![]() Looks as if it was built in San Rafael, CA from 1958-1965. I cannot for the life of me find much information on this boat at all. It is a flatbottom boat with fixed trim tabs or extended aluminium plates mounted to the rear. It has the stability fins on the bottom and a aluminium reinforced transom. It has a 1960 75hp super seahorse Johnson mounted on it. It has either been modified or originally built as a race boat. It is fiberglass, 14’2″ft long with a 74″ beam and an outboard. I can’t find any info anywhere on this particular boat. Hello, my name is Griffin and I am looking for info on Trailorboats. Here’s a link to the article for your review: In August of last year, Larry Edsall of the the New York Times wrote an excellent article on these kinds of boats called “A Style Both Wet and Wild”. How can you not love these boats? Here’s a 3 minute video showing, in pictures, the “before” and “after” shots of Kevin’s “Lonestar Meteor” boat (but couldn’t it be a long lost Dick Jones Meteor SR1 boat?) The end of the video says….”A portrait of a man, having way too much fin (correct spelling of “fin”). Checkout this 2 minute video showing some of the fantastic designs. And some of them have the same names of our fiberglass cars like “Meteor”. Kevin has some of the world’s rarest and most beautiful fiberglass boats you’ve ever seen. I think I may have met my match – or at least counterpart in Kevin “Fin” Mueller. Am I right?īTW I am impressed with your website and this forum is great.Are you getting bored with too many articles and stories about Grantham Stardusts, Victress S1As, Chicagoans, and Glasspars? Seeing too many Byers, Woodill Wildfires, Venus Sports Cars, and Le Mans Coupes in museums and shows? Well good news gang! I have a new hobby for you….Ĭollecting 1950’s and 1960’s fiberglass boats!!! I also assume it would hold screws better than fir. I assume the Meranti would be stiffer, naturally more rot resistant because of the oily wood and would not need to be sealed with epoxy. Since one sheet will do, I wonder if spending the extra $50 would make sense. ![]() I suspect fir is $40 a sheet now and your BS 6566 Meranti is $98. You didn't comment on the use of 3/4 fir for the stringers. So red oak on the hull or in the bilge would be a no, high and able to dry, a yes. The point is that red oak works fine outdoors or on a boat as long as it can dry out frequently. With a lot of sucking power you could use a red Oak dowel as a straw. The difference is that white has little dams in the tubes and red doesn't. I agree the Chrysler will probably make an excellent anchor, however the hull would be an ugly planter.īetter I put this back on the lake for $500 in materials rather than a landfill or try to get any decent fiberglass fishing boat for under $3000.Īs a woodworker I know a little about wood and red oak in particular having made several outdoor pieces of furniture. Ps I'm going to try to attach a pic of the watercraft. More than enough questions I suspect so I'll stop at that and thank everyone in advance for any help you can give me. would hardware store spray can foam do for floatation or would the real stuff be needed. How thick assuming stringers are 12" centres. thinking fir for the floor as well but maybe here I should splurge on a marine plywood. how should I attach the stringer to the hull? i thought I would just replace the rear half of the stringers with 3/4" fir with end grain taped and epoxied. Some questions for Noahs and everyone else: Of course the floor is rotted, the floatation is dust and the plywood stringers are rotten in the stern half of the boat. A center console and newer motor are envisioned if this craft turns out to be stable and seaworthy. My plan is to turn it into an open fishing boat by removing the gunwales and decks then fashion new small decks and gunwales using red oak lumber I have on hand (my main hobby is woodworking). Recently acquired a 60's vintage 16' Fiberglass Crestliner Runabout complete with a working!!! 30 yr old 35hp Chrysler outboard and a new battery (battery was the big attraction).
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