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This is my first boat. It's an old miller flatbottom in need of help. The hull is in good shape. No damage or stress cracks. The white paint that was on it was brushed on gel coat, so it took a lot of sanding and fairing in to remove it and get ready for paint. My dad has been a tremendous help working on it with me between other jobs he has been doing. My brother and I posted his work on the wood deck miller and 19 foot miller v-bottom under user name garrett. My dad's user name is johnmiller. I changed my name to 63 miller cause I now have a 63 miller.
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birch floors installed. from the stringers inward is black gelcoat. We sanded the stringers inward after this picture and installed carbon fiber. I thought I had a picture of the carbon fiber installed. I'll take a picture this weekend and put it on the thread
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Lookin good, nice job on the paint. :cool:
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True to the Miller name and rep. lookin very nice.Keep us posted.
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Garrett,
Did your dad ever sell the wood deck one? I went and drove it. IT was awesome. I ended up buying a 20 Schiada SS with an outboard. But, if it wasn't for the girl and the kid, I would have bought his boat for sure.
Is your dad building another one? When I was there he was just finishing up the red 19 v-drive.
Your boat is looking great.
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Picture of the carbon fiber installed. This weekend we got the rails cut, polished and installed. Still a ton of stuff to do. But it has been lots of fun.
JH4RT
Somebody in Sacramento is buying it. If I had kids I would probably be thinking of getting something that can handle rougher water to. Good luck with your new schiada!
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Hey Garrett,
How is my 62 Howard doing?????????? It's the boat next to yours. :crossx:
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clearlake kid
your 62 howard is looking very nice. I'm realy excited to see how everything looks after the deck is glassed. The ash has cool looking characteristics. I think hand picked ash or birch is the way to go on the plywood portion of the deck but that's just my opinion. I'm going to go back down to my dad's in a couple weeks to work on my boat. I'll take some pictures of your deck and post it so you can see. By the way it is so nice seeing these wood deck boats coming back to life. I believe each one is a piece of history.
Ryan
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Jesus that's beautiful...very nice job. Could you enlighten me on the carbon tho? It's awesome looking, and if I keep my ride I'm going to replace stringers and redo the whole boat. Did you just lay carbon over the glass? Did you use epoxy in that project?
Again...that's A-1 work...truely a show piece.
BTW...I'm from Maine and the minister who performed my marriage is from Coarsegold. I've been there a few times....beautiful country.
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who would have thought in '63 that carbon fiber would be in a boat.... it was a state secret at that time! good job on the paint and restoration... a real beauty!
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Wish my Miller looked like that. Sweet boat!
Just wondering... can you convert a semi-v hull jet drive to a v-drive? And what's the ballpark on that?Ballpark meaning performance and price wise.
Thanks
Nate
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Wish my Miller looked like that. Sweet boat!
Just wondering... can you convert a semi-v hull jet drive to a v-drive? And what's the ballpark on that? Ballpark meaning performance and price wise.
Thanks
Nate
Answer to first question: Yes
Answer to second question:
a. Awesome performance
b. Awesome price
Executive summary: Buy..........a v-drive already set up. :rollside:
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Clearlake Kid: Here are some pics of your 62 Howard. I hope you like the solid wood cap I built to hide the plywood end grain. Solid mahagony top and bottom with ash in the middle. Just about ready to glass over the wood.
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Clearlake Kid: Here are some pics of your 62 Howard. I hope you like the solid wood cap I built to hide the plywood end grain. Solid mahagony top and bottom with ash in the middle. Just about ready to glass over the wood.
That looks really nice. How much to re vaneer and re glass? I have a boat that I want to get done.
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WOW
John, The boat looks great. :) :) :) :)
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Hey Clearlake Kid, your boat is looking good, are you going to run the twin turbo chevy that it came with?
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Hey Clearlake Kid, your boat is looking good, are you going to run the twin turbo chevy that it came with?
Yes, i'm right in the middle of putting it back together. New bearings and rings.
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now i see why clearlake kid got rid of that dam jet :) good job
