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» Topic: Elco 77' cutaway drawings
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Does anyone have any cutaway drawings of the 70' Elco?

Posted By: Phil | Posted on: Aug 25, 2021 - 11:33am
Total Posts: 26 | Joined: May 19, 2021 - 10:52am

I meant 77'

Posted By: Phil | Posted on: Aug 25, 2021 - 11:43am
Total Posts: 26 | Joined: May 19, 2021 - 10:52am

Hello Phil,
On the Brown Banner at the top of this page, there is a hyper link called "Documents". If you click on that, you have access to the Free Documents microfilm of 77 foot Elco Drawings. Just follow the directions on the page and Dick the webmaster will help you if you cant figure it out.

Jerry Gilmartin
PT658 Crewman
Portland OR

Posted By: Jerry Gilmartin | Posted on: Aug 26, 2021 - 10:46pm
Total Posts: 1473 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 11:16pm

Do a simple search or, See old posting link below about Elco 77' Cutaway drawings:

[url]http://www.ptboatforum.com/cgi-bin/MB2/netboardr.cgi?fid=102&cid=101&tid=2165&sc=20&pg=1&x=0[/url]

Dick Washichek . . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Aug 28, 2021 - 2:46pm
Total Posts: 1417 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

I'll take 'Things On Dick's Too Long Todo List' for $1,000, Alex!

Did you see this one of Dicks, of the tank and engine rooms Phil?: [url]http://www.ptboatforum.com/cgi-bin/MB2/netboardr.cgi?fid=102&cid=101&tid=3981&st=140&nd=150&pg=2&sc=20[/url]

Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: Aug 28, 2021 - 5:55pm
Total Posts: 2200 | Joined: Dec 21, 2006 - 1:30am

Thank you Gentlemen! This is great information!

Posted By: Phil | Posted on: Aug 29, 2021 - 9:22am
Total Posts: 26 | Joined: May 19, 2021 - 10:52am

Heck Alex . . . . . I'll take $10,000 on"Dick's Too Long Bucket List" ! ! !

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Aug 29, 2021 - 10:45am
Total Posts: 1417 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

You're welcome Phil! Dick does excellent work, he's been doing it for a loooong time and it shows.

I hope bashing up a perfectly restored classic Mustang isn't on your bucket list Dick.

Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: Aug 29, 2021 - 2:51pm
Total Posts: 2200 | Joined: Dec 21, 2006 - 1:30am

Jeff . . . .

It wouldnā€™t be a Mustang but a 1974 Corvette - in remembrance of the ā€™70s and ā€™80s and my 74 Corvette cruising the beaches of the South Bay (the southern beach communities of the general Los Angeles area). But I have only been contemplating for only 5 or 6 years now, maybe soon I be able to make up my mind, or, maybe not, Hmmmmm . . . . Old Age is a Bitch!

I bought a '74 Vette new for $6,000.00 and sold it 11 years later (1985) for $6500.00. Even with it needing a new paint job really, really bad! I had already painted it twice, because fiberglass, paint, and southern California donā€™t mix well . . . . But, but, before I sold it I gave the body a good coat of WD-40, it worked miracles, very shiny and hiding all the spider paint cracks, well, until it evaporated. Even with all the faults, the buyer loved it . . . .

No, I donā€™t think Iā€™ll be doing any big project, heck - I canā€™t even finish a darn PT boat drawing I originally started 25 years ago when I was a young man of nearly 50! All it takes nowadays is a simple shiny object flashing about to deflect my attention.

Iā€™m sorry . . . what were we talking about?

Dick

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Aug 30, 2021 - 11:14am
Total Posts: 1417 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Hey I had the same year Vette! It took only 3 years of after work blood sweat and tears until midnight, and my bank account, to get it decent. I did go overboard with the engine but it sure was fun:

Posted By: Jeff D | Posted on: Aug 31, 2021 - 8:26am
Total Posts: 2200 | Joined: Dec 21, 2006 - 1:30am