Apologies for the lack of updates. This is just me checking in, touching base, explaining the lack of car related progress, as admittedly I've taken a couple weeks off from Datsun work to get some other things off my list of things to do. Boat stuff mostly.
Can't report much on the car, other than I am still ordering the last remaining parts, like CV boots, hoses, and other miscellaneous fittings etc....There really isn't much more to purchase. I just need to put my head down and install/finish everything up.
But, given the current cold weather, and not being in the garage, I have begun planning my off grid tiny house build.
When my father died in 2012 I immediately moved home to take care of my mother. I have been living in her gigantic Italianate Victorian since, in order to assist her by whatever means possible. She is by no means an invalid, but she is alone; she is the last surviving member of her family- aside from my brother (a lawyer in Buffalo) and me. Just maintaining and heating a 150 year old 6000 sq ft home is, as you can imagine, a challenge in itself - especially in a harsh winter climate. So that's been the last 4 years.
But a 26 year old guy can't live with his mom forever, for a plethora of reasons. Long term it isn't beneficial to either of us. So, given that I own property, but have no house, it's time to build me a home.
The property is 6 miles away, and on the water - it's where you see all of my boat related pictures taken. So I can still be of assistance to my mother, but I also can be independent and start the next chapter in my life.
So that's a long winded excuse as to the lack of updates, for what I now realize has been a couple of weeks.
But here are a bunch of pictures, not of car stuff unfortunately, but boat stuff, and tiny house stuff. Some of which you of you may find interesting. If not, more car stuff will be happening very very soon, I promise. I'm not dead; Just cold. But I AM thinking.
First update: Whaler parts
I'm replacing the wooden mounting points for the seat, center console, and front seat of my 1970 Boston Whaler Nauset.
As a rule, I hate screws in boats. So I'm replacing all fasteners with bolts, and encapsulated threaded inserts. It will be much stronger. I need it, as I often take the Whaler in small craft advisories (it's the BEST time to sail
). Our Whaler is our chase boat, it needs to be fast, and capable. The wooden console and seats, after 40+ years, needed some 21st century revitalizing. It's going to be great. Wave jumping for days.
Closed cell vinyl foam (5# density) and carbon construction - with brass threaded inserts and stainless hardware. Replacing the wood pieces on the left.
