Recon
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So the kids are older and off to college so I sold my 17' 1965 Classic Glastron and downsized to a 14' boat for fishing and duck hunting. Got a good deal on this one and already started the remodel before my son goes back to school this fall. It will be setup for some small lake and river fishing, as well as, some duck hunting this fall.
First thing we did was take the 1987 Johnson 18hp to our local marine mechanic for a good once over. All it needs is a card rebuild due to the wonderful ethanol crap they put in gas nowadays. While that is out we started by sanding and grinding any area that had missing or loose paint to take it back to aluminum. We then spot primed those areas of bare metal but left any good paint alone. Before final painting the entire boat will get a lite sanding to even out all of the surfaces.
We also removed the wood, if you could call it that, at the transom and replaced it with double thickness marine grade ply that will get glassed to seal it up. We also used all new stainless hardware when we replaced the transom so we wouldn't have to get out the grinder again if we ever had to replace it.
The bow originally had a storage area that the previous owner turned into a seat that will be put back to a storage area. There is also a mystery hole on the stern that will be used as a port for the bilge pump instead of trying to patch the 1.5" hole. I figure might as well use the hole that is already there instead of cutting a new one.
Temporary battery operated nav lights will be replaced with permanent ones and 2 lights will lbe added at the bow for nightime running.
port by dallas10c, on Flickr
to stern bfore by dallas10c, on Flickr
to bow by dallas10c, on Flickr
stern by dallas10c, on Flickr
Transom Out
wood removed by dallas10c, on Flickr
Some of these rusted screw were a joy to get out.
transom removed by dallas10c, on Flickr
Original transom
old transom wood by dallas10c, on Flickr
New transom...still have 1 bolt to go.
new transom by dallas10c, on Flickr
I'll post more as it gets done. Hope to really get moving on this but the weather in Pennsylvania has been horrible with only 14 dry days since March!
First thing we did was take the 1987 Johnson 18hp to our local marine mechanic for a good once over. All it needs is a card rebuild due to the wonderful ethanol crap they put in gas nowadays. While that is out we started by sanding and grinding any area that had missing or loose paint to take it back to aluminum. We then spot primed those areas of bare metal but left any good paint alone. Before final painting the entire boat will get a lite sanding to even out all of the surfaces.
We also removed the wood, if you could call it that, at the transom and replaced it with double thickness marine grade ply that will get glassed to seal it up. We also used all new stainless hardware when we replaced the transom so we wouldn't have to get out the grinder again if we ever had to replace it.
The bow originally had a storage area that the previous owner turned into a seat that will be put back to a storage area. There is also a mystery hole on the stern that will be used as a port for the bilge pump instead of trying to patch the 1.5" hole. I figure might as well use the hole that is already there instead of cutting a new one.
Temporary battery operated nav lights will be replaced with permanent ones and 2 lights will lbe added at the bow for nightime running.
port by dallas10c, on Flickr
to stern bfore by dallas10c, on Flickr
to bow by dallas10c, on Flickr
stern by dallas10c, on Flickr
Transom Out
wood removed by dallas10c, on Flickr
Some of these rusted screw were a joy to get out.
transom removed by dallas10c, on Flickr
Original transom
old transom wood by dallas10c, on Flickr
New transom...still have 1 bolt to go.
new transom by dallas10c, on Flickr
I'll post more as it gets done. Hope to really get moving on this but the weather in Pennsylvania has been horrible with only 14 dry days since March!