During the summer of 1985, I got my first boat. I found it washed up on the shore. It was half on the rocks and half in the bushes. If it was any other boat, I would have figured that it got loose during a fall storm, washed up at our place and spent the winter there, but it was already in sad...
Hi everyone, I'm currently working on restoring my family's 1961 MFG Westfield. Our original steering wheel was "upgraded" by the people that used to store our boat for us and we've been missing the original steering wheel ever since. I'm having a tough time finding replacement one, so I'm...
Does anyone know where I can get an original steering wheel for a 1961 Westfield? The place where we were storing ours suprised us by installing a newer steering wheel years ago and we'd much rather have the original one again. I think they were made by DetMar. I bought parts today off of a 1963...
Re: New here - 1961? MFG owner
Thanks to everyone with their help so far. Before saying goodbye to the boat for the winter, I did manage to look a bit more for an info plate. The closest I can find is this metal plate near the motor. I also found out a bit more from my mom about the purchase of...
Hey everyone! I found this forum a few days ago and I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Sadie and I'm into classic boats and cars. I first got interested in boats as a kid when we had a wooden 1940s Peterborough utility boat wash up on the shore of our cottage. We never could figure out who...
