geologyst1
New member
Hi There,
I've been lurking around here long enough I think, and finally got my hands on an old tin boat. The previous owner claimed that she was a 1957 Lowell, and although she is clearly marked as a Lowell, there is no date marking that I have been able to find, and very little information in general about Lowell boats at all, other than:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?...EkdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FlQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5117,3654968
and
https://news.google.com/newspapers?...rBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7270,6989611
Her serial number is clearly stamped, but I have not been able to find any other information about Lowell boats other than these two articles from way back in the day, but one does see them from time to time for sale up here in the Pacific Northwest.
Anyhow, this is what she looked like when I got her:
As you can see, her hull had the remnants of 5 different coats of paint: white, dark green, light blue, dark blue, and red, while inside had coats of light blue, dark blue, and white (they even painted right over the steering wheel).
I have no idea how long she was sitting, but every bit of steel/stainless on her was rusted out, her glass and seats are missing, and every piece of wood was shot/rotten through.
So far, I have removed every single rusted out screw and bolt from her, removed the transom wood (inside and out) and stripped her hull clean of paint.
I guess I forgot to mention that she is around 15' long with a 15" transom. I'll pull some better measurements after the holiday weekend, in case anybody wants to have a better idea of her dimensions.
Anyhow, more soon!
-James
I've been lurking around here long enough I think, and finally got my hands on an old tin boat. The previous owner claimed that she was a 1957 Lowell, and although she is clearly marked as a Lowell, there is no date marking that I have been able to find, and very little information in general about Lowell boats at all, other than:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?...EkdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FlQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5117,3654968
and
https://news.google.com/newspapers?...rBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7270,6989611
Her serial number is clearly stamped, but I have not been able to find any other information about Lowell boats other than these two articles from way back in the day, but one does see them from time to time for sale up here in the Pacific Northwest.
Anyhow, this is what she looked like when I got her:
As you can see, her hull had the remnants of 5 different coats of paint: white, dark green, light blue, dark blue, and red, while inside had coats of light blue, dark blue, and white (they even painted right over the steering wheel).
I have no idea how long she was sitting, but every bit of steel/stainless on her was rusted out, her glass and seats are missing, and every piece of wood was shot/rotten through.
So far, I have removed every single rusted out screw and bolt from her, removed the transom wood (inside and out) and stripped her hull clean of paint.
I guess I forgot to mention that she is around 15' long with a 15" transom. I'll pull some better measurements after the holiday weekend, in case anybody wants to have a better idea of her dimensions.
Anyhow, more soon!
-James