My 1986 Glasstream restoration
Thanks to everyone here for all the advice on my boat restoration. Here are a few pics of the before and after results:
The Before: I bought this boat fairly inexpensively. I had been looking for 3 to 4 months for a small bass boat (my first). I found this one local to our lake. Here were the original ad pictures. On inspection, the floors were soft, the gel badly oxidized, carpet oily and greasy....But solid transom. And nearly new motor.
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So, I got it home and started to rip out the carpet. As I suspected, rotted floors, but thankfully the stringers and foam were dry and perfect. Thank goodness for good drainage:
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The casting deck was also delaminating w/ water damage:
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So, first order of business was to cut out the rotten floor, re-install new wood and glass it in. Here's the new floor under the driver's console:
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Here's the new casting deck built. Used 11-ply marine plywood, epoxied AND glassed.
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Removed all the lids and began removing carpet. Lots of scraping and Acetone. Here's the result:
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The gel was BADLY oxidized so I did a complete wet sand (1000, 1500, 2000 grit), oxidizer remover (Mequire's) and 3M's Finish-IT followed by heavy Carnuba.
The BEFORE:
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The AFTER in various stages:
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Used my vibrating bullet polisher to polish all the hardware:
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The windshield was badly scratched and dirty. Used my Pinball refinishing kit to polish back into shape. Before and After:
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The battery compartment was a mess. So, I rewired it and the rest of the boat. I installed a 3bank charger, master cut-off and thermal protection on the trolling motor. Before and After:
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The Pedestal seats were coming apart but I wanted to save them 'cause they had the original logo on them. I don't really have any after pictures, but I was able to re-secure the loose stitching. Before:
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The gas tank was grimey all the way 'round. Used Bleechwhite Automotive cleaner to bring back to new:
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And finally, recarpeted, put in a new trolling motor plug, and put all the hardware back on. YES, I KNOW I have some pucker in the rod storage locker and it drove me crazy. Since the pics I have cut them open and re-glued them and they look good as new. Also, the driver/passenger seats are just sitting in place and not yet secured:
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Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (robertmee)
Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (robertmee)
Great Job! I like the before and after pics of the wet sanding http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif
Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (Tom in Stl)
Thanks for the praise! It was definitely more work and more money than I anticipated and my hat's off to those who do this for a living or have done more than one. Next time, I think I'll buy new http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/smile.gif
I still have a couple of little things to attend to...I want to install a fuse block so that each device is individually fused. The boat had one master fuse. When the bilge pump locked up on the previous owner, it MELTED the DC common wire all throughout the boat casue he had a 30A fuse on it. After replacing all that, I don't want something like that to happen again.
I also need to find a way to mount the front seats. It looks like there was some previous hardware that is missing now as there are two screw holes on the vertical edge of each seat cavity. I think probably a bracket or hinge used to be here. My thoughts are that I'm going to install some stainless hinges with a piece of marine ply and mount the seats to that. That way I can flip it up, mount the bolts from underneath the ply(the bottom of the fiberglass is inacessible where the seats sit) to the seat and flip it back down. I think the hinge would be plenty to keep it in place. It only needs to really keep it from shifting around.
Lastly, I need to find a used GPS/Sonar unit to mount at the console. The boat had an old humminbird 60 flasher that didn't work. My budget is tight, so finding a gps/sonar in the $200 range is tough. But I'll do without for now http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/crying.gif
Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (robertmee)
Amazing job! http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif
Wish I had half the talent you do friend.
Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (Dave45)
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Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (arjone01)
Wow, that boat has come a long way. Great job with sticking with it... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/bows.gif . It looks like a million bucks. Who says you need a new boat? The one you have now is pretty darn close.... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/boardstuff2/beers.gif .
Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (ProcraftMike)
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Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (robertmee)
Looks awesome! If I had the space for it, I'd get a beat up boat and restore it. I guess you've inspired me.
Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (iwillkechu)
All mine was done in the driveway in between two hurricanes http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/wink.gif
Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (robertmee)
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Re: My 1986 Glasstream restoration (robertmee)
looks great man. congrats!!!
