reelfishin
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Came across another one today, a brand that's new to me altogether.
It's a 1961 Speed Queen by Glastex. It was in storage for the past 28 years.
The former owner had begun to replace the floors, but took ill and never finished.
I actually bought it for it's motor, a pretty clean mid 70's Evinrude and had figured that hull would be scrap, but after a good look, it's not bad at all. The hull is in near perfect shape, the transom is rock solid and dry, and it appears that they built these without any wood? The transom looks to be laminated glass, the floor was glass with a wood core, but the stringers are all glass, sort of tubes formed out of heavy glass mat. It's really light, even for a 16' boat. Two guys can easily carry this boat. I'd guess it to be well under 400lbs total bare.
The steering is cable and pulley, it appears to have had wooden slat type seats. The rub rail is solid aluminum with no rubber insert. There is no flotation at all.
It came to me with an original 1961 FL title, so I would guess that it was a one owner boat.
It needs a new floor panel, which is less than a full sheet of plywood or glass, modern steering and a good buffing to bring back the shine a bit better.
Anyone have an experience with this brand? Info seems scarce for the 1960 to '61 models. fiberglassics shows 1959 and 1962, but nothing that matches mine exactly.
I really wasn't looking for another boat but I'll have to give this one some consideration. It's nice enough to be a really nice boat again.
Here's a few quick pics:
http://i37.tinypic.com/vxp8xt.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/wlvuon.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/r2jeyw.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/o93ig9.jpg
It's a 1961 Speed Queen by Glastex. It was in storage for the past 28 years.
The former owner had begun to replace the floors, but took ill and never finished.
I actually bought it for it's motor, a pretty clean mid 70's Evinrude and had figured that hull would be scrap, but after a good look, it's not bad at all. The hull is in near perfect shape, the transom is rock solid and dry, and it appears that they built these without any wood? The transom looks to be laminated glass, the floor was glass with a wood core, but the stringers are all glass, sort of tubes formed out of heavy glass mat. It's really light, even for a 16' boat. Two guys can easily carry this boat. I'd guess it to be well under 400lbs total bare.
The steering is cable and pulley, it appears to have had wooden slat type seats. The rub rail is solid aluminum with no rubber insert. There is no flotation at all.
It came to me with an original 1961 FL title, so I would guess that it was a one owner boat.
It needs a new floor panel, which is less than a full sheet of plywood or glass, modern steering and a good buffing to bring back the shine a bit better.
Anyone have an experience with this brand? Info seems scarce for the 1960 to '61 models. fiberglassics shows 1959 and 1962, but nothing that matches mine exactly.
I really wasn't looking for another boat but I'll have to give this one some consideration. It's nice enough to be a really nice boat again.
Here's a few quick pics:
http://i37.tinypic.com/vxp8xt.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/wlvuon.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/r2jeyw.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/o93ig9.jpg