Scarab 26' Vents
09-08-2012, 07:58 PM
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For your next project you need to line up the vents for everything from the 26 to the 43 and make moulds of them and start selling them --------there is a big demand for the parts!!!!
The plain and simple fact of the matter is that it now has become a lot cheaper to rebuild than pay the staggering price for a new boat ! My thinking has turned around 180 degrees on this matter even after all the new boats that I have had over the years.
This thinking is not for everyone and I am probably going to take some heat for this..... Fiberglass boats do not wear out ,they just get old ----- but they can be brought back from the dead if you try hard enough. Not long ago I gave some thought of buying the old Copper Kettle from a doctor in Canada and dragging it back here to Vermilion and fix it with a new set of engines but gave up after I figured out how much it was going to cost..If I did not have my 38 AVS maybe I would have gone ahead with the project.
But someone as a starter boat or a second boat probably would do very well with a rebuild.Anyway just rambling along........
Jim:
The plain and simple fact of the matter is that it now has become a lot cheaper to rebuild than pay the staggering price for a new boat ! My thinking has turned around 180 degrees on this matter even after all the new boats that I have had over the years.
This thinking is not for everyone and I am probably going to take some heat for this..... Fiberglass boats do not wear out ,they just get old ----- but they can be brought back from the dead if you try hard enough. Not long ago I gave some thought of buying the old Copper Kettle from a doctor in Canada and dragging it back here to Vermilion and fix it with a new set of engines but gave up after I figured out how much it was going to cost..If I did not have my 38 AVS maybe I would have gone ahead with the project.
But someone as a starter boat or a second boat probably would do very well with a rebuild.Anyway just rambling along........
Jim:
Over here in Norway, there is quite a following for Scarabs, Cigarettes, Fountains and so on. Taxes and other duties makes it incredibly expensive to buy new boats and (especially) engines..
(E.g.: buy boat and engines; add 25% of the total price in VAT, and then add HP tax. For a 502, 415 hp, that is almost $10.000,- on top, per engine!!) So someone offering a library of molds for commonly needed fibreglass parts, spec sheets, wiring diagrams etc could do very well from scandinavian customers..!
02-28-2013, 01:33 PM
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Need Vent
jljakyl, i need the left rear vent, im trying to inbox you buts its full, please email me [email protected]
10-21-2013, 09:22 PM
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Hi,
We are also looking for rear vents and a dash panel for a 1998 26-27 ft Scarab. We lost the left rear while doing the River Shiver a few weeks ago. Life has not been happy around here since. Please respond with information about if you will be able to supply and details and photos if you have them. The side vents are about 5 ft long and about 6 1/2 inches tall. Thanks in advance for your help. Kate Harmon [email protected]
We are also looking for rear vents and a dash panel for a 1998 26-27 ft Scarab. We lost the left rear while doing the River Shiver a few weeks ago. Life has not been happy around here since. Please respond with information about if you will be able to supply and details and photos if you have them. The side vents are about 5 ft long and about 6 1/2 inches tall. Thanks in advance for your help. Kate Harmon [email protected]
10-22-2013, 08:21 PM
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11-04-2013, 01:37 PM
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Thanks ,CT
11-04-2013, 02:19 PM
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Does anyone have a sorce for the side vents for a 1998 26 ft Scarab. Thanks
847-587-4663 [email protected]
847-587-4663 [email protected]
01-30-2015, 06:21 AM
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Sorry guys I haven't been on here in a long time I do still have the molds for the front and rear vents can't find the dash though, email [email protected].
