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I recently picked up a 1960's glasspar marathon 14 foot runabout. The seller claimed the motor was a 25hp Chrysler. Well after poking around the motor i can't find a date or ID tag. These boats came factory with a 35hp Chrysler so that is what i believe the motor is.
Anyways I hooked the...
Picked up a 14 foot Glasspar boat. It is very complete and needs minimal work. Wonder where the vin number/ ID plate is supposed to be. Of course i got the boat with no info. I have the stickers still on it with NH registration numbers from 2006.
Looking at the pictures online it looks to...
I am going to start by saying this is going to be a quick and dirty rebuild. My goal is to have the boat in the water by the end of the month. The transom was redone a while back and could use a rebuild but I am going to hold off for now.
The plan is replace the floor, Paint the hull...