Rod boxs rebuild ?? Or buy new
 

I started working on the V20 today , and found the rod boxs to be cracked & missing some glass in places , has any one had any experience fixing them ? or do they make replacements that fit the cut outs? any help would be great Thanks guy's

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I restored mine, but I would say buy new. Your boxes are true rectangles so it should be easy to find something slightly bigger to replace them. Cut the openings bigger to accomodate, and replace the trim.

You can avoid having to cut the gunnel openings and replace trim by restoring your old boxes. You can use some type of plastic weld behind the edges of the outer flanges. Then putty, sand, & spray paint the inside. Just a light sand and oil or finish for the teak.

Edit: Just saw how badly yours were broken in your pictures. Buy new, for sure. Or maybe you could build some out of 1/4 inch starboard.

use bondo to repair yours enough to make a mold from them and then make new glass boxes for yourself plus a set for me ;)

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might want to give these guys a call. this is a link to some of their inventory.

Thanks
 

for those prices I will buy new . It would take a long time to rebuild the originals , thanks again

Well I couldn't find any box's that fit right or I liked , so it's time to get creative and build our own . My partner and I started last night, we decided to use white oak do to the price of teak wood. got them all framed up to size and are ready to glass the back sides for strength and weather protection. what you all think of this
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Box's on there way
 

We just finished glassing in both rod box's on the back side . now it's time to sand @ paint the back side with 3 coats of epoxy paint ; then they should be realy proceted . Then proseed to the mounting face trim board's . will post more as we proceed
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Thinking outside the box. Urethane the face leaving it natural wood. I like it. Nothing looks sharper than brightwork when somebody spends the time to do it right.

Thanks Ridge Runner, that is the plan for the finish ,same with the cabin door and all woodwork

These are realy not hard to build , I am a pretty good wood worker , and have done many rebuild's over the year's.. I am lucky to have a full work shop. These can be built to any size opening and depth. And I think they look much better than plastic inserts . My partner think's we should we should start offering them for sale ? any way the next project will be the cudddy door (very easy) A few photos of some of my work
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