Glen l cracker box build

My eyes light up, i jumped out of my seat and grab my copy of hop up the first 12 issues, why because it has pics of old cracker box racing in it. Glenl gentlemans racer classic wooden boats, classic boat, wooden. I need to really think about the inboard powerplant i want to drop in her before i start the overall design process. Here it is this is an authentic early 60s era crackerbox boat skinned in marine grade plywood and powered by a 1959 corvette small block chevy 283. Cracker boxs were popularised in america after the second world war and until recently when fergal built one, there wasnt a glenl cracker.

See more ideas about boat building, boat and wooden boats. Many of these parts were developed especially for glenl designs but are compatible with any typical inboard installation. Lucky collector car auctions lot 847cracker box boat. The doidge crackers i believe are build using the same templates.

If it is just going to be a nice river boat, there are a good amount of glennl crackers that looks great. Fergals boat building the glenl cracker box boat renovation people. Builders can shorten the boat by 10 percent if they reduce the frame spacing. Looks like a cracker, but its only 10 feet, and runs a 20 hp merc outboard. Visit boatersnet to view this and other glen l power boats for sale by owner as well as other power boats for sale in massachusetts, or place a free ad to sell your own boat. Glenl cracker box as built by gerard vinke and sons 004. Norman cove, bahamas boat building is one of the few pursuits where utilization of the end product is as rewarding as its construction. To assist you with your project, we offer a complete line of boatbuilding supplies, including marine boat epoxy, boat fiberglass cloth and tape, silicon bronze wood screws, silicon bronze boat nails, boat flotation foam, specialized hardware such as wooden boat racing steering kits, wooden boat racing throttles, and more. So i meet the 80yearold man selling the boat, a deal is struck and i am the proud owner of an old wood cracker box. The boat is coming along, varnish work is complete and reassembly is taking place, here are a couple of pictures of the boat as we get near the completion of the project. Find organized links to 1,146 detailed boat builds from 143 websites. In 2011 fergal went about building the first irish glenl cracker box.

Can anyone help me out i am building my first rc boat a 14 scale crackerbox. Ill build another wooden boat soon and the first preference for design will be glen l. If you could find templates or plans for a patterson cracker, that is your best bet. For over 60 years, glen l has offered boat building kits for those items that are not readily available from local suppliers.

Cracker box design boatbuilders site on photos are illustrative steel boat builders ireland cruising canada is cruising. I started building this boat in may 2010 she is a 1950s mahogany speedboat called a crackerbox. Tweet tweet a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. Building boats from glenl plans is simple and straight forwardi honestly have never run into a problem, unless it was of my own making. Vee bottom, hard chine hull, developed for sheet plywood planking. Coming g5 by beautiful gravy boat a lure gravy glen l boats used boat pictures angstrom unit bait boat contrive plans. Correct and proper restorations and preservation of old cracker box boats. Use when natural finish in wanted uses lighter weight deck cloth on sides, deck and transom. A racewinning crackerbox kit thats namba and impba legal the abox from is a high performance crackerbox race boat designed for gasoline racing classes in impba and namba. Browse through our catalog of inboard boat hardware.

The cracker box restaurant home fort myers, florida. Cracker box built by tom moseley, owned by bill ellis 17 july 2018 built 195556 by tom moseley in berkeley, ca. Steve lodefink scratched built that sweet boat from the 14 scale crackerbox plans by jerry dunlap. When we canadians can\t play hockey we fill up the rink and go boating. Fergal rebuilt the engine and gearbox using a friends workshop so it could be craned into his beloved creation. Suitable inboard engines for a crackerbox boat design net. Jul, 2019 a past owner of a cracker box racerloved the ride. I recently bought some plans from glenl for a 15 crackerbox gentlemans style runabout. Crackerbox racing boats covering the cracker box racing boats and the century thunderbolt racers. Today i got the first few planks of mahogany on the transom,i will. See our online inboard hardware catalog at the left along with our hardware list below.

The compact cracker box is easy to trailer and handle, too. Enjoy the beautiful photos and decide which one youll build in 2016. We purchased the boat from him in 1968 and have had many great years of use. Crackerbox while being our easiest to build kit ever. Who wouldnt love the the nostalgic lines of the crackerbox and with a previous glenl project under my belt the tnt, i was gearing up for a build. This video is about a boat i built named olds cool she is a glen l crackerbox.

Tahoe 19 fiberglass kit includes deck for natural finish. New build crackerbox things have been a bit slow but the kids are back to school this week so i should have more time to play as you can see from my link i have been stripping the donor boat and have the engine out ready for a rebuild as you can hear on the video there is a slight knock in it. It contains everything you will need to install or retrofit an inboard engine in a boat. Boat plans are for beginners and bear been built by thousands since 1953. This new hull also performs better than all of our other crackerbox designs, and is currently legal in all crackerbox racing classes. Fergals boat building the glenl cracker box boat renovation.

Your glenl newsletter chinook named hours and ours built by charles reap in 112 years. He needed an engine that would be true to the cracker box style, so he salvaged a gm 5. Youll find answers to your questions, new friends and everything from az on your project. Wooden boat building supplieswood boat plans to build wooden speed boats. Requiring full assemble and wood work, the abox builds fast, and can be completed by anyone that can follow the directions and do a little sanding. Red version is the ritz cracker and obtains speeds of almost 100 mph.

See more ideas about boat, wooden boats and speed boats. Deep vee runabout built by eugen frunza 2016 so far the cost is around 3000 canadian dollars mainly for the plywood and epoxy, fiberglass, silica and microspheres, some wood filler and screws. Glenl newsletter and builder photos constant contact. He needed an engine that would be true to the cracker box style, so hesalvaged a gm 5. The blue one is for the grandkids, the animal cracker, and will do about 3540 hp. John forum locked where and history clamps how to post your. When mixed, system three flotation foam undergoes a chemical reaction that produces polyurethane foam in a 2lbft3 density, united. You can do your own automotive motor conversion using components available from glenl.

Covering the cracker box racing boats and the century thunderbolt racers. Please restore them properly and preserve history saturday, december 21, 20. Going fast is easy for a crackerbox, due to its nearly flat bottom. Check out the crackerbox boat for sale with ford v8 60 hp all built to be a water rod.