CoralReefer
Cadet
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2009
- Messages
- 13
A little background on myself. I got the boat bug about three years ago. Since then I've owned a 1981 pristine 260SRV Sea Ray Sundancer and a 200CC Sea Ray Cuddy...also pristine. The story goes like this...
Times were good at work and making good money. I bought my 260 from a business referral. As proud owner, I ran to the nicest marina and rented a slip. Man that was a great boat and year.
Well, economy turned and income suffered. Sold the 260 and used the residual after paying bills to buy the 200CC. Again, really nice boat for the money and kept the slip to enjoy the marina life.
Things weren't getting better so sold that one too. It's been a year and I just can't shake the boat fever!! So what did I do, bought a nice project on eBay. A 1990 Glasstream 172 B/R Cutlass for $600, trailer included. Everything is there but needs some TLC. Seemed like an interesting choice since I haven't seen many of these out there. The seller disclosed that the block is cracked but compared to my 4.3 and and 260 Merc, seems pretty simple. Interior is all there but needs to be replaced.
Sorry to bore you with the story but this is my first post before I dive in tomorrow stripping the interior. I'll post some before and after pics. This isn't going to be a high dollar resto but hopefully will be inspiring to all us "semi-handy, average Joes" who have suffered but can't shake that itch to be on the water.
Tomorrow is day one so here we go:
Day One: Start stripping interior including all uphlolstery, bolsters, etc. Pretty simple layout and my plan is to save the pieces to use a templates. Floors feel solid but just knowing the condition of the upholstery that they are going to have to come up as well. I'm diving in early so we'll see how far I get. Going to shoot a bunch of before pics tomorrow and will post.
Stay tuned!!
Times were good at work and making good money. I bought my 260 from a business referral. As proud owner, I ran to the nicest marina and rented a slip. Man that was a great boat and year.
Well, economy turned and income suffered. Sold the 260 and used the residual after paying bills to buy the 200CC. Again, really nice boat for the money and kept the slip to enjoy the marina life.
Things weren't getting better so sold that one too. It's been a year and I just can't shake the boat fever!! So what did I do, bought a nice project on eBay. A 1990 Glasstream 172 B/R Cutlass for $600, trailer included. Everything is there but needs some TLC. Seemed like an interesting choice since I haven't seen many of these out there. The seller disclosed that the block is cracked but compared to my 4.3 and and 260 Merc, seems pretty simple. Interior is all there but needs to be replaced.
Sorry to bore you with the story but this is my first post before I dive in tomorrow stripping the interior. I'll post some before and after pics. This isn't going to be a high dollar resto but hopefully will be inspiring to all us "semi-handy, average Joes" who have suffered but can't shake that itch to be on the water.
Tomorrow is day one so here we go:
Day One: Start stripping interior including all uphlolstery, bolsters, etc. Pretty simple layout and my plan is to save the pieces to use a templates. Floors feel solid but just knowing the condition of the upholstery that they are going to have to come up as well. I'm diving in early so we'll see how far I get. Going to shoot a bunch of before pics tomorrow and will post.
Stay tuned!!
