Pam Burley

1959 Texas Maid 18 ft Tahiti Boat

1958 Texas Maid 18 ft Tahiti Boat

Well, she doesn’t look too good just yet, but she has good bones!

1959 Texas Maid 18 ft Tahiti Boat
1959 Texas Maid 18 ft Tahiti Boat
1959 Texas Maid 18 ft Tahiti Boat
1959 Texas Maid 18 ft Tahiti Boat
1959 Texas Maid 18 ft Tahiti Boat
1959 Texas Maid 18 ft Tahiti Boat
1959 Texas Maid 18 ft Tahiti Boat
1959 Texas Maid 18 ft Tahiti Boat

This book shows wonderful examples of the boats of the same era to get a feel of how the late 1950’s early 1960’s boats looked.

Link to the Texas Maid Classic Boat Library

Now the hunt is on to find the fiberglass hardtop that makes this baby look like a ’57 Chevy.

The Tear Down!

The Paint Scraping!

Texas Maid 18′ Tahiti

1958 Texas Maid ad
EZ Strip Paint Stripper really did work and it peeled off the layers!
Just the hull left
Just the hull left
Just the hull left
Just the hull left
Just the hull left
Just the hull left

Johnson Seahorse 5 1/2 kicker motor!

Operating Manual of the “new” kicker motor we just picked up at a local auction sale! It is the same era of the boat, maybe even a few years older being made in 1954.
Johnson Sea Horse 5 1/2
Johnson Sea Horse 5 1/2
Johnson Sea Horse 5 1/2
Johnson Sea Horse 5 1/2
Johnson Sea Horse 5 1/2
Johnson Sea Horse 5 1/2
I love these old commercials for the vintage outboards!

Click Here to see the Mercury Archives Video – 50000 Miles by Outboard (1957)

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