1950 14' Crestliner

[bothellfishing]

Hi everyone, I am new here... I want to restore an old boat that's been sitting out on my fathers farm for the last 20 or so years. It is an aluminum 1950 14' Crestliner. It is a small tiller boat and needs all 3 of the benches replaced, etc.

What I'm working on right now is the transom. I will eventually put a 15HP outboard on her. There is currently wood both inside and outside the boat for the engine to mount onto but it's all in pretty bad shape and looks like it needs to be replaced. I'm looking for some advice on what I should use to replace this wood. What are the best materials to use?

In looking on the iboats product catalog and see things like: Jack plates, and aluminum transom support plates. Would something like this work better or should I just go to Lowes and cut some wood to fit and bolt it on?

thanks.

 

[oops!]

Re: 1950 14' Crestliner

hi....welcome to i boats.....

since you are doing a resto....i would read the compleated projects forum....there is fantastic toutorials on alum boats there...


go to lowes.....and get ext grade ply....measure the thickness of what is there and duplicate it....

then cover each peice with fiberglass to waterproof it.....done

cheers
oops

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: 1950 14' Crestliner

i just did a post the other day on this. here: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=269430

 

[Driven1]

Re: 1950 14' Crestliner

I've got a '57 16' Crestliner Aluminum. The inside transom wood is original and solid piece of oak and the outer transom piece is 1/2" Marine ply (may or may not be original) that I've coated with Helmsman Marine Polyurethane.

You'll want to make sure that the "through" bolts on the outer piece of ply are very well sealed between the wood and the transom and the heads of the bolts on the outside of the wood or they'll seep to the inside of the boat.

You'll also find that Crestliner "peened" over the ends of the bolts to lock the nuts in place. You'll need to grind the peening off to remove the nuts or just grind the heads off on the outside and knock the rest of the bolt through, replacing with new bolts. Either way, the bolts will need replacement. I recommend that you peen the new bolts, just as Crestliner did, to prevent them from loosening.

Have fun!

 

[bothellfishing]

Re: 1950 14' Crestliner

thanks everyone!