Please help! ID needed

Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91009

Scollibud Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 1 Thank you received: 0	Can anybody help me figure out what my boat is? It looks like one half Glastron Fireflight and one half Redfish. The top of the fins is flat. Attachments: Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91010

Scollibud Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 1 Thank you received: 0	another view..what is it? Attachments: Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91011

Scollibud Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 1 Thank you received: 0	when I bought it, the sales man said he had two people stop in to see it and they both called it a Fifty-Seven...? Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re: Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91012

redfishpirates Offline Gold Boarder Posts: 559 Karma: 29 Thank you received: 4	need more pics...looks like a 1960 red fish...can't tell if it has the indented areas at the rubrail in front or not and can't see the fin very well...john Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re: Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91014

Scollibud Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 1 Thank you received: 0	It does not have the bow/rail indention. Bow is round. I will get more pix. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re: Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91016

satx78247 Offline Contributing Member Posts: 2688 Karma: 66 Thank you received: 3	Scollibud, WELCOME ABOARD. As to the identity of the boat, there are so many "knock-offs" of Glastron that you may never know FOR SURE, absent documentation. - Best wishes on your hunt. yours, satx Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re: Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91017

redfishpirates Offline Gold Boarder Posts: 559 Karma: 29 Thank you received: 4	not a red fish...looks like another knock-off comes to light....john Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re: Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91018

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Scollibud,

There was a least a THOUSAND "small & independent regional boat-builders" in the 1955-65 era (OVER a HUNDRED such small/independent companies were once just here in TX) & the vast majority of those started out by buying someone else's hull & essentially "cloning" it. - SOME of those "cloning folks" changed NOTHING, except "trim items".

IF it was me & I was in CO, I would start by "crawling around in the boat" with a good flashlight looking EVERYWHERE for a "tag" of some sort.
If that careful search turns up "nothing", I'd try looking for a list of CO boat-builders, with your Secretary of State's office.
(Who knows? You just might get lucky.)

GOOD LUCK, satx

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Re: Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91048

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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91051

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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91052

Scollibud Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 1 Thank you received: 0	flat fin Attachments: Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91053

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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91059

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Scollibud,

It is certainly an early boat. That particular rub rail was pretty much phased out by 1962 in favor of aluminum with rubber inserts.
The boat is unique enough to be desirable. The white merc is desirable as well. Depending on your resolve to restore it, is an excellent candidate. Have you researched the registration numbers on the boat with the state?

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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91060

Scollibud Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 1 Thank you received: 0	Thanks Morris. There are no numbers anywhere, besides the ones they assigned to me on the bow. The Merc is a 61 500 and it runs, just needs a tune up. Thanks for all your help. Scott in CO Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91072

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scott...she is a great looking boat....well worth restoring...5 or 4 boats have showed up with that same disappearing side spear but they all had rounded fins....red fish made boats for western auto for a while under the wizard name with a flat fin like that but without so much arch to it, but they had the indents in the bow....you probly have a very rare boat...john

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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91085

Scollibud Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 1 Thank you received: 0	1961 Mercury Kiekhaefer 500 and matching control. Attachments: Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91086

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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91089

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Thanks for the help John, and group. Posted a couple more pix in case somebody comes across this in the future. The pivot-able trailer is from a 1962 Lonestar. I bought it for $100, kept the trailer, bimini top, and Mercury 500. Gave the Lonestar boat away with my old homemade trailer.

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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91090

Scollibud Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 16 Karma: 1 Thank you received: 0	FYI- Yes, those are all my toys. 61 runabout, 69 Mustang, 78 Apache Ranger hardside popup, and my 56 Scotsman canned ham trailer... Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91093

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Last one I promise!
This is the drain for the front seat. This boat has a sealed hull under the floor, and is said to be unsinkable. The water drains through the tube to the transom bay via through the sealed hull. All the wood framing and floor have been restored (it was all rotted), and re-glassed, ready for carpet. Now that the motor is running, I can concentrate on paint, body, and interior work. I will keep her the original teal and white.

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Re:Please help! ID needed 12 years 2 months ago #91103

MarkS Offline Moderator Posts: 5348 Karma: 118 Thank you received: 5	Scott, nice find on ALL your collection (especially the boat!). The Merc and upgraded trailer should make nice additions to the setup, looking forward to seeing more pics as you bring her back to glory. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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