Jan Hadley responded to a post in the ACBS News which asked, “Have you kept a log of the restoration of your boat? Please share it with some pictures.” I keep a restoration photo log of each boat I restore. The 1929 Dee Wite I recently finished was a major challenge, requiring close to a…
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Remember the kid in pajamas who was helping his Grandpa fill holes and take the hardware off of an old boat? The preliminary work was done on a 1941 17 foot Chris Craft Barrelback by Jake Amsbaugh and his son and grandson. Then LAMB CHOP was taken to the Antique Boat Shop for “a FACIAL” after all…
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Here are some Judging Tips from the ACBS Head Judge Jeff Funk. You have been diligently working on your boat, or your restorer has, and you are going through the punch list to make sure all is in order for the big day of judging at the ACBS International Boat Show in Port Huron this September. …
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IT’S THE BOATS AND THE PEOPLE! That’s how the Toronto Chapter’s website opens. ACBS members who live in or near the central and western part of Ontario belong to this chapter. First of all – THE BOATS – The Toronto Chapter sends out “Its Wood Boat Wednesday” email. Last week this boat was featured: There…
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The ACBS Board of Directors will be meeting at Smith Mountain Lake on June 7-9, 2018. You are invited to attend. Smith Mountain Lake is a beautiful place to visit – or live. Here is your chance to be with ACBS friends and see another gorgeous place on earth, and probably get to ride in a…
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Wow! Look at the colors in the picture that leads us into this week’s Tuesday Tour of Vintage Boats. Aqua Velvet is a 1968 Classic Greavette 22′ Executive powered with a Chevrolet 327 engine. Aqua Velvet is owned by Richard and Linda Hughes, Toronto Chapter members of ACBS. Not all Classic boats are old. There are…
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Two men and a dog set out across the American Heartland in a boat, truly a Memorial Day story. Memorial Day 2001, they buy the boat. Memorial Day 2003, they complete repairs. Memorial Day 2008, they launch into the Arkansas River. Memorial Day 2009, they are poised to run the Tennessee, the Cumberland, and the…
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Source story by David Moore published in the summer issue of the Marshall County (Alabama) Magazine Why do people race Unlimited Class hydroplanes? It’s a desire to skim the water at 200-plus miles per hour. It’s a compulsion to alter hull designs, adjust propellers and tweak 3,000-hp turbine engines to their screaming peak. Drivers and…
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Looking at the surface on a wooden boat, often the way the planks are fastened to the frame is unnoticed. Every fastener is covered with a wooden plug called a bung. If the bungs match the wood in the plank and the grain of the wood is flowing in the same direction, the bung seems…
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Inland Empire Chapter is officially 18 years old this year. It started, though, from members who were already members of other chapters in the northwest. As they realized there was a core of members and even more to be added in northern Idaho and eastern Washington, a group petitioned to be recognized as a chapter in 2000.…
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Report and photos from Dan Gyoerkoe, ACBS Executive Director Twenty-eight people from 11 different States and the Ontario Province in Canada attended the Annual Spring Symposium co-hosted by ACBS and the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, NY. Friday afternoon, participants visited several local boat shops (boat shop hop), the ABM’s Doebler Storage Building, and had…
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ALAKAZAM was built at Cadillac, Michigan. This 18 ft Chris Craft Riviera was sold by Lee Craft Boats in Somers, Montana on March 26, 1951. After a complete restoration with all new bottom, sides and new engine, ALAKAZAM now lives at Priest Lake, Idaho. ALAKAZAM is owned by Steven Schmidt, member of the Inland Empire Chapter. Tim Matyn writes,…
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