RAMROD
Well-known member
Hello All!
I read this site for about a week and the bug bite me!
Went looking around and the timing was right, found a classic 1958 Resorter on Houston craigslist. Me and the wife went to take a look at it and she likes it just as much as I do. We both love the lines/curves. There are a few spot welds on the bottom around what I take were some leaking rivets other than that it is in great shape and I was able to talk him down to $700 so off to the house we went to drop the new old lady off and then headed back out to the TPWD and done title transfer and registration for the 12' jon (the boat that got me looking at this site) as well as for the Resorter and 1958 Evenrude, $201.50 and a few signatures later and bam they officially belong to me!
Let me begin by saying this is going to be a long project so don’t expect daily or even weekly progress reports, I am definitely not boat poor around here so there will be no rush on this. I want this thing to look like it came off the show room floor in 1958 when I am done. Doesn’t mean it will but that is what I want.
Was told the motor was a 1958 30 hp, and the title says this also but the front of the motor says in faded out cursive big twin thirty five which is ok by me as could find anything online about a 58 model 30hp, I am thinking it was titled as a 30 due to the fact of that being the boat's max hp rating. Look around on the motor but was unable to find the serial# to match it with the title. I will have to research the web to find where to locate this number. The motor will not swivel talked to the owner that had it before the one I bought it from and he told me it was always like that. He said he would heat the shaft a little and pump some grease in and it would free up. He also told me it has set up for about 5 year but was used weekly previously to that the bad news to that is it was in salt water. Sure hope he flushed good! He also told me he still has the original pump tank and could come pick it up and that he had put in a new tank and fuel pump to replace the pressure tank said it worked great not sure will see. Either way the motor will be on the back burner. I will pull it off and in the shed it goes for now.
The boat is in great shape! At least that’s my opinion. Really didn't get to really look it over like I would have liked when I made it back home from the TPWD as I need to finish the wife’s jon boat trailer and get it water ready first. Well like I said above no rush. The steering wheel just by looking at the pictures tonight looks wood! I hope so and that it is in good shape as it will look awesome cleaned, sanded, and varnished up! The cowling/cap over the bow is fiberglass but looks to be in great shape!
Things I will need help/research how to do or have done at least what is on the top of my head at the moment;
This little girl had a windshield at one time and will again, either real glass or Plexiglas that I learn to heat and shape to what I need.
Look for someone to CNC the Resorter logo to replace the broken ones on the stern.
As for plans I have plenty! But as we all know plans have a tendency to change....a lot, so we will just see where it takes up.
OK according to what I have read here is what everyone is really waiting on...........pictures!
Enjoy.......and the journey begins.
I read this site for about a week and the bug bite me!
Went looking around and the timing was right, found a classic 1958 Resorter on Houston craigslist. Me and the wife went to take a look at it and she likes it just as much as I do. We both love the lines/curves. There are a few spot welds on the bottom around what I take were some leaking rivets other than that it is in great shape and I was able to talk him down to $700 so off to the house we went to drop the new old lady off and then headed back out to the TPWD and done title transfer and registration for the 12' jon (the boat that got me looking at this site) as well as for the Resorter and 1958 Evenrude, $201.50 and a few signatures later and bam they officially belong to me!
Let me begin by saying this is going to be a long project so don’t expect daily or even weekly progress reports, I am definitely not boat poor around here so there will be no rush on this. I want this thing to look like it came off the show room floor in 1958 when I am done. Doesn’t mean it will but that is what I want.
Was told the motor was a 1958 30 hp, and the title says this also but the front of the motor says in faded out cursive big twin thirty five which is ok by me as could find anything online about a 58 model 30hp, I am thinking it was titled as a 30 due to the fact of that being the boat's max hp rating. Look around on the motor but was unable to find the serial# to match it with the title. I will have to research the web to find where to locate this number. The motor will not swivel talked to the owner that had it before the one I bought it from and he told me it was always like that. He said he would heat the shaft a little and pump some grease in and it would free up. He also told me it has set up for about 5 year but was used weekly previously to that the bad news to that is it was in salt water. Sure hope he flushed good! He also told me he still has the original pump tank and could come pick it up and that he had put in a new tank and fuel pump to replace the pressure tank said it worked great not sure will see. Either way the motor will be on the back burner. I will pull it off and in the shed it goes for now.
The boat is in great shape! At least that’s my opinion. Really didn't get to really look it over like I would have liked when I made it back home from the TPWD as I need to finish the wife’s jon boat trailer and get it water ready first. Well like I said above no rush. The steering wheel just by looking at the pictures tonight looks wood! I hope so and that it is in good shape as it will look awesome cleaned, sanded, and varnished up! The cowling/cap over the bow is fiberglass but looks to be in great shape!
Things I will need help/research how to do or have done at least what is on the top of my head at the moment;
This little girl had a windshield at one time and will again, either real glass or Plexiglas that I learn to heat and shape to what I need.
Look for someone to CNC the Resorter logo to replace the broken ones on the stern.
As for plans I have plenty! But as we all know plans have a tendency to change....a lot, so we will just see where it takes up.
OK according to what I have read here is what everyone is really waiting on...........pictures!
Enjoy.......and the journey begins.
I'm actually thinking about putting an older style two piece windshield on mine, like you see on chriscrafts. I've gotten busy at work and my weekends have somehow gotten taken up, so not much progress to show on mine. Hopefully soon I'll do some interior work, I've pretty much gotten the bow cap repaired, but I'm not going to paint the topside until last so it won't get scuffed while doing the interior. I look forward to the tear down and rebuild pictures of yours.
