This is my little "lummie" I got from a friend in Texas. This is one being worked on now and will be repainted
with the same colors and will have wood seats and a wood slat floor. Power is from a '61 Mercury 10 horse.
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This is my little "lummie" I got
from a friend in Texas. This is one being worked on now and will be
repainted
with the same colors and will have wood seats and a wood slat floor. Power is
from a '61 Mercury 10 horse.
I found this aluminum 24' 1964 Lone Star
Cruiseliner about 1 mile from my house. It had been there for years before I
spotted it and I quickly struck a deal with the owner. Turns out it was my ex
best friend's (read: now married to my ex wife) boat. I've just traded this one
off for the Oceanic Cruiser below, plus a 105hp Chrysler, and 95hp
Mercury.
This is the Redfish Oceanic I traded my 1964
LoneStar Cruiseliner for recently. It needs a floor and the usual paint and
bodywork, but it's still a cool boat. Becky liked my first one and I sold it, so
this one will be a surprise for her.
A very rough Fiberflite I found at Captain Hooks sitting back in the vines
under another boat. I had to rescue this boat because I fell in love with the
unusual curved body lines on the side. This one has what's left of wooden fins
inserted into the top of the deck fins, but I'm not sure if this is
original or not. This would have been a challenging project, but after finding
some major fiberglass rot I've decided to scrap her.
I picked up this little Ouachita fishing boat
from a neighbor down the road from me for $500. It's a
little small for my big butt, but it's perfect for running yoyos and trotlines.
:)
This 17' Hydrodyne is 1961
model and in very good condition. This boat just needs paint and a motor
basically.
And new cushions on the seats. I got it from a buddy in NY, but have since sold
it to a Fiberglassics
member. It should make a really nice boat when it's done.
1963 Hydrodyne outboard. This boat is a very
rough freebie that I picked this up a few years ago.
I will probably save the hardware from it and trash the boat since it is so
rough.
1962 Dorsett Belmont I bought at the
Fiberglassics Nationals in Rockton, IL. It is solid as a rock the boat is
completely original right down to the 75hp original motor, hardware, &
tilt-a-way glass windshield. I traded this
one to a friend (and fellow Fiberglassics member) for a running 140 horse
Evinrude. I have since acquired this boat again and have swapped it off once
again for another boat. Man.. what an addiction these boats can be! LOL.
1960's Allison I found in the same boat
junkyard that Kristen's Glass Magic came from. Very sleek and they
say these
things will fly! It's a real light hull and has a flat bottom from about mid-way
on back. A Fiberglassics
member in Arkansas bought this one from me.
1961 Larson Plamate (actually
spelled that way) I did some trading for this
one and ended up with about $100
in it. Added a carb kit to a motor I already
had, buffed it, tossed in some seats from the storage building,
and away we go. I really liked this little ugly duckling, but sold it in the
summer of '04.
This is a 1960 Redfish Oceanic cruiser that
is in very nice shape. All it basically needs is fresh paint
& new interior. I bought this one near Atlanta, GA on Lake Lanier. I let
this one go to a Fiberglassics
member in Oklahoma. Of all my boats this was my wife's favorite. I've
since struck a deal on another one of
these boats as a surprise for her.
This is a 1964 Razorback Challenger. It is
the sister to my Explorer cabin cruiser below.
The only difference is the absence of the roof and cabin area.
My rough 1965 Razorback Explorer cabin
cruiser that I got from a buddy in Dallas. It was missing almost
all of the hardware and had about 15 coats of horrible maroon paint and
metalflake sprayed all over it.
VERY rough shape, but I had been searching for one for quite a while so I
snagged it.
Then I found and purchased this white Razorback Explorer cabin cruiser pictured below
with all the hardware
still on it. This one was in much better shape than the maroon one and I had
decided to build it instead. I have
since
sold both of them to a fellow Fiberglassics member.
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