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    Seat building

    I'm finally ready to start back on the Glasspar, something about children, jobs, old house to maintain and a craigslist problem,(wow, thats kind of cool, it's cheap, I can fix it), seem to prevent me from getting things finished. Anyways I gutted the interior, re glassed the floor, painted...
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    Tachometer signal

    I recently got an old aquameter tachometer off of ebay and am trying to find what sort of signal it needs. It has two power wires and a long shielded signal wire with a phono plug that, I assume, went to the engine. If I power it and put in a DC voltage it starts to move at about .95 volts and...
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    Plywood to build seats

    I am wanting to build a bench seat for my 14' runabout. I plan on building the box and frame from plywood and getting some cushons made. What type of plywood should I use? Thanks, Bill
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    Building back to back bench seat

    I have a 1963 Glasspar 14ft runabout and was thinking of replacing the two back to back seats with a back to back bench. It would give a bit more seating room and storage room under it especially for the fuel tank that presently sits on the floor in front of the slash well, also it would move...
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    Trouble seeing trailer

    I have an old 14' runabout that I trailer. I have no problem when the boat is on, but I can't see the trailer when it's empty backing down the ramp. I thought about mounting some bicycle flags to it but wondered if anyone had a better idea. Thanks, Bill
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    at the ramp

    So being a nice day My wife and I went out for a ride in the Glasspar. Being a fairly inexperienced boater I backed down the ramp, hooked a line to the bow eye and pulled it over to the dock. There was one boat coming in and I offered to get out of the way since I would take some time, but they...
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    Water in hull

    Hi, I have a 1963 Glasspar Marathon 14' runabout aand it seems a bit slow. It has been suggested that I check for water in the hull. How do I do that? Thanks, Bill
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    Too slow?

    Hi, I have a 1963 Glasspar Marathon 14ft. appx 460lbs. with a 1971 Evinrude 60 appx 225lbs.. With three people, twelve gallons of fuel and maybe 50 lb of gear I'm only managing about 25 mph at 4750 rpm wot. I'm running a 13 1/4 x 17 three blade aluminum which is the stock prop for this motor and...
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    1970 Evirude 60 stalls under load

    Hi, I have a 1963 Glasspar Marathon with a 1790 Evinrude 60. I took it out for the second time today and it started and ran fine for about an hour when we anchored for about 30 min. I started it back up, put it in gear and it would die when trying to give it throttle. It would rev up fine in...
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    Owners manual for 1970 Triumph 60

    I was wondering if anyone knew where I might an OWNERS manual for a 1970 Evinrude Triumph 60 hp or a copy of one. Mine is missing the middle four pages. Thanks, Bill
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    1969 evinrude 60 triumph fuel economy

    Hi, I recently bought a 1963 Glasspar marathon, appx 15 ft, with an Evinrude triumph 60, as my first boat. Knowing little to nothing about boating I took it in to a local shop to have it inspected. They pronounced it in great shape for its age and said the engine had good compression, spark...
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