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Eric Zelman has just added Part 6, and the final episode, to his ongoing video series documenting the restoration of his Michigan Fiberglass Company-made 1962 Lake 'n Sea 14' Caribbean (5039). Part 6 covers the final assembly and "the reveal." This is only one of six total 14' Caribbeans I have documented from this manufacturer. Eric... Continue Reading →
In September 1959 the Lake 'n Sea Division of the Parsons Corporation had completed its first production year of its redesigned 1959 Lake 'n Sea line of boats and started producing boats for the 1960 model year. That fall the company sent one its boats to the Zagreb International Trade Fair in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, as... Continue Reading →
Eric Zelman has just added Part 5 to his ongoing video series documenting the restoration of his Michigan Fiberglass Company-made 1962 Lake 'n Sea 14' Caribbean (5039). Part 5 covers his restoration of his vintage Gator-brand trailer and seat cushions. This is only one of six total 14' Caribbeans I have documented from this manufacturer.... Continue Reading →
The 1959 Lake 'n Sea 18' Grand Traverse Cruiser should have its own wanted poster in every fiberglass boat collector's workshop. As of today only one is known to have been made and sold and is still missing. That boat was last seen at the New York boat show in January 1959 according to a... Continue Reading →
Eric Zelman has just added Part 4 to his ongoing video series documenting the restoration of his Michigan Fiberglass Company-made 1962 Lake 'n Sea 14' Caribbean (5039). This is only one of six total 14' Caribbeans I have documented from this manufacturer. Eric acquired the boat in 2016 and has been diligently restoring the boat using... Continue Reading →
John Benckert drove all the way from New Jersey to Holland, Michigan to pick up a free 1959 Lake ‘n Sea 14’ Caribbean model. Less than a year later he finished the project and with fine results.
On June 18, 1957, the Chris-Craft Corporation purchased the rights and molds to the Lake N Sea boat line from Lakensea Boat Corporation of Boca Raton, Florida, making it the second company to manufacture the Lake 'n Sea line of boats. Six months later Chris-Craft gladly sold the company to the Parsons Corporation of Detroit,... Continue Reading →
When the Lake 'n Sea Division of the Parsons Corporation unveiled its new line of 1959 Lake 'n Sea boats the most striking feature for many of the models was the transom which looks a lot like a rear end of a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air or 1959 Chevy Impala. Wherever the inspiration came from... Continue Reading →
A Michigan Fiberglass Company-built 14' Caribbean owner contacted me about the correct seat cushion pattern he should use for his restoration. Until he had brought it up I had not taken the time to study this question. Well, today I did, and realized that the seat cushion patterns for the 1960 Parsons Corporation-made boats are... Continue Reading →
