78 Glasstron Restoration-help

[tehtehpink]

This Is Probably The First Girl You've Had On Here, But I Like This Kinda Stuff. I Bought A Glasstron From My Parents About A Year Ago, Ready To Restore It. I Have Read Almost Every Post On Here About Restoration, But I Still Have Some Questions? So Far I Have Ripped Out The Carpet & The Plastic Sheathing??? What Is That? Next I Had A Friend Check The Motor, Its A Johnson, 150 Hp, He Had It Running, But???? On That. My Concern Is The Boat Itself. I Started To Rip Out The Floor, I Wanna Replace It, Regardless, So Checking The Stringers???? Drill A Hole To See If They Are Wet Inside???? Next Checking The Transom, How Dio I Do This? I Have Pics, But Im Not Sure How To Post Them On Here??? Thanks For Any Help I Can Get!!!!!!!

 

[oops!]

Re: 78 Glasstron Restoration-help

hi....welcome to i boats.!

this is the place for you.

to post pics......look at this.

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=285637

for the transom core sample........use a peice of tape as a depth gauge on the drill bit and do the same as the stringer.

read the compleated projects forum.
also read jerscas picx of work so far......thats a good glastron resto.

all other info is in the hull extension thread.

cheers
oops

 

[jcsercsa]

Re: 78 Glasstron Restoration-help

Welcome Aboard !! glad to have yea here !!

Its really not all that hard to do , It just takes time and a little bite of money, Ok well a lot of money !! lol

Ooops ways close my thread is , pic of work so far !! jcsercsa lol

The completed project forum is also some good reading !!

If you can use a saw and have done some dry walling then you can do this !!

just take your time and ask lots of question , were all here to help all we can !!

post you pics in a place like photobucket, when you up load them do it 640 x 480 that way they fit the page here , after you have then up loaded there just put your curser on the pic and a box will appear below the pic and right click the IMG one and the post it in your thread !!!

Ok we will be looking for yea , and again welcome aboard !! John

 

[tehtehpink]

Re: 78 Glasstron Restoration-help

hey thanks for the info. havent had a chance to get on here since june, but had boat inspected today & good for the title & registration (ohio). so here are some pics, i did check out some of the other posts you recommended & ps, i checked the stringers. with the exception of some watery sponge stuff, everything under there was in great condition. here are some pics i took

 

[tehtehpink]

Re: 78 Glasstron Restoration-help

sorry here are the pics

 

[Les Robb]

Re: 78 Glasstron Restoration-help

My 77 Glastron appears to be built identical to yours except for the soft wet stuff (foam flotation). Is yours in long 2" x 4 " logs, or poured in. If its poured in you'll probably have to remove it. Anyway the half circle well at the transom is a drain for the rest of your boat. If you clean it out, you'll find two or three holes leading back into the boat and one thru the transom. Keep the bow up as far as it will go on trailer and it may eventually dry out. (under shelter of course. Hard to tell from pic but it looks like you have the same non skid vinyl floor covering I do and the that's factory original. Depending on the size of boat you should be able to take out deck in sections being carefull not to cut through cross braces. My boat 15' 6" and one 4x8 sheet will cover almost all of deck but with motor I'd guess yours must be longer. Those foam logs allow the water to drain toward the stern and are less likely to absorb water unless totally submerged. I'm in the process of chasing vinyl samples and flooring and if you keep your original colors will be happy to let you know source as our colors look identical in pic's.

Good luck

 

[Dustin0330]

Re: 78 Glasstron Restoration-help

classicglastron.com has some very good info on there site.

 

[redfury]

Re: 78 Glasstron Restoration-help

More glastron fun! I've been slowly working on my Glastron over the last few years. I just got the transom glued in.

Glastron built most of their boats in this era pretty similarily. They used Fir for the stringers and then held them in place essentially with a wrap of fiberglass over the top of them. What they didn't do is seal them in completely. There were voids underneath the floor bracing that never got glass, and that's where a lot of the wood got into the stringers ( as well as the staples they used to secure the deck to the boat ). They used long foam 2x4's for flotation foam all over the place. If you got moisture and rot, you've got water filled foam logs in there now. They have to go-you will never dry them out. You don't want them anyway, even if they dried out, they'd just suck up water all over again.

The transom has a good chance of being made out of redwood plywood. Glastron made them thick! Yours will be 1 3/4th inch to 2 inches thick. Get your drill with a 3/8ths drill bit ( or similar ) and wrap tape about an inch or so up the drill bit. Drill some holes along the lowest part of the transom and see what the wood shavings come out as. If they are dry and clean, then you are good to go. If they are wet, or wet and black, then the transom should be replaced if you plan to keep the boat long term.

The deck covering is marine vinyl as was mine. Not necessary to replace with vinyl again, you can use a variety of different coverings to suit your needs. The consensus here is that carpet holds moisture and dirt. If you use or want to use carpet, take that into consideration. You have the chance to design your boat for maximum enjoyment...on the lake and more importantly, off the lake when you have to clean and store it.

Planning is the most important step. Plan everything out for 20-30 years and work that plan! ( not working on the boat that long, but for your work to last that long! ) Nobody wants to redo this stuff to the same boat again!