1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

[kezark31]

this is my new project she is a butte! i love the layout and styling. im the 3rd owner. im still trying to find out more about her, she seems to be a lost brand. there is no other badges on her even the title just says riviera. to me it looks like an old sea ray srv190. the mfg tag says "Oregon fiberglass-riviera boats" my plan is to build here into a retro-resto-mod wakeboard boat. here is a few snap shots of her i picked her up last night

if any one has any input please share!

 

[kezark31]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

 

[ezmobee]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

Cool old boat. I agree it sure looks like a SeaRay.

 

[kezark31]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

well got the carpet up floor is completely rotted out stringers have seen better days. the plan of attack is to pull the stringers out leaving the fiberglass shell and use a pourable stringer "seacast" or something similar. we will see how it goes i have more of the floor to get out and still need to check out the motor area and see how far the stringers are rotted out...

 

[kezark31]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

here is the rotted out floor you can see the stringers there pretty far gone too!. this is my first resto-mod. right now i have two tanks there in the bow, i wanna move them down below so i can open the bow up more. any input would be appreciated!

 

[ezmobee]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

this is my first resto-mod. right now i have two tanks there in the bow, i wanna move them down below so i can open the bow up more.

I will be interested to see how you tackle this. Sounds cool.

 

[kezark31]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

well got some more work done tonight the floor is all the way out some one was in there before me and did a shotty job. the stringers are cut all the way thru on the front just under the drivers feet. from the transom up ten feet is all been redone. there is no glass capping the stringers. the PO also just glassed 1/2 ply on the side of the stringers to join then at the bow to the original stringers. no it looks like a gota pul the cap i really didn't want to. this also means seacast it out for the stringers too.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

this also means seacast is out for the stringers too.

On the bright side, this would have cost you approx. 7 million dollars to do anyway

 

[kezark31]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

here is the oics not so hot!

NO DRIAN....

BUTTED STRINGERS

SHOT OF ALL 3

 

[kezark31]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

1/2 PLY....

 

[kezark31]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

any one got any tips? should i use 3/4 ply sandwiched for the stingers or use some fir 2x16's, also on the hull under the cap is there any way to fix the stingers with out removing the cap????

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1975 riviera 19' i/o OMC 165

Let me be the FIRST to Welcome you to the iBoats Dry Dock!!!

I would recommend laminating Ext. Grade Fir Plywood to fabricate your stringers using a 4' overlap. I'd use polyester resin and 1.5oz CSM for my materials and finish off with 1708 Biaxial cloth.

As far as popping the cap, it sure makes life easier, but it is NOT 100% necessary. BUT... with that much rot in the stringers I'm bettin that your transom and motor mounts are gunna be toast too, so you might as well be ready to to a total restoration.

Again, welcome Aboard