1965 Chevy Pickup & Hemi Hydro combo

I mocked-up the interior for the boat along with the engine. I had to cut the floorboard at the front down quite a bit, because it wouldn't fit with the side panels in place. I also had to sand the sides of the seat (Only on the back side) for the same reason, it just wouldn't fit with the side panels in place. But overall, it looks really good together, I hope I can get the paint fixed soon, because I need to get water intake line cut and installed!





I also got the fuel tank set up at the rear of the boat, with the fuel line attached...

Next, I glued the steps onto the trailer. A bit of reshaping was needed at the corners of the trailer to get all four of the steps to fit tightly. but that wasn't too hard.







I also got the trailer hitch painted and installed on the truck's frame. I found I'm gonna have to add a bit of wight to the nose of the boat, otherwise, the trailer tips backwards due to the weight of the engine!

Now, for a bit more insanity as far as details go. I decided the winch on the trailer needed to be more than just a spool with nothing on it. So I grabbed a piece of stranded 18 gauge wire, and wrapped it up to look like rope. I'll either paint it white, or use some chemical blackener for it, I'm not sure which way I'll go yet. I started by drilling a hole in the reel for the winch...



The "rope" was placed into the hole...



And the pieces I will use to join the "rope" to the "hook", something from the jewelry section of Hobby Lobby...crimp tubes! I've got enough in this small package to last me a lifetime!



The reel with the "rope" wrapped around it...



And the hook end pulled off of the reel. I'll need to add a small loop at the top of the bow in the boat, but a small piece of 26 gauge wire should do the trick nicely for that!

Form here on out, it's all new stuff, this is where this build sits as of right now. We're supposed to be in the upper 60's Sunday, so with a space heater in the shed on high, I should be able to fix the paint on the boat finally and get it finished off!

Looks real good. I like the winch idea, the wire actually looks quite real. If you could get it to look like steel wire, color wise, it would be perfect.