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TOPIC: CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner
Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23429
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Just a couple pics the owner sent
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23430
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Actually thinking about this one, any one know how big of an engine they can take? and are they wood reenforced or mostly glass?
Thanks Jesse |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23432
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100% fiberglass, with a wood "insert" in the stern where the motor mounts....they are 17 feet long and have a fairly complicated windshield to describe which I coined the term "bubble of trouble".
The prize of this find is the hard top, the seating that is missing could easily be replaced with back to back lay down loungers from boat US and snapped in place. Snapped or I should have said clipped, the original seats had "hook" and "spring" that allowed you to remove them to make room for fishing as far as motor size...800 merc on mine and I have seen them with 100's on them. the boat floats like a cork and turns on a dime if you know how to rock the boat before laying over the helm, the gunnels have the same formation as the bottom keel and the boat will layover to the inside in a sharp turn keeping the inside of the boat dry allowing you to be able to drink the water if you lean your head just a little. 
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23433
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Thanks for the info!
Any idea of value? jsut boat and Trailer? no papers..... .... . . yeah. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23434
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I have never had any luck registering a boat with no papers in NY. Brian Lawson (crosbyboat) never seems to have a problem, so maybe it's just me. For my part, a glass boat without papers ought to be free! At least the trailer can be easily registered - I've done that any number of times.
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23435
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We have an AristoCraft Nineteen. The only wood I have on it is the floor that is then fiberglassed over. Aristocraft is still in business in Alpharetta (Atlanta suburb) GA. aristocraftboats.com
You can still get a windshield and seats from them. Nice guys, still owned by the same family. I think this is a boat that will continue to gain in popularity. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23437
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I agree but will see how it goes going to go look this weekend. may have to make it a Renken 18 I have papers for one but junking the boat lol.
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23438
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Good luck Jesse, keep us posted. Frank
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23440
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no papers..no problem...
when you go to look at the boat your going to want to look in two different location for some numbers to req it with. directly below the steering wheel and or above the floor drain on the inside on the stern. you take an etching of those, included that number on your BOS and your paper work for the registration with a copy of the number etching and it should float. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23442
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Sounds good I will keep that in mind when I look at it!
Thank you everyone for the input. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23446
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That is a VERY cool boat... I love the hardtop. You better snap that one up!
-Andrew |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23465
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I have a 63.Good solid boat. No floor rot. Good luck
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23509
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I ran a 1150 Mercury on our 1963 Funliner. With power trim I could tail dance it and get mid 40's. Nice boat, but sank it twice in salt water with heavy rains one summer (2 - 6" rain events) and said never again would I keep a boat in salt water and traded the whole mess for another 1959 Lark. Hard top is a nice addition. I think the holy grail for the Funliner is a hard top inboard/outboard.
I was able to raise the boat, and actually got the 1150 running again after the first sinking. Told people to leave it under water until I could get there. Raised it, flushed it, and had it running in less than an hour. The second time the same summer my mother in law hired a marina to raise it, and it sat for a couple of days, and that was the end of the motor. Funliner's are nice enough looking, but nothing out of the ordinary unless the hard top is there. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23521
I guess they are the next thing to a Bayliner compared to your stuff, not |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23535
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crosbyboat wrote:
Ok before everyone gets a bit testy, seeing my funliner had more polish aluminum on it then any other boat I ever saw, Crosby is referring to the 17 teen with an I/o like this one. 
For sale by owner (btw)
and there is a 17 teen's hard top is for sale in Naperville, IL that could be shipped to your front door, for $325.000 Funliner Roof Ad crosbyboat wrote:
Had a nice sit down on the webcam with Bill a while back about that and either way you look at it the word "sink" kind of got him a little bewildered...he referred me to this picture, that's him holding the hose as a kid trying to sink this one for his father for a demonstration. He than asked a funny question as to rather or not the boat was modified or if someone may have replaced the integrated foam core that was in it under the floor and in the gunnels, all's I could tell him was I just didn't know.... 
the thing that got my ear bent with this one in Albany is the uniqueness of it, not because there it is sitting in the woods with a hardtop about to be cut up with a chainsaw (good luck on that one btw) but because of the left side steering. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23541
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Houston, I'd be worried that trailer couldn't handle that boat.
 The trailer's worth that,easy. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23549
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The partially submerged Aristocraft shown in the photo is a later model 19. I don't think the earlier models in question had the foam core in them and could easily be swamped with the wrong rainfall conditions.
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Some people are like slinkies... Not much good for anything, but they sure are fun to push down the stairs.
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23558
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Well I am suposed to go look at the one in albany this weekend I will post pictures on monday when I get back to the world of internet..., I was looking at the trailer its on looks tinny... I think I know where there is an IO with hard top siting outside Morrisville, NY on Eagleville RD was there in 2001 when I started college and its still there as best I know, used to run past it every day for Cross Country..
No google street view to show.. sry. but its here: 42.860361,-75.654683 |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23561
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classicfins wrote:
Which Earlier models? the "7 teen" as they called them, like the one I had? Swamped and Sunk are two different descriptive terms, Swamped while docked I could see, Sunk and sitting at the bottom with all the dock lines snapped with broken cleats is really hard to image. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23583
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My 63 has an air chamber between the hull and floor. I think in 64 they started putting foam in the fins. I used to take mine to the coast and tie it up to a floating dock for a week at a time. There would come thunderstorms with heavy rain at night. The next morning the boat would have about 8"of water in the floor about even with rear seats. Before I installed a bilge pump would have to get underway and pull the drain plug out to suck the water out. That was always fun
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23589
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mine was a 63, and the fins had the integrated compressed foam in the Fins which in order to mount the cleats one had to drill through it with a rather....long drill, it also had a bow drain that ran from just forward of the Foot-lip to just below the drain plug under the floor, looking at the posted pictures of this one it looks like a gem that needs a little shinning. you see all that original trim?
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23620
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Mine was a '63. When I say sunk, I mean sunk. As in laying on the bottom in 6' to 8' of water. No way was that going to stay on the surface "swamped" as shown in the photo. Don't get me wrong. It was a nice boat, but to me there was nothing out of the ordinary in its design. There are many more interesting boats of the early 60's as far as design features. Got the boat for free, invested a lot of money in the 1150 with power trim, ran it for a few years before the sinking and had a lot of fun with it.
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23626
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One thing out of the ordinary in it's design was it wouldn't rot out from under your feet like most boats with wood stringers and plywood floors from that time. OK I'm done now
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23649
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your right on there...that WAS out of the ordinary.
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23677
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Don't get me wrong, there some good design features. The best was the seats, which my 63 had the orginals. They were wide, and folded down fully, and there was a small removable cushion that filled in the gap. You had a better than 6' long and nice wide seat to lay out on. Molded beer bottle holders in the seat backs. Seats were filled with a long strand plastic of some sort, that if it got wet could actually dry as compared to foam. The front hatch slid on rails and provided a nice flow of fresh air into the cockpit on hot days. Mine actually had a sliding soft top. Set up the same as the hard top, it would slide back about 6-8" on the rails on the gunwales and tabs on the windshield. In my opinion, which we're all entitled too, I just didn't think it was a pretty boat. But since I got the thing for free, and found it solid as a rock once I cleaned it up, and put it in back in service in salt water, until it sank. I had photos on my old computer, and I'm sure there some in the archives here at FG, maybe even of the sinking.
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23788
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Well good day all, I hope you all had wonderfull weekends. I did end up buying this boat, its missing the bow light and hardware but for my uses it will be fine, seems to be in good shape otherwise, a little butchered from years of Radio/ speaker instalations but overall nice original black finish didnt seem to be any crazing, trailer is home made and poorly at that but I have another, Got there and they did have paperwork for both the boat and trailer so that made me happy. I will see if I can get a picture up. As far as the left side steering some one had moved the wheel over to that side. Does any one have a good picture of the Bowlight and cleats that are suposed to be on a 1963? Thanks!
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23789
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this was the bowlite on houston's 63.
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23790
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Judging from the marks on the bow thats what should be there
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23819
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S: CONGRATS , way to go Albany. . You get my vote of the day for hardtop score. .. Hey there is a BOWLIGHT on E-bay right now located in NEW YORK for $16 bid at this time . Check the bowlight thread below where you posted a few hours ago. !! LINK is there.
Good Luck. . Even on paper work , ownere can re-apply for Lost title. Just a delay, but Nice Score. Good picnic boat. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23821
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you want -A- picture of the bow light for a funliner....hehehe
The easiest way to get that home would be to use a 'u-haul" auto hauler, just ramp it on using a dolly wheel |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23828
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congrats jessie,that is a cool boat ,i have liked them from the time i came to fg nd saw houstons,very cool score,john
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.“ ---Mark Twain |
Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23829
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I love Aristocrafts, the funliner looks really cool. I've always wanted one. I want a lot of stuff (boats and cars, trucks too), no room and not enough money though.
Congrats on the score, tons of potential there. Can't wait to see her fixed up. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23830
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stashm2, if you still need any more pics let me know. I'll help any way I can. I think you'll like the boat. They're a good all around craft. Is the windshield alright?
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23861
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Thanks all, Good on the pics of the light and hardware at this point but will likely ask latter, THe windsheild is in .. ok shape has a cracked corner but will be ok for my uses it will never be a show pice just a cool "daily driver" I will have to add a Radio and speakers because some one has cut holes for them already...
 and that should cover most of the damage to the dash... some one added speakers to the top of the dash where they can fill with water... not sure what to do about that... I will post more pictures when things get warmer and less white... so I can get it out of the woods... Then I will be able to see what I have to work with! |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23862
Yeah, mine had two cracks at the top for decades. I recently got VERY lucky and found a guy parting out a 63 that apparently had been stored in a garage all it's life. Got the windshield,cleats and the original seats(still soft). I still can't believe I was able to get this stuff. Been looking off and on for a windshield for 30 years |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23871
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I hope it cleans up well! hard to tell sitting in the woods with a foot of snow on and in it, ... just initially looking for hardware at this point so watching the E-bay and looking around!
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23922
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My Aristocraft has the same bow light with matching cleats. The blue boat, I can't remember the manufacture, has a nice flag post and different set of cleats. Also a manufacture called Pipestone used that light on its boats. They are around and if I find one I will let you know. It is one of my favorite bow lights.
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 8 months ago #23929
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Hi All,
Aristocraft Funliners are very well made boats and exude the era of the 60's. If you find one in good shape at a reasonable price, it will be a good find. I have an original 1963 Funliner. woodboat Corinne (in Dixie) |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 7 months ago #24570
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stashm2 wrote:
Just an update on this one, Drove by yesterday on my way home from Syracuse, it looks to be an 8-Teen or 9 teen with a black outdrive, ... was mostly a pile of snow so couldnt tell more and wasnt worth a pic with the snow. |
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Re:CL albany NY Aristocraft Funliner 13 years 7 months ago #24694
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Would Some one post a picture of the cleat next to the windsheild on a Funliner 17? I cant make out what it looks like from any of the pics I find on the web... thanks
Jesse |
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