On 10 Aug 2005 21:24:48 -0700, "Mike Sr."
wrote:

Boy, Now I'm shocked!! One of your group advised not to use Glen_L
plans due a poor resale value of plywood boats??

1. I"ve been doing some reading in books, mags, and internet forums for
about a year now and all I've seen is "Glen-L is one of the best".
2. All I've seen is a well built plywood boat, glassed on both sides,
is so much better than a fiberglassed production boat.
3. A good wooden boat is worth it's weight in gold due to the great
detail work that goes into them and last so much longer than present
day boats. Wouldn't this increase it's value, rather than decrease its
resale value.

So who's right? I do understand some home-builts look terrible,
squared off, with poor paint and overall poor quality. But I
understand this is in the minority of boat builds. The normal is a
"great looking, high quality, well made piece of art, built to last a
lifetime of enjoyment".

Mike,
Pensacola, Florida

If you are concerned about getting a decent return on investment, buy
a restorable boat.

To the original poster: If you decide not to restore this boat, I'm looking
for a Rivera to restore.

Don Dando , Please reply to:




"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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Jack wrote:

My wife has this crazy idea that she wants me to restore an old Chris
Craft
Riviera.

Estimate the amount of time and money required to do the restoration,
then multiply by 10.

If that doesn't stop you, maybe a frontal labotomy willG.

Seriously, if you have any limits on the amount of time and money
required, don't start.

Lew

I was waiting for the subject to come around again to post this link..

Pat Ford and others were giving hints as to how to go about choosing
and restoring an older runabout. I advocated, as well as considering
restoration, to consider building from scratch.

This is a link for a couple of guys in the Nederlands who are building
a pair of Glen-L Riverias from scratch. They have an advantage others
perhaps do not because they are furniture builders and have access to
CNC machines to cut the frames and parts. However, the photos are very
instructive as to the process. (BTW: Glen-L sells a frame kit with all
frames cut and jig-assembled to gain the accuracy the Dutch guys get
with their machines.)

http://www.veltens.nl/home.htm

Another suggestion which I'm surprised Mr. Ford did not make since he
is an officer in his local chapter is to join the Antique and Classic
Boat Society (ACBS), especially if there is a local chapter. Join even
if you don't have a boat and, really, escpecially if you don't have a
boat. The people I have met who are members are a very friendly bunch
and may even have your perfect project boat out in their own barn!

This is a link to the PNW Chapter. There is plenty of info here and
links to other chapters around the country:

http://www.acbs-pnw.org/

HTH

Jeff


In article , Don Dando
wrote:

To the original poster: If you decide not to restore this boat, I'm looking
for a Rivera to restore.

Don Dando , Please reply to:




"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
ink.net...
Jack wrote:

My wife has this crazy idea that she wants me to restore an old Chris
Craft
Riviera.

Estimate the amount of time and money required to do the restoration,
then multiply by 10.

If that doesn't stop you, maybe a frontal labotomy willG.

Seriously, if you have any limits on the amount of time and money
required, don't start.

Lew

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:19:20 -0700, raoul wrote:



Another suggestion which I'm surprised Mr. Ford did not make since he
is an officer in his local chapter is to join the Antique and Classic
Boat Society (ACBS), especially if there is a local chapter. Join even
if you don't have a boat and, really, escpecially if you don't have a
boat. The people I have met who are members are a very friendly bunch
and may even have your perfect project boat out in their own barn!

This is a link to the PNW Chapter. There is plenty of info here and
links to other chapters around the country:

http://www.acbs-pnw.org/

Have to plead mea culpa here. It is certainly correct to say that the
best thing one could do in a situation like this is to join the ACBS.

I used to have a sigfile with the chapter's url in it. But I thought
imprudent to have the chapter associated with some of my rantings. (!)

Good luck to the original poster. Building a new boat is a neat thing
to do. I'm partial to traditional construction. I did work on a cold
molded runabout once. Pretty disgusting. Goo gets everywhere. And I do
mean everywhere. But maybe you are neater than I am.

Regards,
pcf

I

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:02:16 -0700, P.C. Ford
wrote:


If you are concerned about getting a decent return on investment, buy
a restorable boat.


On the other hand,
If your looking to build something that you can call your own, and
don't care what the other 1/2 of the world thinks whom actually have
never built a mashed potato mountain on a dinner plate, build whatever
you like and call it yours. You can always claim originality....)


M Russon