andrew j cox
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2015
- Messages
- 149
I have had this little boat squirrelled away for a while, I have been active on it now for a while, im currently wheel chair bound while I’m waiting on a new leg which is taking forever so I’m doing what I can from the chair, the exterior of the hull is nearing completion, the floor inside needs doing I can’t quiet get to it but I’ll recruit a family member to jump in with the grinder and cut the floor out, it’s a small floor with no fancy curves to worry about, it’s a small boat at 15.6 feet, it’s not a fishing boat really, what we used to call a Fish/Ski combination, the hull has lots of chromed brass fittings with my yellow top on bright gloss white hull it will look a treat, engine is a 1981 OMC Johnson 70, motor looks ok looks to have been rebuilt sometime, I tried to turn it over a while ago seemed to have no spark not that i delved into it deeply, that’s coming soon, I need to get the floor finished, then I’m going to pump the underfloor cavity full of polyurethane foam, I have back to back seats I’ll get covered in white and yellow carpets will finish the interior, period OMC factory instruments, no radios no nothing all un needed holes will be filled, I restored the original Canadian made steering wheel, once I find a curved screen I’ll have green tinted perspex fitted, an old style screen mounted canopy in yellow n white vinyl will go on, i need to sort the Nav lights out, cant find suitable ones that will suit the hull at the moment I’m looking at chromed lights that will recess into the sides of the hull, the centre line of the foredeck is raised and is cluttered with bollards and bow handle, all of which including the rear chromed caps that cover the deck hull join are being replated, I do have another motor which is a 1968 Red Band Merc 125, Im retroing it to look like a 62 White Merc 6, a new trailer will finish the job,
Im an intending to star a social club for owners of old classic glass boats locally, kind of try and introduce show n shine for classic boats as you do with old cars, it will look as good on the water as it will the water, I do love the Caribbean’s my aim in life or what’s left of it now is to gather up a few more old Caribbean’s and restore them. Gotta love pastel colours on old boats, next will be pastel green. Aussie fellas if you know of Caribbean’s needing another chance at life let me know.
Im an intending to star a social club for owners of old classic glass boats locally, kind of try and introduce show n shine for classic boats as you do with old cars, it will look as good on the water as it will the water, I do love the Caribbean’s my aim in life or what’s left of it now is to gather up a few more old Caribbean’s and restore them. Gotta love pastel colours on old boats, next will be pastel green. Aussie fellas if you know of Caribbean’s needing another chance at life let me know.