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[chromedog]

Last July I bought a 14' Aerocraft, year is late 50's to mid 60's, can't remember the exact year right this second. I have a 1974 Sears Gamerfisher 15hp motor. Boat is great structural condition, with absolutely no leaks. I fished the boat from Late July through September of last year. My plans are/were to:
Paint inside
Shine outside
Put in Flooring and carpet
Deck rear and front
Add storage
Add main and led interior lights
Add bilge pump
Add bow mount trolling motor
Add depth/fish finer
Add Rod Holders

Fast forward to spring of 2012.
It is finally warm enough here in Upstate New York to finally get rolling. I have picked up a lot of the stuff needed over the winter in anticipation of the mod. Here are the picture of the start through painting. Tonight I will grab some 3/4 oak plywood and get the new transom cut (inside and outside piece) and prep it for the Thompsons Water seal. Any suggestions or pitfalls, please feel free to shoot them at me!

[chromedog]

[chromedog]

PRIMER - RUSTOLEUM SELF ETCHING PRIMER


PAINT - RUSTOLEUM ENAMEL - SMOKE GREY

[chromedog]

Well it is about 99% done. First mod. Let me know what you guys think.

[chromedog]

[Fishing Rhino]

I'm impressed.

[chromedog]

Thank you. I am happy with the end product. It was a lot more work and time consuming than I originally thought ( and expensive, lol) but it fishes so much easier and nicer for my family.

[dustin11]

Thats cool, you did a great job on it.

[Kevinator1]

Chromedog,

Well, I have found a lot of things you could have done differently.......Just kidding. That thing turned out beautiful. Nice job. Maybe you should go into business upgrading older boats.

[chromedog]

Actually, I went from just barely finishing mine to now rehabing my buddies 17' crestliner. Pretty much had to gut it to the floatation form and redo everything. It can be fun, but it does take away fishing time. I guess I need a bigger garage (with heat, lol) and I might actually do one here or there because it is pretty theraputic. But trust me, this was my first mod, on to my second of probably many, but there are others out there doing some utterly amazing work.

Thanks for the compliments.

[tate]

wow that is a great job!! nicely done!

[Long Mike]

Great job! Very well done!

[BassHunter954]

thats a nice way you did everything

[RyneB]

that looks amazing. I was looking at the before pictures and didnt think it would turn out as good as it did. You definately did an amazing job. Now go out and get some bass slime on that carpet.

[Michael DiNardo]

Very nice job.

Mike