Ok, I'll try not to be too wordy. First, I spent ALOT of time searching. I used jaxed, which no longer works, but the google "site" search works good too (I can explain if needed). I combed through every "glastron" ad, every "glasstron" ad, every "glass tron", "gaston", "carlson", "clarson", "carson"... you get the idea. Any possible bad spelling you can think of that some yahoo might type in, and any keyword that someone might use to describe something that they have no clue about. Good example, I found my Intimidator in an ad for a motor and outdrive that came with a free "Gaston Clarson" hull. I investigated... Intimidator! Anyway... much, much searching. Many hours. First cover I found was in TX. In a horribly spelled ad for a parts boat. Cover was not shown, but I saw the hinges on the bow. Called, they had the cover to the side, said they thought it would block the view of parts people might want. WHAT? After about a week of calls and messages (pulling my hair out the whole time, thinking SOMETHING was gonna go wrong) it was FINALLY on a truck headed to me. I'm giving the short story... it was STRESSFUL! Probably took a few years off my life. Second one came from another horribly advertised pair of "parts" CVZ's... don't even remember what he
thought they were, but I remember that he had NO idea what kind of boats they were. There were no pictures, so it was a shot in the dark, but I contacted him, and asked if there was a bow cover... Yup. Negotiated a price, and got him to take it for shipping. Aside from actually finding one, my advice is to not make too big a deal of it's importance. If they realize they've got something, it may end up on ebay, bidding against all your fellow members! Not that I encourage ripping someone off, but if a seller sets a price and you pay it, that's a square deal in my book. I don't have the time to devote to searching anymore. Maybe I've missed none, maybe I've missed five... who knows! I just had to let it go. I've had quite a few Carlsons, as many as five at once, and it IS a sickness! But, not a bad one, just other things to do right now. The Scimitar is my focus. It will get done, in between other projects. Anyway, that's how I did it, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. No prices revealed... that's for you and the seller to figure out... pay what it's worth to you... OR... what it's worth to keep someone else from getting it!
Doran gets the lucky dog pass on his cover
. Two reasons... good friend, and good guy. That goes a long way with me. Plus, I think he likes it some!
