10/3/11
We are selling a Glasspar/Larson G3 boat with an 85 horsepower Mercury outboard. We think the boat is a 1975 model, but we are not 100% sure. We are also including the trailer with purchase. We are asking $800 OBO Contact Bob at 224 456 6129. See below for pics!
There is actually quite a bit of history that surrounds the classic boat company named Glasspar. Bill Tritt, the founder of the company, began building smaller sized fiberglass boats in his factory in Santa Ana, CA in 1949. Bill Tritt was very dedicated to his boat business, and was stunning the world with his use of fiberglass in the construction of his boats as time passed. He closely studied marine architecture and the art of building boats. His fiberglass boats were sometimes referred to as “plastic boats,” but he knew that fiberglass was the wave of the future. In fact, by the 1950s, Glasspar was manufacturing about fifteen to twenty percent of all the fiberglass boats that were being manufactured and sold in the United States.
Bill Tritt had developed multiple sizes and different styles of boats for all different preferences for his customers. One of the most noted boats that he created was known as the Glasspar G3. This particular boat is probably the most famous of his designs. The Glasspar G3 was named after the G3 missile, because the boat itself looks like a missile when on the water. The G3 ski boat was manufactured from the early 1960s up until the mid 1970s. When Glasspar was sold to Larson boats in the early 1970s, Larson continued to manufacture Glasspar G3 for sale because of their popularity.
The Glasspar G3 boat is actually going to make a rebirth! The boat has not been manufactured new since about 1974. FiberClassic Boat Manufacturing has created a newer version of the G3 ski boat and is bringing it to the marketplace very soon. Go to http://www.G3Skiboat.com for more information on this unique project with one of the most classic boats ever created!
This corner is off of a 1970′s Glasspar G3 rub rail. If you are standing behind the boat…this would go on the right corner. I have never seen any of these for sale on Ebay as long as I have been a fan of Glasspar G3s. This one does have some scratches and scuffs. Sold as is. The sale will be final. Use Paypal to Buy it now! Click here to go to the auction on Ebay!