4/6/2023 0 Comments 1954 ole lind wood runabout![]() ![]() the low end is for one such as mine when we bought it. The upper end would be a completely seaworthy vessel with a complete restoration. Not being sarcastic! I’m saying this is the range I have seen these boats go for. If his is in good shape and restorable, depending on it’s real condition, it should sell for more than a thousand dollars and less than 15,000.00. They are, in my opinion, a great boat to restore and worth the money to do so! They are relatively odd as many ended up burned in a bon-fire owing to rot. The Thompson TVT’s ride very nice for a small boat, and can handle a fair amount of abuse…not that it is desireable to do so. Well as bad as the last photo looks, we found the boat was pretty sound and while I wondered if this was rot, I was pleased to find out it was a stain. We tentitively agreed to purchase the boat from its owner. On June 23rd 2003, we began a fateful trip on a long, long tour. Buying this boat and restoring it would be expensive, time consuming, hard work, and none of that mattered. I looked at my wife, and she knew exactly what I knew. What would await us under the paint? Let face it…this would be a total restoration…not a slap-some paint-on-and-lets-go-to-the-beach-and-launch-this-thing job!!! I also had fears upon closer inspection of rot so common to old wooden boats. I had my reservations about the less-than-wonderful paint job. All the parts were there except a motor and trailer.įrom the rear she had classic lines and the interior showed very little wear. However, as I looked the boat over she really grew on me. I thought it was cute, but it was certainly not a Chris Craft. Here is how the boat looked upon our visit to see if we even liked the vessel. I will attempt to update the progress as we go through the restoration of this old girl, and maybe include a few thoughts as well. In doing so the boat stayed in excellent condition…I am told by those who are wiser than I with respect to such boat related issues.īelow are a few pictures to tell the tell. He cared for it by opening the garage up in all seasons to let the wood “breathe”. He decided restoring it would not be in the cards for him, and so it sat in his garage. Our boat was brought to Ohio by a musician friend of mine who moved back to Ohio to care for his mother. ![]() One day I will get to meet “THEY”, and hopefully in the course of conversation become a little wiser. They say a boat is just a hole in the water for money…and THEY are right. We recently purchased a 1950 Thompson TVT cedar strip runabout. But, life is short as they say, therefore we’d just assume enjoy it now while we can. My wife and I are notorious for doing things that would outwardly seem to make no sense at the time. ![]()
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