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Is this worth restoring?
Hey all,
I came by a boat as a trade for some computer work. It's a 14' '54 Glasspar Marathon with a 70 horse Chysler o/b, the whole rig has been sitting in the man's driveway for at least 10 years (he said 10, but the registration sticker is from 85). I started overhauling the engine last year, rebuild the carbs, etc. I still wasn't getting spark and this year I broke down and it's in the shop because I have no time to work on it and I don't want to go another season w/o getting her wet. So while it's gone I've been cleaning up the hull and re-doing the interior. The plexi-glass windshield is in rough shape and there are a couple of small, superficial cracks in the fiberglass. It's got a home made wooden bench seat I'm going to upholster for the first season, but I was wondering - would this be worth restoring? I've looked on the internet at some old photos and the boat is real nice looking, but I don't know if it would be worth my time and effort to fully restore it or I if I should just get it functioning and use it until it dies. Thank you, DJ -- I rarely misspell things outright, but when I do it's usually something interesting....Instead, I use homonyms. These are small, gay creatures with furry feet, loosely related to Hobbits. They make wonderful cookies, are very friendly, and write brilliantly on deregulation and other libertarian issues. - Jonah Goldberg http://thewrite.blogspot.com/ djstipe at msn dot com sinforfreedom |
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Is this worth restoring?
Sounds like a classic, and it is worth restoring if it's worth it to you.
If the hull is fiberglass, I would be suspect of the year, from what I've read fiberglass wasn't used in boat building until 1959. "Dee Jay" wrote in message ... Hey all, I came by a boat as a trade for some computer work. It's a 14' '54 Glasspar Marathon with a 70 horse Chysler o/b, the whole rig has been sitting in the man's driveway for at least 10 years (he said 10, but the registration sticker is from 85). I started overhauling the engine last year, rebuild the carbs, etc. I still wasn't getting spark and this year I broke down and it's in the shop because I have no time to work on it and I don't want to go another season w/o getting her wet. So while it's gone I've been cleaning up the hull and re-doing the interior. The plexi-glass windshield is in rough shape and there are a couple of small, superficial cracks in the fiberglass. It's got a home made wooden bench seat I'm going to upholster for the first season, but I was wondering - would this be worth restoring? I've looked on the internet at some old photos and the boat is real nice looking, but I don't know if it would be worth my time and effort to fully restore it or I if I should just get it functioning and use it until it dies. Thank you, DJ -- I rarely misspell things outright, but when I do it's usually something interesting....Instead, I use homonyms. These are small, gay creatures with furry feet, loosely related to Hobbits. They make wonderful cookies, are very friendly, and write brilliantly on deregulation and other libertarian issues. - Jonah Goldberg http://thewrite.blogspot.com/ djstipe at msn dot com sinforfreedom |
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Is this worth restoring?
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:37:03 GMT, "MMC" vaguely
proposed a theory .......and in reply I say!: remove ns from my header address to reply via email it is worth restoring if it's worth it to you. no more. ************************************************** ** sorry ..........no I'm not! remove ns from my header address to reply via email Does Bill Gates dream of electronic sheep? |
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Is this worth restoring?
MMC wrote:
Sounds like a classic, and it is worth restoring if it's worth it to you. If the hull is fiberglass, I would be suspect of the year, from what I've read fiberglass wasn't used in boat building until 1959. That should have read '64. http://home.fuse.net/henrymenke/ That's a year newer, but it's identical. |
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Is this worth restoring?
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 12:07:46 -0800, "Dee Jay" vaguely
proposed a theory .......and in reply I say!: remove ns from my header address to reply via email MMC wrote: Sounds like a classic, and it is worth restoring if it's worth it to you. If the hull is fiberglass, I would be suspect of the year, from what I've read fiberglass wasn't used in boat building until 1959. That should have read '64. http://home.fuse.net/henrymenke/ Well it looks as if somebody loves one G In the end the value of restoring it is entirely up to you, unless you can establish a reasle market price for it. ************************************************** ** sorry ..........no I'm not! remove ns from my header address to reply via email Does Bill Gates dream of electronic sheep? |
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Is this worth restoring?
Very cool!
"Dee Jay" wrote in message ... MMC wrote: Sounds like a classic, and it is worth restoring if it's worth it to you. If the hull is fiberglass, I would be suspect of the year, from what I've read fiberglass wasn't used in boat building until 1959. That should have read '64. http://home.fuse.net/henrymenke/ That's a year newer, but it's identical. |
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