Does this look like a '64 MFG?

[Jon Sob]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

So Ed ..... are you saying that the floor wouldn't be attched to the stringers?

 

[*EdC*]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

So Ed ..... are you saying that the floor wouldn't be attched to the stringers?

Yup!

You can just let them lay in there. Or better yet, maybe add some heavy duty Velcro !

 

[Jon Sob]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

The only problem is that I have back to back seats that need to be mounted.

 

[*EdC*]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

The only problem is that I have back to back seats that need to be mounted.

Humm.. Gota think on that. BTW, I did a little reasearch on your boat, and I believe it's older than a '64. I don't see a Corry listed in the '64 catalog,.However I do see it in the '63

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

I always thought the carefree was a smaller version of the Niagara... I have owned my '64 Niagara for almost twenty years now, and I am sure it is a '64. However, the ribs you mention and show in the photos completely do not exist on my '64. Thoughts?

I *have* seen some late 50s MFGs which had a 'glass hull and wood decks but had some ribs which I always have assumed were wood. Could this be from the fifties?

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

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Love that steering wheel...

 

[*EdC*]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

Jon,
Had another look at my literature... The only "Corry" I could find was in the 1960 catalog. In catalogs '61, '62 and '63, they list them as Carefree(s)

 

[Jon Sob]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

The only thing that I can find on my boat was a link sent to me and it is titled The fast, frisky "big-13's" and it shows a very grainy picture of my boat. Here it is: http://www.fiberglassics.com/wiki/images/4/47/Mfgb60005.jpg

The bill of sale from when the PO had purchased it in '84 said: " '64 MFG fiberglass boat" and that was it.

Ed .... where did you see that in the catalog?

 

[Jon Sob]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

In that link the top boat is mine and has the same design on the top of the bow including the light and cleats. It says it is a Corry Carefree but doesn't give the year.

 

[*EdC*]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

That catalog is from 1960. I have one. I'll try to take a photo an post it here.

 

[*EdC*]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

Here ya go......

 

[Jon Sob]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

Wow ..... that's cool that you have one. I think that is the same one in the link I have but yours is a lot clearer. That is a pic of the Suburban .... is there a pic of the Carefree? Is there a way to photocopy it and send a copy to me I will gladly pay you for it.

 

[*EdC*]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

Gimmie a day or two, I'll see what I can do. I just packed them all away

 

[Jon Sob]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

Ok ...... thanks Ed

 

[*EdC*]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

Jon

Check your PM inbox......

 

[Jon Sob]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

Hey ED ..... you said that was a 1960 catalog so that means my boat is not a '64 like the bill of sale stated.

 

[*EdC*]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

Hey ED ..... you said that was a 1960 catalog so that means my boat is not a '64 like the bill of sale stated.

Well Jon,

It's the only catalog I could find that says "Corry" in it. Catalogs.. '61,'62,and '63 list them only as a Carefree. Hope that helps!

http://forums.fiberglassics.com/mfg/60s.htm

 

[Jon Sob]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

My boat is pictured in that catalog and I have not been able to find another photo anywhere else. I can't wait to see that catalog. Thank You!!!!

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

Hey ED ..... you said that was a 1960 catalog so that means my boat is not a '64 like the bill of sale stated.

That happens. My '64 Niagara was sold to me as a '73 somewhere around 1993ish. I thought it odd when trying to get parts for the motor that the serial #s came back to a '64 Johnson. By late 90s with the internet in full blossom I was able to prove that I had a 1964 MFG Niagara. The trailer also traced back to a 1964 Sea King... Everything was likely bought through Montgomery Ward as a package of all three: boat, motor, trailer.

Sometimes people just guess.............

 

[Jon Sob]

Re: Does this look like a '64 MFG?

That is crazy .... I guess I just thought that boats were like cars and as they are registered a record would follow the boat but I guess that's not how it works.