59 Arkansas Traveler - glass

[rheine]

1959 Arkansas Traveler, 59 Johnson 35.

OK, just dragged it home for my fall project.

The sprinkler system graced the boat this morning. The blue top is actually chalky.

Motor has been rebuilt top and bottom. The glass is very sound and the transom is solid as a rock. I had to drive quite a ways to pick it up and when I pulled in I noticed the lack of a windsheild.

Couple of questions:
What is a good source for the windsheild?
Did these boats have a floor or side panels?
Does anyone have interior pictures?


R

 

[rheine]

Re: 59 Arkansas Traveler - glass

More Pictures

Note the kill button added later in life.

Best part of the boat right now.

That's it. More later when get started.

R

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 59 Arkansas Traveler - glass

Welcome to iBoats!
SWEET Boat! Very Similar to my 1960 Lonestar Flamingo. I love the OLD Classic Lines of these boats.
Winshields are hard to come by but...

You can make your own windshield
http://www.glen-l.com/weblettr/webletters-5/wl43-windshield1.html

This guy has some interior pics

http://austin.craigslist.org/boa/1848390958.html

Here's some old adds

Good luck with your project
http://forums.iboats.com/wiki/images/8/8d/Arktrava59001.jpg

 

[rheine]

Re: 59 Arkansas Traveler - glass

Thnaks for the info. Yes, I can probably do a windsheild. I really like the lapstrake look on the ad but mine is smooth and it's all glass. My Traveler is the 'lil 14er. I am going to pull some serials and post.

BTW, I think the seats were bench with a step through for the front. I just haven't figured out if they were unpholstered or cushioned.

R

 

[bowtie2440]

Re: 59 Arkansas Traveler - glass

Nice looking lil boat . I've always like the little ones from the late 50's through the late 60's . Good luck with it I'll stop in to check out how your making out.

 

[tmcalavy]

Re: 59 Arkansas Traveler - glass

Floors were optional, generally no inside side panels. Nice rig...as noted, you can make/add a windshield out of lexan or other materials. Keep the pix coming as you go a long.

 

[rheine]

Finally got a boat house to work out of. Moving project there.

Got some white on.

Decided to bottom out in red.

 

[mercurymang]

Dang. Now that's what I call a hiatus. Nice lookin' boat.

 

[rheine]

Rolling out to inspect. The AT is the Taurus SE of boats; zero frills.
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Ready for the topside. The error here was not doing the inside paint before anything.

Just waiting for a little cooler weather.

 

[rheine]

Here is what we are aiming for.

 

[mercurymang]

Your pics aren't showing up.

 

[rheine]

Strange, I can see them in FF but not IE. I will work on that tonight.

R

 

[rheine]

Big difference. What you don't see is the frustration of a couple of pock areas that would not go away. I was finally able to seal them with enamel and continue. This is three coats of EZPOXY.

 

[rheine]

Checking out the shiny stuff. The chrome came back to life with some wire wheel treatment. I am doing a black speckle over gray to the inside right now.

And while waiting for paint to dry I starting cutting seat back boards.

 

[mercurymang]

Could you describe you method for applying the easypoxy? I'm think of using some of that on my bow section.

 

[rheine]

Yep, rub rail time. I left it out in the 95 degree sun until it got real supple. Stretched like a weak rubber band. I still had to wrestle with the insert of course but the rail went on easy. .

Painting Question Answer: I used the famous HF gravity gun. When I first started with the white I was doing roll and tip and it was with mixed results. The proper ratio of thinner is essential. I had several challenges. It was hot out, the surface had a lot of vertical and I was a newb with these paints. I know with practice better results would've come. With a lot of thinner and the vertical it was hard getting just the right mix to flow and prevent sagging.


Thus, gravity spray. What everyone says is right, it's all in the surface prep. After mixing and straining I used a smaller cup and nozzle. Since it was going on light I made a couple of solid passes until it sheened over, flowed. From this I could move up the spray volume a little and get it down with two quick passes. I did not put the paint on thick. I wanted a three coat process so I could knock down my inevitable orange peel patches. The third coat was thinned pretty heavy and it glassed up right away. If you stood back 8 feet you would say it looked pretty good.

Btw, EZPOXY is not a hull paint and they advise against its use for moored boats but OK on the hull for trailered boats.

R

 

[rheine]

Lil peek at the Tee Nee trailer it came with. Isn't she pretty. All ready for a sand storm. This one is really basic, no tilt or rear bottom rollers. I am going to stray somewhat from resto on this. I think I missed the fancier fenders by one year anyway. Only part not in the picture besides rubber is the full length tongue with those wily built-in rollers.

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[mercurymang]

Yep, rub rail time. I left it out in the 95 degree sun until it got real supple. Stretched like a weak rubber band. I still had to wrestle with the insert of course but the rail went on easy. .

I used the famous HF gravity gun. When I first started with the white I was doing roll and tip and it was with mixed results. The proper ratio of thinner is essential. I had several challenges. It was hot out, the surface had a lot of vertical and I was a newb with these paints. I know with practice better results would've come. With a lot of thinner and the vertical it was hard getting just the right mix to flow and prevent sagging.



Thus, gravity spray. What everyone says is right, it's all in the prep. After mixing and straining I used a smaller cup and nozzle. Since it was going on light I made a couple of solid passes until it sheened over, flowed. From this I could move up the spray volume a little and get it down with two quick passes. I did not put the paint on thick. I wanted a three coat process so I could knock down my inevitable orange peel patches. The third coat was thinned pretty heavy and it glassed up right away. If you stood back 8 feet you would say it looked pretty good.

Btw, EZPOXY is not really hull paint and they advise against its use for moored boats but OK for trailered boats.

R

Thanks for the step by step.

 

[rheine]

More detail. Even the little stuff gets some attention. Did the front housing last night.

It's almost that time again. You know, crawling in and out of the boat over and over.

 

[rheine]

Ok, been a while. I have been all over the country chasing down my favorite tri-hulls, 60's era OMC / Johnson / Evinrude. Now I have a fleet going so I got that itch taken care of. Most hardware is back on.

Trailer is ready too, I will get some pics of that tomorrow. I found a sand blaster out in the country that does things right.