LBCA Wooden Boat Parade & Show
1937 Gar Wood Custom Runabout
Bob & Beryle Slayden
Length
19½ ft
Engine
230 hp OMC V-8
Year Acquired
2007

The Story
Custom Runabout 19½’. Hull number 6123, and number 21 of 122 19½-foot runabouts made. Wooden parts retain original factory serial number stampings. Repowered in the 1970’s with a 230 HP OMC V8. We first owned her in 2007, refurbished her then, but sold her in 2010. We missed her and were able to get her back in 2020.
Restoration Notes
- Chrome redone
- Reupholstered
- Banjo steering wheel
- Custom wooden paddle
- Revarnished with proper seam color
- Electrical system reworked with all circuits fused
- Bilge blower
- Aluminum high-rise intake manifold
- New Quadrajet carburetor
- Vintage alloy valve covers
- Rebuilt electronic distributor
- Remote oil filter