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Narrator: Welcome back!
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This is a real working 28 arce
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boatyard / boat building facility
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residing in Stuart, Florida.
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It's Ship Shape TV's home base.
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Ideally located,
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the complex is situated on the shores of
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the Okeechobee waterway.
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Which happens to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Now once again here's the founder and host of Ship Shape TV,
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John Greviskis!
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John: I want to show everybody at home
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some of the original hardware
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that came off of our classic 1960
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fifteen foot Glastron Fireflite.
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And this, for examples guys,
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is a flag pole.
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And you can see the condition of the metal it's very very pitted.
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Okay, but it was really cool
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what they did back in the day.
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Here is the bow light.
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Okay, and the flagpole
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you could actually fly your American flag out front
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of the boat when you were running.
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Or if you wanted to fly it from your stern,
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you would put it in this piece of hardware right here. Okay?
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And you could run your flag from the stern or this is convertible.
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You can pull it out, and this is where
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you would put your stern light in -
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your all-around white light.
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And I want you to check out something that's stamped
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into this flagpole.
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Do you see right above my thumbnail,
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do you see where it says "PERKO"?
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Well they made this in 1960.
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And who we now have on the program
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is Richard Cozier
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from that same company and hello my friend.
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Richard: Thanks John for having me back.
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John: It's great to have you back on the program.
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I was doing my history
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Richard and apparently Perko
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has been making marine hardware
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approaching 110 years.
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Richard: Since 1907 John.
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John: Okay, you made this originally
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in 1960.
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What is the actual metal?
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Richard: That's made out of zinc and it
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oxidizes over years of
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saltwater and saltwater corrosion.
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So that's the "pitting" that you see
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that happens to that particular type of metal.
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John: Okay, now -
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how could you,
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and is it even possible,
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to have this refinished and make it look good again?
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Richard: It's an option that you can try to refinish it but
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it's a very labor intensive and very expensive
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and I only recommend that you try to do it
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if you literally can't replace the item.
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John: Let's get into again my bow light.
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Alright. And I want to show everybody the condition of this metal.
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This is nasty. This is pretty far gone.
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But what I do think is really cool
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is the lenses back there in 1960.
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This is real glass. These are real glass lenses.
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And what would be a different approach
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rather than having it refinished
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and spending all that money.
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How could I get the Glastron to look
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kind of original again?
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Richard: John we actually still manufacture a light
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very similar to that in design and size.
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It's made - current metal processes
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with chrome plated over zinc.
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Along with plastic lenses.
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John: Man, that is so cool!
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Okay, let's talk about cleats.
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Here's an original cleat
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that came from the boat
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and this is really nasty.
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What do you...first off what do you call this
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style of hardware and what do you call this style of boat?
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Richard: John this is called "Mid-century Modern".
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These are some examples of some nav lights
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that would have existed back in that time that we made.
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John: Man check those out!
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Richard: Some ideas of some cleats
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that were from the 1950's.
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This is one that we would recommend replacing on your boat.
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It has a sleek style to it and it's still in production today.
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John: Man is that sexy!
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That is so cool!
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Now Richard what about
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some type of a stern light?
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You at Perko are known forever,
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for marine lights. What do you have?
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Richard: Okay. This item right here
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is what I recommend.
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It's right out of - we manufactured this back in the 1950's
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and it's still being made today.
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John: Okay and so this would be
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my stern all-around light.
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The average age of a boat today guys is like 18 years.
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Okay. Everybody needs replacement hardware for their boat.
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There are a lot of guys like me that will try
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to collect something very vintage.
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Okay, like the Glastron
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and they need - you know or they want to have
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kind of what it came with originally.
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How do they - you must make
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a bajillion different marine parts.
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How could somebody sort through all that information
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and find the exact fitting
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and everything else. Because I've got something
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I don't even know what it is. I wouldn't even know what to call it.
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It's this little square
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doohickey right here.
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And it's bad. What do you call it?
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Ricahrd: That's called a boat cover socket
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and they're still actually being made today.
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We still make them in current production.
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And they're used
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basically to cover the base of the hardware
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for your retractable top.
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John: Man that is so cool! So how do they get this stuff?
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Richard: You can go to perko.com. We make
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1,500 different items with about 5,000 different SKU's.
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So, look up the category online,
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you find the items that you are interested in.
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Then you can contact a retailer
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or a wholesaler off of our website
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and find them nearby you.
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John: But if somebody can't
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get that replacement piece of hardware. It's just impossible.
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And they do have to get something refinished.
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Okay, could you help steer that guy?
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Richard: John there's actually an old automotive publication
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called Hemmings Motor News and I believe it's called hemmings.com today.
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And they will have advertisers
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that do that process for zinc restoration.
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John: No matter where this day takes you.
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Don't change your heading until after the program!
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We'll be right back!