A couple years ago I found my dads old 1963 18 ft Kindsvater circle boat sitting in a backyard in Ontario Ca. I got the boat back with the intent of restoring it with my dad. Well it finally looks like it's time to start this project. One major problem is the floor is delaminated and the stringers are not in good shape. Any sugestions on shops that could do such work in the so.cal or Las Vegas area. I'm concerned that some goon may ruin the boat if he starts cutting the floor apart.
Thanks in advance
River
Cool another Kindsvater flat!!! I would talk to the one and only person. He would direct you in the right direction.
Harold Kindsvater
harold@kindsvater.net
(559)299-2328
He is a very nice person to talk to. He doesn't build boats anymore and doesn't have anymore emblems but could give you some suggestions on who to take it to. One of them is in Clovis,(Fresno).
Fiberglass Unlimitd
(559)299-8826
ps Post some pics
Havasu Barney did a ton of glass work on my boat. Then he re did the gel coat. Came out real nice.
Havasu Barney
1960 Commander Drive #106
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
928-505-8678
It's a drive but the guy does great work and he
mainly does resto's. You can check out his work
at http://www.raysoncraft.com.
DeFir Marine
Jerry
oops, that's http://www.raysoncraftboats.com
Jerry
I participated in a job like that once. Lot of work but doable(?). Joes tooling in Sun Valley could do it.
BK boat repair in Bellflower...562 925 7111.
Kennys been in biz for 35-40 years. At any given time there will be 5 or 6 flatties and old race boats being restored there. Hell, even Nick Barron sent his wood deck flattie there to have the glass work done recently.
Kennys a member of the Classic V-Drive club too.
Thanks for all the recomendations it will certainly give me a place to start. I'm sure as this project progresses I will look to you guys for more direction. Thanks again
Kindsvater Flat, I will try to gets some pics up soon.
Need some more help here guys. Looking for the March 1964 issue of Boating News magazine. The boats name was "Tireless Tiger" # U-70 and was originally owned by George Bunker and Elliot Olds. It was also the 2nd place boat in the 1964 Parker 9 hour. This boat was featured in the March 1964 issue as well as several of Kindvaters sales Ad's. My Dad was 3rd owner of this boat so it had changed a little bit when we got it. We believe we have all of the original hardware except the motor. We would like as much documentation as possible of the boats history so we can try and preserve it.
Thanks again for any help.
River
Ps, Anyone happen to have a Mercury Marauder engine sitting around.
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