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'58 Vagabond II Orig. Wood Floor Inserts 21 Dec 2022 12:05 #123829

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'58 Vagabond II Orig. Wood Floor Inserts 05 Dec 2022 02:16 #123649

That looks spectacular! 
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'58 Vagabond II Orig. Wood Floor Inserts 05 Dec 2022 02:02 #123648

I used 1/4"  marine plywood.  I made cardboard patterns of all the flooring then I cut the plywood, sanded, coated with CPES then painted with Epoxy floor paint from Lowes.  Once all dry, I sprayed truck bed liner with the color I wanted. Depending on the gun you use, you can make the texture light which is easy on the bare feet. It will hold up for years and it does not add a lot of weight to the boat.
I also added some aluminum supports to the stringers so that my floor stayed level. All the flooring is held down with Rivet Nuts.  I screwed the floor down with oval head stn. stl. screws with  stn. stl. finish washers. 
All that I did has better support and did not add any weight to the boat.

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'58 Vagabond II Orig. Wood Floor Inserts 02 Dec 2022 16:17 #123629

Do you mind sharing with us how you attached the late style steering at the motor?
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'58 Vagabond II Orig. Wood Floor Inserts 02 Dec 2022 14:56 #123628

This is what I did with the floor in my 57 Vagabond II. Original plywood floor painted green by the jackass that owned it previously, one of many cheap ass sins by this guy. I know his name was Zach and his woman was Lin because of instead of buying 7 letters at 99 cents apiece, he put electrical tape on the sides of the boat and carved the names in it! This is tongue and groove beaded mahogany, many coats of varnish. No slippery issues so far, but nevertheless run it in the rain, mostly sits at our camp dock and looks pretty….

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'58 Vagabond II Orig. Wood Floor Inserts 01 Oct 2022 21:00 #122910

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Nice job 
1950 Experimental Flyer, 1956 Golden Rocket, 1955 Vagabond, past boats: 54 Vagabond, 55 Vagabond, 57 Vagabond, 50 FC Flyer, 46 FC Runabout, 57 FC Rocket, 57 Jetstreak, 1957 Crestliner Voyager Hardtop 18, 1959 Crestliner Jetstreak 15

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'58 Vagabond II Orig. Wood Floor Inserts 01 Oct 2022 18:13 #122907

We did the teak floor mat thing to our '49 Vagabond this summer - it was a lot of work but it came out pretty good.
The gray area on the rear deck is where we put the gas tank.

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'58 Vagabond II Orig. Wood Floor Inserts 31 May 2022 14:02 #120358

Very nice , I just picked up a vegabond and plan to do the same . Can you tell me demention of slats and thickness of the boards.
im just starting to restore mine and planning out how and when I should be doing things.
nice job

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'58 Vagabond II Orig. Wood Floor Inserts 21 Jun 2021 15:10 #112285

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I am always worried that the shiny floors get slippery?


I have mixed a little clean sand in the last coat of varnish and it works well.
 
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'58 Vagabond II Orig. Wood Floor Inserts 21 Jun 2021 15:05 #112284

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The rear is 29" & 14" slats
The front is 26" slats

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