The most recent progress on this boat has taken place over the last three weeks. Once it heated up a little bit I got motivated to do something about this boat. Two major things I started doing.

First I have decided to drop in a new fiberglass floor. It is a single sheet of 1/8 inch fiberglass which I bought from Harbor Sales in Sudlersville, Maryland. To get prepared to drop this on top of the plywood (which is in good condition) I needed to get rid of all the old fiberglass from the floor. This posed a problem once I got to the edges. I did and do not want to remove the fiberglass taping around the edges that provide support for the plywood. However, I did want to remove some of it so that I could have a relatively even surface with the new fiberglass on top. Another problem with the edges is that over the last 53 years air has gotten inbetween the glass and the wood. Not good. For a week i tried to cut this extremely thick fiberglass taping with everything from exacto knives to straight buck knives. That fiberglass is hard as nails, and can withstand knives like rocks. Finally, some divine intervention kicked in. So. I got out the big boy tools. A grinder, I found out, will take care of that ol' fiberglass very nicely, providing that you are careful and don't cut straight through the plywood underneath. Last night and today I cut a rough copy of what I want it to look like before I drop the glass in. The last thing I did today with ol' Glasspar is to take a geometric compass, lock it at an inch and a half, and traced around the whole floor. The sharpie with which i traced will provide a clear and distinct guide for me to finish up grinding out the nasty old fiberglass. I must warn anybody that wants to take the same drastic measures as I do. Where a mask. That old fiberglass is nasty stuff. By the time I was finished today, the BLACK Glasspar looked as if it were placed in a snowglobe.
The second major step forward that I have been working on is replacing the seats. The original seats for the Glasspar Lido were made of marine grade (I hope at least) plywood with horsehair used as cushioning. Because of pure good luck, I managed to save one (only one) of the original seat cushions. It was the back of one of the front seats. Because it was such an awful rainy day a couple days ago, I decided to work in the wood shop. I created both back rests for the front seat. I am a little annoyed that I didn't get the front bench seat because I will have to do a lot of shaping and what not for it. I did make a back seat (without backrest), but I still have a lot of small details to finish. Hopefully I will be able to get that done soon. I still have a little bit of time to finish up the prep work. It's still not warm enough here in Maryland for any fiberglass work.

I also decided today that the inside of the hull will most likely need another coat of resin to firm up the existing glass. I'm not really looking forward to that, but it needs to be done. If I do it right the first time around, the final product will be a much prettier finish with less maintenance down the road.
Thanks all, and, if anyone knows how to put up a photo album on this damn thing I would love to here it.