Re: 1961 Glasspar G-3 gets a new Transom...
I popped the cap back off this week, since we were supposed to have some warmer temps.... Man, having a lift like this makes life SO easy-
I took off the windshield and grab rails, so the cap would be ready to sand. The grab rails had been installed by some previous owner with galvinized toggle bolts, not exactly the preferred method! I had been using the grab rails as lifting points, in their absence I am using a couple of eye bolts temporarily installed in the mounting holes.
I hit the inside of the hull with my pressure washer. I've got a tip on it that produces a kind of 'rotary' pattern, that REALLY digs in to old paint. It took a lot of the old Zolatone off the inside of the hull, all of it in some places. The paint that did remain was well attached to the underlying glass.
When I pressure washed, I found an area in the floor that the fiberglass had been worn through- It looks like it was where the gas tanks had been stored, just forward of where I had replaced the floor. The plywood floor was fine there, just a little discolored, So I ground what was left of the glass off, and replaced it with another layer.
Then, I gave it all a good coat of primer-
It's amazing how much more finished things start to look when they are all painted one color, and the repairs are blended in.
