see inside pics??

Chris Bulovsky · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:46 pm Post subject:

Looks great!!!!! Is the stripe the standard size or a little bigger? Way cool camper back. Very nice.

Chris Bulovsky
Washburn Wi

Byrdman · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject:

Tom, Chris....and ALL OTHERS:::

Time for the inside work on C-Byrd. What have others used to re-do the insides of the boat please? How do they do that splattered and scattered look? Base coat of something...followed by something else....? Rolling Eyes

What have others used in the process? Have a "doctors call" for C-Byrd back down at Wefing's later this month.... and figured that paint and fiberglass guy could get me fixed up cleaner/better than I could do the learn as I go mode....

?????
Byrdman