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by Dick
Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:47 am
Forum: Restoration
Topic: Below the waterline paint
Replies: 8
Views: 11118

It has a little metal Thompson name plate in the center of the front dashboard and was built just like other Thompson boats I saw in Marinette with the exception of that extension of the bottom. The extension could have been added after manufacture but the fact that the metal strap on the keel exten...
by Dick
Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:06 pm
Forum: Restoration
Topic: Below the waterline paint
Replies: 8
Views: 11118

Thanks everyone. I went to the Boat Show in Marinette in 2004 right after I got this boat and I may have seen Phill's boat. Were you there? This boat is the same configuration but it does not have the vinyl around the inside. Found it laying under a tarp outside covered in a thick layer of pine need...
by Dick
Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:40 am
Forum: Restoration
Topic: Below the waterline paint
Replies: 8
Views: 11118

Below the waterline paint

I have a late '40s Thompson. Based on catalogs I saw at the Marinette show a couple years ago I believe it is a TVT Super Deluxe. I have the bottom stripped and sanded. It will need some minor patching but is almost ready for paint. based on what came off the boat I think this boat had a white botto...