I've been looking at an old boat that a guy nearby has for sale, a '62 Glaspar Tacoma. A web search doesn't turn up very much on this model but from what I see, it's almost identical to an Avalon?
The boat had a new deck professionally done two years ago, I know the current owner paid over $2,000 for that job at a local boat works. The transom is somewhat sound but will need to be done soon. Its holding the 25hp Mercury on it just fine but the upper corners are soft where the tie down eyes are. It's a curved transom as well so I'd guess its a candidate for a poured composite transom?
The motor is old but it was completely overhauled by a Mercury dealer and he's got reciepts for over $1800 for that job just last May. It's also got two new seats and pedestals which are anchored to stainless studded plates beneath the new deck. The seats are nothing more than two fold down Todd "Big Man" seats in all white. He also replaced the windshield last spring, the receipt for the new windshield, gasket, and hardware says he paid $388 for the new windshield, then another $210 to have it installed at the marina.
The boat also had a pretty nasty repair done on the lower hull, which was the reason for the new deck. The trailer lost a roller bracket and the 1" square bracket punched a hole in the lower hull about a foot from the transom, about 4" inboard of the outer chine. They used some sort of fiber mat and epoxy to make the repair, then painted the whole lower hull with Petit Easypoxy in white. The top of the hull still needs to be repainted as it's all checked and cracked looking. It's got about 10 coats of old paint on it now. Its also got cable and pulley steering, it works but it's old and stiff.
Anyway, to the point, what is this boat worth? He's got over $4500 in the boat in the last year, but it needs another $3,000 in the transom, steering, and upper paint. He got a quote of $2750 to do the transom and to paint the upper part of the boat. He got the few quotes, that was the cheapest.
He bought a new boat last month and seems to have lost interest in this boat. I like the boat and have fished in that boat for 30 or more years, it was his dad's originally, and it's been stored indoors since new. On top of what ever I pay for the boat, plus the $3000 I need to put out in repairs, I'd be looking to replace the trailer as its sort of due and being a painted trailer, it wouldn't last long if I launched it often in saltwater. I figure another $2600 for a new trailer. I priced a few newer boats, everything is way out of reach price wise, and I don't see me fishing much in his new boat as it's too big to get into the places I like to fish. This boat does just fine. I priced several 16' boats with 25hp motors and trailers and nothing is under $10K, not even a tiller steer model. Anything glass was well over $16K for the most basic of boats. I like the closed bow and small outboard, I could find nothing even similar in a fiberglass boat new. Being that I venture out into bigger water from time to time, weather permitting, the boat needs to be a closed bow model.
What would be a fair price to offer for it? He pretty much handed me all the receipts and asked me to make an offer if I want it.
The boat had a new deck professionally done two years ago, I know the current owner paid over $2,000 for that job at a local boat works. The transom is somewhat sound but will need to be done soon. Its holding the 25hp Mercury on it just fine but the upper corners are soft where the tie down eyes are. It's a curved transom as well so I'd guess its a candidate for a poured composite transom?
The motor is old but it was completely overhauled by a Mercury dealer and he's got reciepts for over $1800 for that job just last May. It's also got two new seats and pedestals which are anchored to stainless studded plates beneath the new deck. The seats are nothing more than two fold down Todd "Big Man" seats in all white. He also replaced the windshield last spring, the receipt for the new windshield, gasket, and hardware says he paid $388 for the new windshield, then another $210 to have it installed at the marina.
The boat also had a pretty nasty repair done on the lower hull, which was the reason for the new deck. The trailer lost a roller bracket and the 1" square bracket punched a hole in the lower hull about a foot from the transom, about 4" inboard of the outer chine. They used some sort of fiber mat and epoxy to make the repair, then painted the whole lower hull with Petit Easypoxy in white. The top of the hull still needs to be repainted as it's all checked and cracked looking. It's got about 10 coats of old paint on it now. Its also got cable and pulley steering, it works but it's old and stiff.
Anyway, to the point, what is this boat worth? He's got over $4500 in the boat in the last year, but it needs another $3,000 in the transom, steering, and upper paint. He got a quote of $2750 to do the transom and to paint the upper part of the boat. He got the few quotes, that was the cheapest.
He bought a new boat last month and seems to have lost interest in this boat. I like the boat and have fished in that boat for 30 or more years, it was his dad's originally, and it's been stored indoors since new. On top of what ever I pay for the boat, plus the $3000 I need to put out in repairs, I'd be looking to replace the trailer as its sort of due and being a painted trailer, it wouldn't last long if I launched it often in saltwater. I figure another $2600 for a new trailer. I priced a few newer boats, everything is way out of reach price wise, and I don't see me fishing much in his new boat as it's too big to get into the places I like to fish. This boat does just fine. I priced several 16' boats with 25hp motors and trailers and nothing is under $10K, not even a tiller steer model. Anything glass was well over $16K for the most basic of boats. I like the closed bow and small outboard, I could find nothing even similar in a fiberglass boat new. Being that I venture out into bigger water from time to time, weather permitting, the boat needs to be a closed bow model.
What would be a fair price to offer for it? He pretty much handed me all the receipts and asked me to make an offer if I want it.
