Here we go... the boat's been under a blue tarp since it arrived from California and you can see where the exposure has accelerated the oxidation towards the front of the bow.
The windshield is the original windshield and for those that have not been around a lot of old boats like this it's incredibly rare to find a windshield this old that's not missing to start with let alone not cracked, crazed or yellowed and scratched to oblivion.
Sad to say, after I get her all buffed out and tuned-up and ready to rock-n-roll, I'll probably remove the windshield and store it someplace to keep it safe. The biggest problem is people getting in and out of the boat will grab it to brace themselves which is normal, heck I even do it but if you're not careful you could easily apply too much pressure and I think at its age, crack it.
I hate doing that because it looks so cool, like the windshield on a 1957 Corvette but I would bet a million dollars there are no replacements left on earth. One of you Google Super Searches feel free to find me a good replacement and I'll leave it on.
I've removed all the brightwork to enable me to buff the gel-coat under all of it and to also prevent me from catching my buffing pad on anything and causing damage.
I've also used a beach towel to cover the windshield to prevent compounding splatter from getting onto it and because it was kind of ugly I placed a really cool banner out of Max's office over it.
Thought I would give the Optimum Line a test drive and see how it tackles antique gel-coat.
The product placement shot...
And I'll try to capture some of the compounding and polishing process on video... no promises but if it turns out good enough and if I can somehow edit to clean it up enough to make it viewable then I'll upload it to the
Autogeek YouTube Channel .
