saabing up an old canoe :o) - Saab General Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News -
3/26 M Car Covers (by State of Nine) |
12/12 Make Amazon Pay Saabnet!
[General |
Members |
C900 |
9000 |
NG900 & OG93 |
93 |
95 |
NG95 |
99 |
Sonett |
Vintage Models |
Clubs |
Other Cars |
FAQs |
Gifts |
Member Photo Galleries |
Member Directory |
Classifieds |
Manuals |
*Buddy Registry |
*Mileage Registry |
Polls |
What's New |
Raffle |
Photo of the Month |
Sponsors]
[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ |
Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ]
Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
saabing up an old canoe :o)
Posted by RedAeroGirl [Email] (more from RedAeroGirl) on Wed, 2 Jun 2004 06:28:48
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
We have this canoe...it floats, and it was free. It also looks like hell. Once upon a time (like thirty years ago) it had been red. After many years of use and many winters of outdoor storage, it's now pitted, scratched, gouged, and badly faded. This doesn't bother me particularly (it floats, right?) but it seems to offend my husband (I guess he's not crazy about having a pink canoe). So, we've decided to repair it, repaint it, and generally bring it back to life. Because we are Saab-obsessed freaks, we are going to make this sad old canoe into a sort of Saab. :o)
First, we'll patch up the gouges, then restore the paint to a nice, deep red--to match my Saab and his Volvo.
We plan to mount hood/rear emblems on the front and back ends (but help me: the new style or the old Saab-Scania style?). We'll also stencil the "SAAB" logo alongside.
We'll clean up all the rusty metal and repaint it black.
I'd like to find one of those metal emblems--NOT the vinyl decals--that has the "S" and the small Swedish flag on it. But every site I found while searching on line earlier has decals only. Can anyone tell me what those emblems are called, and where I might obtain one?
Currently we have no plans for the interior, although if anyone has suggestions, I'm happy to hear them. It's your basic two-seater canoe.
I'll be taking before, during, and after photos, and will eventually find a way to post them on line.
I keep calling this project "Monster Canoe" which makes me laugh every time I think it, although my husband points out that we are not really keeping in the spirit of Monster Garage, since we are merely refurbishing the canoe and not turning it into a nuclear submarine or whatever. We'll probably spend the summer accumulating supplies and ideas, and begin the restoration project in the fall.
posted by 206.40.162...
Posts in this Thread:
- saabing up an old canoe :o), RedAeroGirl, Wed, 2 Jun 2004 06:28:48 <-- Viewing This Message
- Color, destijl, Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:58:55
- Turbo badges on the paddles, IrieTom , Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:06:09
- old school, Mattias.se, Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:35:21
- Re: Badges.. we don't need no stinkin' badges... jk, elliott, Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:12:44
- will it have heated thwarts? (nm), JimBlake , Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:27:00
- write SAAB upside down on the side, Adam , Wed, 2 Jun 2004 06:37:04
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup
No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.
StateOfNine.com
|
SaabClub.com
|
Jak Stoll Performance
|
M Car Covers
|
Ad Available
|
Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right.
Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY.
Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages.
This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see
problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes
type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the
Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are
not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP -
Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot
Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all
the Site Membership Benefits!