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**John Fabris** · 12-01-2004, 12:07 PM

Came home to find that UPS had delivered the Teak wood that I ordered!!

Now I can build the bed of my 67 SWB and do the finish work on the wood!!

TugOwar · 12-01-2004, 12:23 PM

Thats gonna look sooo sharp when done. And teak is like water proof isn't it?

**John Fabris** · 12-01-2004, 02:22 PM

Teak can still swell and shrink with water, but it stays pretty solid and does not rot. I plan on using a good varnish, 5 to 7 coats, on the wood. Another option is to oil to wood down, but I like the gloss of varnished teak.

boraxman · 12-01-2004, 02:27 PM

Thats gonna look great! Someday my truck will have a wood bed. Is that Teak wood expensive?

ChevyDude · 12-01-2004, 02:30 PM

They use teak on sail boats...gotta be good with water.

**John Fabris** · 12-01-2004, 03:02 PM

When I was a kid, I spent most of my summers at the yacht club with my dad, and I made money taking care of teak on other people's boats. So, that was why I wanted to use teak in the bed of my truck. Price, well, if you go to normal hardwood shops, you can expect to pay $110-$150 per board (in San Francisco or Berkeley).

I have a friend that has a teak importing shop in Washington, and he was able to set me up for about half of what I would have paid locally.

ChevyDude · 12-01-2004, 04:31 PM

John, That's precisely the reason I know about Teak and sail boats. I was at the Santa Barbara Yacht Club most days during my childhood in the summers. We had a Cal 40 named Argonaut which was the overall winner in the Transpac race from LA to Honolulu in 1969 and again winner of class "C" in 1971. Quite a racing sail boat it was....and YES had Teak anywhere wood was used to build it.

Sorry to get off track guys.

dregs454 · 12-01-2004, 07:03 PM

WOW Chevy Dude, I can't imagine going from LA to Hawaii in a little sailboat, that sounds like alot of fun, and danger...

ChevyDude · 12-01-2004, 08:56 PM

We are off track from how awesome Teak wood is but.... That sailboat Argonaut was a 40 footer made for racing long or short distances, she was fast! My step brother who was only 21 at the time Skippered the sloop (type of sailboat) to the victory. Argonaut had the youngest crew to date that had ever won the TransPac Race, all 21 yrs of age or younger. The crews names were all craved in the TEAK wood in the cockpit area after the win. He was invited to sail in the America's Cup Race with then skipper Bill Ficker. They won the America'a Cup that year and the term "Ficker is Quicker" was coined. Oh boy am I off track.. but I have a huge history with sailboats...and of course TEAK wood.

**John Fabris** · 12-01-2004, 09:55 PM

LOL!
I spent my time on a Newport 30, and a Morgan 38, loved doing the Oakland to Catalina Island race, sitting on the teak trimmed deck, the same kind of teak that I am using for the bed of my truck. (boy, this feels like a merry-go-round, teak-truck-water-boat-truck-teak-boat-teak- oh ya, trucks)

12-01-2004, 12:07 PM	#1
John Fabris TOTY 2006 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Magalia CA USA Posts: 2,270	Another member with an early Chrismas Present!! Came home to find that UPS had delivered the Teak wood that I ordered!! Now I can build the bed of my 67 SWB and do the finish work on the wood!! __________________ John Fabris 67 C10 SWB

12-01-2004, 02:22 PM	#3
John Fabris TOTY 2006 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Magalia CA USA Posts: 2,270	Teak can still swell and shrink with water, but it stays pretty solid and does not rot. I plan on using a good varnish, 5 to 7 coats, on the wood. Another option is to oil to wood down, but I like the gloss of varnished teak. __________________ John Fabris 67 C10 SWB

12-01-2004, 02:27 PM	#4
boraxman Keepin an eye out Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: So.Cal Posts: 3,920	Thats gonna look great! Someday my truck will have a wood bed. Is that Teak wood expensive? __________________ 1970 Chevy C10 SWB 5.3 1996 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4x4 2007 Vespa GTS 250 Scooter ZIP 91351

12-01-2004, 02:30 PM	#5
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	They use teak on sail boats...gotta be good with water. __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4

12-01-2004, 03:02 PM	#6
John Fabris TOTY 2006 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Magalia CA USA Posts: 2,270	When I was a kid, I spent most of my summers at the yacht club with my dad, and I made money taking care of teak on other people's boats. So, that was why I wanted to use teak in the bed of my truck. Price, well, if you go to normal hardwood shops, you can expect to pay $110-$150 per board (in San Francisco or Berkeley). I have a friend that has a teak importing shop in Washington, and he was able to set me up for about half of what I would have paid locally. __________________ John Fabris 67 C10 SWB

12-01-2004, 12:23 PM	#2
TugOwar Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pleasanton, TX Posts: 1,723	Thats gonna look sooo sharp when done. And teak is like water proof isn't it?

12-01-2004, 04:31 PM	#7
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	John, That's precisely the reason I know about Teak and sail boats. I was at the Santa Barbara Yacht Club most days during my childhood in the summers. We had a Cal 40 named Argonaut which was the overall winner in the Transpac race from LA to Honolulu in 1969 and again winner of class "C" in 1971. Quite a racing sail boat it was....and YES had Teak anywhere wood was used to build it. Sorry to get off track guys. __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4

12-01-2004, 07:03 PM	#8
dregs454 Killin' Time Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 221	WOW Chevy Dude, I can't imagine going from LA to Hawaii in a little sailboat, that sounds like alot of fun, and danger... __________________ NEED CORVETTE 1972 GMC C20 350, SM465, HEI Dynomax headers and 2.5" duals

12-01-2004, 08:56 PM	#9
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	We are off track from how awesome Teak wood is but.... That sailboat Argonaut was a 40 footer made for racing long or short distances, she was fast! My step brother who was only 21 at the time Skippered the sloop (type of sailboat) to the victory. Argonaut had the youngest crew to date that had ever won the TransPac Race, all 21 yrs of age or younger. The crews names were all craved in the TEAK wood in the cockpit area after the win. He was invited to sail in the America's Cup Race with then skipper Bill Ficker. They won the America'a Cup that year and the term "Ficker is Quicker" was coined. Oh boy am I off track.. but I have a huge history with sailboats...and of course TEAK wood. __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4

12-01-2004, 09:55 PM	#10
John Fabris TOTY 2006 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Magalia CA USA Posts: 2,270	LOL! I spent my time on a Newport 30, and a Morgan 38, loved doing the Oakland to Catalina Island race, sitting on the teak trimmed deck, the same kind of teak that I am using for the bed of my truck. (boy, this feels like a merry-go-round, teak-truck-water-boat-truck-teak-boat-teak- oh ya, trucks) __________________ John Fabris 67 C10 SWB



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