New member Richline Tin Restoration

[Corjen1]

AHH MAN....cool find!! If I can scrounge up one of these cool old boats, I might consider becoming a tinner!!! Permission to tag along?

 

[Jigginglow]

AHH MAN....cool find!! If I can scrounge up one of these cool old boats, I might consider becoming a tinner!!! Permission to tag along?

Permission granted....I'll need some help along the way.

 

[Jigginglow]

If you ID the model it should also tell you the max hp.

I was able to locate the data tag but the soda blasting kind of took its tool. According to what I've read it is a '69 model. It matches up with the ' Guide's Favorite' model by dimensions but it doesn't look like it based on their picture in the brochure.

 

[jbcurt00]

Did you base the 1969 year on the 69 on the serial#?

I'd bet it is a Guides Favorite, just not a 1969 guides favorite.

Some makers did add the model year to the serial number, others didnt.

For several of their models, Alumacraft made essentially the same boat for more then 40years.

The 1961 and 1962 Guide Favorite are the same size, do those dimensions match yours

 

[Jigginglow]

What I read in the Yahoo Richline Boats user group lead me to believe the '69' represented the model year but I may be mistaken. I looked through the entire photo gallery and there are definitely some similarities in what I seen. The guides favorite dimensions do match up in terms of length and beam width. I'll have to measure the additional items and see if I can make some more conclusions. Thanks for the 2nd set of eyes.

Did you base the 1969 year on the 69 on the serial#?

I'd bet it is a Guides Favorite, just not a 1969 guides favorite.

Some makers did add the model year to the serial number, others didnt.

For several of their models, Alumacraft made essentially the same boat for more then 40years.

The 1961 and 1962 Guide Favorite are the same size, do those dimensions match yours

 

[jbcurt00]

If there's a user group on Yahoo, and info there indicates the year is in the serial#, then it may be. FeatherCraft used a few different ser# formats over the years, and some years ARE in the ser#, other FC models don't list the year in a differently formatted ser#.... I was only basing my comments on your info about 1969 and it didn't seem to match the 1969 pix.

I'm in a couple boating user groups @Yahoo, but they aren't very active, and often are just posts, page after page, of unanswered questions. Particularly looking for pricing info to sell/buy boats or looking for parts. The Lone*Star group is probably the most active, and does have a GREAT repository of info, pix, brochures and etc, but still not very active.

good luck w your project, looks like a nice boat. You pulled the splashwell, are you putting it back?

 

[Weep'n Willy]

Sweet looking tin ya got. Looking forward to seeing when completed.

 

[64osby]

Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Richline_53/ join, there is not cost, you can un-join easily. Click
onto "Links." then click onto "The Four HIN versions" You will find the four different versions. George Schneider

Found this in the archives, posted in 2011. Maybe it would help.:noidea:.

Not a yahoo person so didn't check.

 

[Jigginglow]

good luck w your project, looks like a nice boat. You pulled the splashwell, are you putting it back?
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I think I'll put the splash well back in. Doesn't serve much structural purpose but I thought it may lose some eye appeal without it. What do you think? The splash well, the center mounted steering wheel and the wide gunnels are all items that I'm not seeing much similarity to in the photo gallery of that yahoo group. Maybe they simply aren't showing all the models. Maybe I have a one of a kind worth thousands.....lol.

 

[Jigginglow]

Sweet looking tin ya got. Looking forward to seeing when completed.

Thanks Willy. Reading your restoration thread gave me a lot of inspiration to get a move on with my project. I'm also a little obsessed with finding a Chieftan now myself! That is one sweeeet ride!!

 

[Weep'n Willy]

Thanks Jig, it was a fun build but took a lot longer than I had hoped to get her done. A lot of ideas can be derived from builds on this site. Good luck with the build and your search for a Chief. I too am on the hunt for another tin to occupy my time when not on the water. Will be tagging along on your project. And I love the center mounted steering at the front. I bet that will be fun to drive especially when jumping up on plane.

 

[Jigginglow]

Sorry for dragging this out fellas but you will get closure on this project I'm determined to complete. This is the source of some of the indecision on my power plant and not knowing what this boat was rated for. This is the engine off my donor boat. I think it is representative of the era we are in with this project. Agreed? Don't give up on me . I have a young daughter that I'm trying to juggle time with. My only child so I can't be selfish.

 

[jbcurt00]

You dont owe us any apologies, doing for your daughter and family is doing the important part. Doing for the boat is the 'for' fun part....

That Lark, IMO, is a great motor and a perfect motor for your Richline. Plus you should be able to find parts for it at the closest NAPA auto parts store.

 

[ssdale]

That is an awesome boat and worth the effort. On the transom, I just sanded and painted exterior plywood with acrylic automotive paint and it cures as hard as glass and doesn't mess up your thickness requirements for reassembly. Just an opinion. Definitely like the centered steering wheel. Maybe you can find a brochure that would show the original setup. That is always very helpful to me when getting a grip on one of these gems. KEEP PLUGGIN!

 

[Watermann]

Wow Jigg, you started off with the first page all pics! What a sweet little tinny you found, nice score :thumb:

Looking forward to seeing her skimming the waves.

 

[Jigginglow]

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. One basic question today. The transom plywood was wrotten so I have to make a template to transfer the shape to a new piece of plywood. What have you all found to be most effective for that? I think I have some paper left over from a kit I bought to accomplish this on a roll of linoleum we installed in a laundry room. I need something that I can rough cut to size and lay it in there and shape it to fit. Any ideas? Maybe I am overthinking this and just need to cobble some printer paper together and redneck it!!!

 

[Watermann]

Grab a roll of wax or butcher paper if you want to go the template route, the stuff is really wide so you can fold it over the top and go any length you need.

 

[Woodonglass]

ll you need is the outer edge outline of the transom. Therefore all you need is some 1 1/2" pieces of cardboard cut from cardboard boxes and masking tape to tape them around the edge and then some cross pieces to hold the shape. Works like a charm.

 

[jbcurt00]

Since you have the bare tin transom to work w/ I'd simply rough cut a rectangle of plywood, clamp it to the transom and trace the exterior edge of the transom onto your plywood that'll be used to make your transom. That's how I got the shape of mine, then just laid out a 2nd scribe line about 1/4" inbound from the original line.

Note the metal angle is screwed to where the flat top of the transom is (where the OB will be mounted)

DON'T move the transom line inbound, it remains constant, just the rest. Although it looks like it's marked for it to be moved inbound, that was a realignment mark for moving the bottom a 1/4" inbound. I did that by raising the pattern 1/4" at the top of the transom originally when I scribed the pattern:

The cut and laminated transom:

 

[Jigginglow]

Thanks for all the ideas. I'll be getting after this soon.