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Title: Hey Everyone ...
Post by: ScottsCVX on March 08, 2017, 03:57:43 PM

My name is Scott and I've been a long time Glastron fan...my first boat right out of college was an orange '72 GT-160.  I currently own an '84 CVX-16 and just recently picked up Frisco's '86 CVX-18 from Indiana.  I know there has been a large following on that boat and I'm just as excited as many are, to finally see it in the water.  I haven't been able to work on it yet, but I may have some questions to post once I do.  Looking forward to meeting-up on the river.
Title: Re: Hey Everyone ...
Post by: carlsoncvx18 on March 08, 2017, 05:15:23 PM
Welcome Scott

Good luck with the CVX18.

Where are you located?

Would be nice to meet up on the river sometime

Jeff
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Post by: dorelse on March 08, 2017, 06:18:44 PM
Welcome Scott.  Glad Frisco's boat found a good home!
Title: Re: Hey Everyone ...
Post by: ScottsCVX on March 08, 2017, 10:09:22 PM
Welcome Scott

Good luck with the CVX18.

Where are you located?

Would be nice to meet up on the river sometime

Jeff

Hi Jeff

I live in Minnesota - north west suburbs

Scott


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Title: Re: Hey Everyone ...
Post by: CVX Fever on March 09, 2017, 09:08:14 AM
Hey Scott - Congrats and good score! Lot's of good resources here if you have any questions when your putting the boat back together. Post some pictures when you get a chance.

Kip

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Post by: Diamond Chad on March 09, 2017, 09:28:47 AM
If you need a wing man for a test run on Minnetonka this spring, there's a good chance I could meet you with my CVX-18.
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Post by: Hyperacme on March 09, 2017, 09:31:08 AM
Welcome to the forum Scott !
Good score on a sweet CVX.

YA ... Pictures of both CVX's please ...
Title: Re: Hey Everyone ...
Post by: WspGX150 on March 20, 2017, 09:38:47 AM
Welcome! Always good to have more people around the twin cities. I'm on the west side if you ever want to river cruise near 494.
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Post by: ScottsCVX on March 20, 2017, 01:43:37 PM
Finally had some time to dig into the CVX and found the front seats need to be re-done. The upholstery has been redone and looks great, but the seat bottoms look original and need replacement. Can anyone direct me to a good source of info I could reference in a rebuild?  I've got half the gel coat back to a nice shine and have decided on the original red glue-in carpet.


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Title: Re: Hey Everyone ...
Post by: Hyperacme on March 21, 2017, 08:33:21 AM
My seat bottoms were rotted and cracked, so I pulled all the staples out and removed covers then made new wood.
Foam was pretty bad also so replaced that to, with high density foam, then stapled old vinyl seat covers back on.
Last summer I had new vinyl made, removed covers again and replaced with new vinyl covers.
I'm pretty good at removing staples now ... Lots of practice ...

Seat repair threads ...

CVX Barrel back seats ...
http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=7007.0 (http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=7007.0)

CVX Button seats ...
http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=7003.0 (http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=7003.0)

CVX Side Panels, Pedestal & Console ...
http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=7004.0 (http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=7004.0)
Title: Re: Hey Everyone ...
Post by: ScottsCVX on March 28, 2017, 08:31:05 PM
Thanks for the seat rebuilding links. I will need to do something similar but I was thinking of using a layer or two of glass and resin on the new frames to make them waterproof. Thoughts? 

I also need to fabricate a support for the rear seat back and pads on either side of the engine hatch. Is the factory standard a box around the engine?  Are the box panels removable to make engine servicing easier?  Any pictures or ideas for a frame or box would be greatly appreciated.

I also see a ski pylon that inserts through the engine hatch but the frame or engine mount is missing. Anyone have a picture of how that system works?

This weather is got me working to get this done! 

Appreciate everyone's help
Scott



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Title: Re: Hey Everyone ...
Post by: ScottsCVX on March 28, 2017, 10:18:57 PM
I looked thru Frisco's early rebuild videos and saw the rear foam boxes that supported the sun pads and engine hatch. I also noticed a tube and cross frame attached to the back of the rear seat, which looks to be the tube where the ski pylon was inserted.

Once I figure out how to post pictures, I'll be able to give everyone a better view of the progress.

Thanks again
Scott

Should I have started a different thread for this discussion?


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Post by: Hyperacme on March 28, 2017, 10:26:01 PM
I thinned my resin was styrene.
Then coated all the seat part with it.
 I did fiberglass the corners of my seat boxes  for strength .
 My seats are a different design then yours though .
 You could also make them out of composite  and never have to worry about Rot.
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Post by: Hyperacme on March 28, 2017, 10:30:04 PM
 I can help you post your pictures .
 I'm on my phone right now
 Will post instructions tomorrow
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Post by: Hyperacme on March 29, 2017, 10:05:06 AM
Posting pictures ...

Fill in Subject and thread body.
Click on " Attachments and other options" ...
Click "Browse" button ...
Direct it to where your pictures are located on your computer ...
Double click your picture, you want to add ...
You can add up to four pictures to a post.
Click the "Post" button in lower right hand side ...

Pictures from your phone can be HUGE, and take some time to load.
If you have a Windows computer, you can use the "Sipping tool" to reduce size and time it takes to up load.