My 1970 Glastron restoration project boat.

[snowboard7punk]

im working on a 1974 Rinker and I've cleaned it up for the most part but still needs work i like the vinyl floor where did you get it from and how hard is it to work with ? I have pictures on my facebook and could use some advice and help with seats and what I should keep and trash

[91yotapick]

Why did u use the 70 hp evinrude instead of the v4 Johnson that was on there?

[charlos23]

Awesome Job!!! I just purchased a boat in fair condition and i have tons of questions! I was wondering if you could help me out with a few of em'?

[headstrong440]

@charlos23 i too am fixing up a boat right now, what are your questions???

[bbunch05]

Great job! I'm going to restore my '80 Forrester this summer...I hope I can do as good a job as you did. Well done.

[highvelocity123]

That's a perfect restoation for that boat.... The boat is nice but it's not like restoring something that will be a collectors item... It's nice small boat...I like it.

[Formula4001972]

@gwad1961, I can somewhat understand why he didn't want to replace the transom in his boat, I own the exact same boat but with a '74 Merc1500 on it and if you've ever seen the transom up close in one of these boats it requires separating the deck from the hull to replace the transom. Which I'm going to have to do to mine soon, not looking forward to that!

[gwad1961]

@Formula4001972 I can understand that, for I had to do the samething to my powercat, I had to seperate halves, but I chose to go so far up then split it that way. I have pics of it if you care to see them.

[tritty84]

Try grinding out all the timber in the floor, thats patience and elbow grease.

[missinglink66]

First of all I want to say that you did an excellent job. It looks really good. But why take shortcuts? I am getting ready to restore a 1968 Powercat 15T and I personally would not take the shortcuts that you took. Not to sound bad its just that I dont understand why? If one is going to do something like this why not do it right?

[kwaky2005]

@missinglink66 Exact;u what shortcuts are you talking about? Assuming the core hull was solid...interesting comment. Love the boat it would be funny to watch it with a 300hp motor piddling past a big block jet boat

[gwad1961]

@kwaky2005, I was the one that replied under the missinglink66 name. The shortcuts I was refering to was as you can see in the video he states the transom was soft, so instead of replacing the transom he simply epoxied over the seam, thus leaving the wet soft wood to continue to rot. Instead of replacing the floor which was probably soft as well he simply covered it up with more wood. Thus adding more weight. The boat looks really good I will say. Excellent job mind you.

[littlejohn2458]

WOW Excellent job man! how lond did this restore take you?

[isdesdilema]

absolutely beautiful man.. i am just about 2 buy an exact boat like this.. i love this boat

[cachemasterT]

Very nice job. That thing looks like new.

[SteveJCA]

I have the exact same boat, v170, and my boat looks worse than yours before you began. I put a force 125hp motor about 15 years ago, so mechanically its ok, but boy it could use the tender lovin care you put into yours, bravo, you are an inspiration to me. She's a beauty!

[thatsspicy]

hey im planning on doing the same thing to the same kind of boat and i was wondering..how much did this all cost you?

[DirtJumperMogo]

lookin good man!