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Well let see I got the boat for free, I spent a $ 1,000 to get the motor running, the fuel pump was shot. I didn't keep a price list, I think I put about $ 1,800 plus the & 1,000 for the motor = $2,800 that's is still a good price, it's nice to have good friends at work with hook ups to save you money.

I am done with the Boat Restoration May I present to you....The new tin can

UP DATE 5/13 MORE PIC

Just put the carpet around the livewell...DAM IT LOOKS GOOD

Nope and I use every one them ;D

I ordered some flex / lip trim plastic molding to put on the inside lip of the rod lockers, so what do you think? I like it

Just got done with the left rod locker

;D Dam I could have made some money ;D

Just got done with all the sides, I also installed a boat glove box, Monday I should be ready to put the carpet on the floor and the back

Yep

Woke up early today and did more carpet work, I also had to make something that would hold the end of the rods up when they are in the rod tube's

Up date 4/12 Well this is how I spent my Easter Sunday, I pulled everything off the rod lockers it came out perfect, I finished one of the rod lockers and glued down the carpet on the front casting deck, Monday I will do more.

Well I just got done gluing down other parts of the carpet, it's coming along pretty good, and all I need is some good worm weather and the glue will dry faster.

Well after getting some time off from work I finally finished putting the carpet on the lids and the seat plats. I used contact cement that stuff works grate, this weekend I will start putting the carpet in the boat, I really need to get this done because I am going through withdrawals

Well after riding my mountain bike around town this weekend I decided to cut out the carpet for the boat, the carpet is not glued down yet; I will start that next weekend that's if I don't have to do any overtime.

My rod locker was only made to hold 6ft rods, here is the problem, all my rods are 7ft as you can see in the pics I had to cut the top off to get to the alum plate, once I cut that alum away, this gave me plenty of room to install the new rod tubes.

I still haven't got the boat carpet for my boat yet, about once every two weeks I pull the boat out hook up the hose and crank her up just to keep everything lubricated. I put it in gear and then put it back into neutral, I went to check out the motor and noticed that the prop is still turning, the cables looked good on the motor so I took apart the control box and look what I found, I hooked the cable up and made sure the e-ring was good and tight, everything works just fine now.

YOU GUYS HAVE NOTHING ON MY BOAT, THIS IS HOW WE ROLL IN CALIF

What kind of carpet did you use?

What's that white stuff? thank god I live in Calif ;D

Well I just got done cleaning all the old glue off, as you can see in some of the pictures there are two areas where I could not clean off the old glue because that area in between the livewell is to small for me to get anything in there so I installed some wood in between the livewell that way I don't have to worry about putting carpet down in that tight area. Tomorrow I will scrub down the inside of the boat with acetone to get everything clean that way I will be ready for the carpet, I will get the carpet when I get my vacation check.

WELL HERE ARE TWO MORE PIC'S, THE ONLY THING I HAVE LEFT IS THE FLOOR AND THAT WILL ONLY TAKE ABOUT A HALF HOUR AND THEN I WILL PULL THE BOAT OUT AND HOSE EVERYTHING OFF

SOON SHE WILL BE BACK ON THE WATER

I used something besides mothers I can't remember the name. I think after I am done puting in the new carpet I will try some mothers.

No mater what I tried it was hard, we had to wet sand it to get the crud off and talk about the black stuff coming off, here is a pic with the crud