Making Waves, Junkyard-Style, Inwards A Vintage Glastron Carlson Boat

Junkyard boat detour. This novel affair nosotros discovered leads to questions. The questions atomic number 82 to answers, as well as the answers atomic number 82 us wanting to purchase this boat. Right? Isn’t that simple? I instruct it. When nosotros mean value of cool, vintage cars, nosotros mean value of pattern victories as well as groundbreaking, torso styles. Well, imagine that cool affair (insert automobile of your choice), pulling this cool thing!

  Behold! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 1982 Glastron Carlson! These neat-o boats are thence cool! We stumbled upon this one, as well as later on a closer examination, industrial plant life ourselves inward honey amongst this glittery refugee of 1970’s styling. So, nosotros began thinking... as well as that never gets our tribe anywhere logical, as well as e'er far from ‘normal.’ The idea began amongst picturing this boat (above) beingness pulled behind my 1972 Oldmobile Vista Cruiser. That alone, is plenty argue to purchase it, right?
 
A closer look
  The original-owner gave us the 50-cent tour of his C512 Glastron boat. During the rootage 10 years-or-so, it was on the H2O a lot. The lakes, the rivers, as well as perhaps fifty-fifty a trip to the coast. He shared a scrapbook of outings amongst the boat as well as the skilful times it provided. Judging from the pictures, the five-passenger boat was unremarkably filled to capacity. Smiling faces, of the captain as well as several shapely women, made upwardly the mass of the photos. 
  “Did the Glastron come upwardly measure amongst the pretty women,” I asked, “or did yous accept to pay extra?” 
  “Oh, I paid alright,” he replied. “Boy, did I.” 

 
Volvo power
  This Carlson boat is powered past times a Volvo 4 cylinder engine. Our enquiry has uncovered several engine options that changed amongst the times rather than the hull size or model. 
  Further prove that this boat was made for us? Dig the trailer! The aluminum slotted mags on the trailer were manufactory equipment. Be still, our hot rod hearts. Did nosotros accept a relative at Carlson? The excessive metallic fleck pigment was perfect for the body. The glittery seats only sealed our fate, fifty-fifty though they demand re-working.

  The formative years for the Carlson Glastron were the same years nosotros hither at Junkyard Life adore from automobile industry. Mainly, from 1969 through the early on 1980s, where they, similar us, patently industrial plant life themselves stuck inward the 1970s. Speaking of 1970’s – these guys equally good built a model called a Scimitar that had a roof pattern emulating the really fad as well as hip T-Tops!

  This cool boat is equally around a floating Trans Am equally I accept ever seen. This boat begs to live pulled past times a Trans Am – similar a dark as well as aureate Special Edition or a Nocturn Blue, WS6 or a Silver Anniversary – only to hollo a random few, for no specific reason. Any resemblance to cars we, at Junkyard Life, may ain is pure coincidence. For all nosotros know, at that spot may accept been a constabulary inward the belatedly 1970’s – if yous owned a Trans Am as well as were inward the marketplace for a boat – yous had to hold off at these. 
  It may accept been a constabulary that I only made up, but yous don’t desire us to live constabulary breakers, create you?

  We truly similar these boats, now. Remember the famous 1973 James Bond “Live as well as Let Die” motion-picture demo as well as the boat-jumps-everything-scene? That was amongst a Glastron Carlson! That doesn’t assist our logic at all. It is an indication that all safety-minded boaters should remain off the waterways until Ron, Anthony, as well as Jody figure out that the pitiful boat cannot truly create this.

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In green? That is thence perfect for us Junkyard Life weirdos.

This beautiful baby, whose color resembles Sunset Orange Metallic was sold recently. Lucky, novel owners, nosotros envy you.

 

 

This 1979 Model CVX-18 seats five, runs slap-up as well as promises a ton of fun.


New plan
  So, right away that nosotros are Glastron Carlson crazy, I accept a novel plan. Rescue ane of these (hopefully this one), describe it amongst something cool as well as vintage, as well as hitting the water. The history, the design, as well as lines of these Carlsons are made for us. I must brand ane to a greater extent than cite of the trailers amongst aluminum slotted wheels. 
  It was Carlson over-excitement for me. If nosotros got your attention, cheque them out. I industrial plant life a lot of friendly forums as well as a wealth of data from like-minded, vintage boat junkies. 
  If yous walk into the Junkyard Life store as well as run into 1970’s Pontiacs, as well as other street machines, thence spy a boat inward the midst. Before yous inquire yourself, “which of these is non similar the other?” Look again, that boat may stand upwardly for inward perfectly.
 
Ron Kidd
(The Water Roaming Car Guy)
— Junkyard Life

Ron Kidd loves light-green on everything amongst an engine.

T-top glory inward a 1981 Glastron-Carlson Scimitar advertisement. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Trans Am on the water!

This concludes the boating constituent of Junkyard Life.

Know a junkyard that nosotros demand to visit? Got a automobile story?  

Send emails to Jody at junkyardbull@gmail.com or Ron at Kidd403@bellsouth.net.

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