Main Cabin Rebuild

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=105 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04400690ezvthe.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CCFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>1959 Chris Craft Constellation Renovation.... Raising the Quetzal</B></FONT><B>   |  </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1959 Chris Craft Constellation Renovatio"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Top Removal"><U>Top Removal</U></A>  |  <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cabinetry Refinishing"><U>Cabinetry Refinishing</U></A>  |  Main Cabin Rebuild  |  <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pulling the Engines"><U>Pulling the Engines</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="045c8212ezvthe.gif"> <div> As you can see, almost everything in the main cabin has been removed.  This is due to many factors.... the need to strip, stain and varnish the good wood..... the need to repair the cracked frames.... the need to replace the rotted wood.... and the need to replace any rotten batons.</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Main Cabin Rebuild</div> <div> <IMG SRC="072d5420.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="322" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="071d8420.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="322" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> As you've seen in the <I>photo album </I>section, this was the interior before we started the rebuild.  The couches are gone (in my barn) as well as the dinette and benches (not pictured).  Here are a couple of shots of the main cabin as it stands as of September, 2002.  The first is a picture of the main cabin as seen through the doorway.  The second is a shot taken as I stood at the entrance of the v-berths and looked back.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="074fdca0.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="076fcca0.jpg" border=0 width="252" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>