I was reading on Craig’s List and I saw what appeared to be a small boat with a steering wheel. It is 17 feet long and light for its size. All one gets is the hull no motor no trailer.
I went to look at it and the hull was in good shape. All the trim was there and no dents. Did I mention it was made in the late sixties? It almost looks like an old impala on the rear.
My first thought was if I am going to work on a small old boat it might as well be a classic. One of the nice things is it is all original and all the parts are here and undamaged.
So I put my new 60 dollar boat hull, a 17 foot Alpex Sea Aire, on blocks in the shop and started tearing it apart.
My second thought is I hope there are no surprises. Thank God nothing out of the ordinary. I really like the old style motor boats no matter what size they are, they have class.
Here is bringing it home and washing it
Here is in the shop
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Doesn’t it look as though it needs tail lights?
Now the long process of prepping the hull for new gel coat, then the new floor, carpet and add my outboard and off we go!
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2 replies on “A reclaimed boat”
I have no idea what boats are worth but that sounds like a bargain for something from the 60s. Your right about the back looking like an old Impala. When I was in high school my brother and my husbands 3 brothers all had various years (60-67) Impalas Our first two cars after we got married were a 70 and a 71 Implala. Hard to imagine that something that old wouldn’t be dented up. Sounds like a neat find.
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Wolf, you crack me up. You comment on my post complaining about too much to do and here I find you’ve bought another project to work on. The boat looks really cool, though. Hope it works out as you hope.
Bud