Or should I say Restomod. This will be my 3rd CV-19. It is in pretty rough shape but it seems to be solid. My last two were ‘71 models with a 350 and this one has a 455. It had the rear side seat but none of the front seats and one thing I noticed is that with the bigger engine came a bigger engine cover and the two rear seat were only good for a small child. So I am going to change things up and I’m going to build a bulkhead in front of the engine like a CV-21 and install a seat that goes down the passenger side and wrap around in front of the bulkhead to be like a CV-21. I will then build an engine cover like a CV-21. She is missing the dash and glove box so I will need to do something different there unless I can find one somewhere.
As for the outside, the sun has take its toll on the clear and the metal flake is exposed. There are no stress cracks anywhere, even in the spots where I have seen them on other 19s. The top of the bow is not great. The gel coat is weathered pretty bad and you can pick it in spots and it will chip off down to the fiberglass if you use you fingernail. I think it will take some repair and a layer off glass to fix but I think it will be easily fixed. The bottom part of the hull has a couple chips that are down to the glass but I think the glass is not damaged and can be repaired pretty easy. I have someone who works for a local yacht company and does work on the side so the plan is to do up the outside in all new gel coat and maybe some gold flake.
The inside seems to be in really good shape. I have the jet out and taking the engine out in the morning. The transom feels solid as can be and is all original. There are no soft spots on the deck and the stringers do not look like they have any water damage. The main stringers do have a rubber plug in each stringer about a foot from the transom and the cross stringer right in front of the engine has two plugs. I pulled the plugs and they seemed to have this like condensation on them but I could not feel any moisture with sticking my finger in the hole. I am going to try and get ahold of one of those inspection cameras you can stick in the hole and see what I can see. I really don’t want to have to do any work on the deck or stringers but I will have to wait and see.
The motor is weathered but the guy I got it from said the engine didn’t have many hours on it. I will get the engine on a stand and pull the oil pan to see what things look like. Maybe pull a couple caps to see what the bearings look like. I pulled the valve cover and it looks brand new under them. I checked the oil and it’s a nice clear golden color. I’m hoping all I will need to do is a good clean up. The jet is in sad shape. Needs a rebuild and blasted and we powdercoat.
