the new guy

[72 spectra 18]

hey fellow specrta owners i recently got my dads 72 spectra 18 from my sister and brother in law the boat has been in our family since my dad and i picked it up new from spectra marine in burbank in1972. it needs some TLC, im going to bring it back to the boat it use to be. pics and some stories to come later. ps so glad i found this site here are some photos how i got the boat

 

[Riverbound]

Welcome aboard...I bought my old 18 from the original owner that picked it up at the boat show in 76. Cant wait to see pics and the story.

 

[72 spectra 18]

i've posted some photos of my boat as you can see it needs some work to the finish

 

[74 spectra20 v-drive]

Good luck with your project! I am a big fan of keeping the old boats in the family and making them new again!. Keep us posted on your progress, I found this site last December and it helped me get some inspiration back to finish my 20, the guys on here are great and can offer a lot of history and some good advice on any questions that may come up.

 

[RiverDave]

Was that boat all red at one time or something?

RD

 

[Just Electric]

at least your off to a good start your pump is not an e pump should'nt porpus like my old spectra 18

 

[Skee]

at least your off to a good start your pump is not an e pump should'nt porpus like my old spectra 18

Man do I know that one!:grumble: Not so sure about this Spectra now.....:grumble:

 

[75 Spectra V-Drive]

Cool boat, I think it is bitchen that it it has been in the family since new.:thumbsup

 

[78cole]

Man do I know that one!:grumble: Not so sure about this Spectra now.....:grumble:

wanna sell it yet

 

[75 Spectra V-Drive]

wanna sell it yet

LOL, smart ass

 

[Flat Broke]

Was that boat all red at one time or something?

RD

Looks orriginal to me Dave. If they did the 18s like the 20s, the trim color was shot behind the main color so if you were to peel/sand the white off his boat, there would be red. On mine, it's white, with orange trim, and on the sides where there is trim, there is orange gel under the white, then a coat of blue that I'm guessing was just to hide and maybe promote adhesion or somethimg to the first layer of mat. On the very bottom of the hull, they didn't seem to waste the orange gel by backing the white with it, but they did it for sure on the entire side of the boat as I've been down to glass in a couple spots to make repairs and have noted the color transition.

Chris

 

[RiverDave]

Looks orriginal to me Dave. If they did the 18s like the 20s, the trim color was shot behind the main color so if you were to peel/sand the white off his boat, there would be red. On mine, it's white, with orange trim, and on the sides where there is trim, there is orange gel under the white, then a coat of blue that I'm guessing was just to hide and maybe promote adhesion or somethimg to the first layer of mat. On the very bottom of the hull, they didn't seem to waste the orange gel by backing the white with it, but they did it for sure on the entire side of the boat as I've been down to glass in a couple spots to make repairs and have noted the color transition.

Chris

Learn something new everyday.

RD

 

[BHC River Rat]

Sounds like a common story. My dad originally bought my Spectra 20 from Burbank Marine in '79. Last year, he told me he was more or less going to give it away, or donate it. The next week, I drove to Houston, Tx, Latched on to it, brought it back to Arizona, and put my Caribbean in the driveway with a 4sale sign on it.
Too many great memories in the Spectra to let it go.
I spent the winter on it to get it ready to get wet this summer, but will be an ongoing project.

 

[72 spectra 18]

hey here are some answers to some of your posts . no i could never sell it. yes this is the orginal color and will be again .i have already sanded off all the gelcoat from the stainless steel molding up,from the molding down is still in good shape, i color sanded and polish a section and it looks like new also under the white coat the boat was completly red ,and i to picked the boat up from texas 45miles north of houston. going to add photos of her naked(from the top only sorry lol)

 

[turbo350r]

Love the Flag!!!!

 

[Cos]

Love the Flag!!!!

Ditto.:thumbsup:thumbsup

 

[72 spectra 18]

just some pic of my boat didn't take many photos of all the work but this how she looks now.taken recent trip to shasta lake

 

[alohajeff]

That's rad. Always nice to see a project reach a certain stage of completion. I follow lots of refurb threads that end with a big question mark leaving me wondering what happened to the project. Your boat looks very nice! How was Shasta? I heard the water level dropped 10' in the last 30 days.

Aloha