I'll try to keep this short, but no promises. 

 

Dad bought a never-sold '79 Hydrasport in '81.  Put his '74 Johnson 115 on the back and fished it for a lot of years. 

 

Somewhere in there around the mid/late 90's the boat got put up and never went back to the water.  He kept up with the batteries and covering for a lot of years, but eventually that slipped too. 

 

The floor needed replacing a while back, and wasn't the first time it had to be done over the life of the boat.  And a year or so ago, he thinks termites got into the structure. 

 

I'm guessing the hull probably just needs to be cut up and hauled away. 

 

I'm curious how much the old 115 is worth - or if it is worth rebuilding the carbs and going through the rest of it.  I bet the trolling motor would probably still run if power were put to it.  Maybe I just need to bolt it to a jon-boat. 

 

I wish I would have offered to take it off his hands 15ish years ago when a little TLC might have kept it from going completely to nothing.

 

 

Based on my own past experience with liquidating vintage boats, motors & trailers,

the residual value is disappointingly paltry (barring antique value of course).

 

Many complain that the price of today's boats & motors has grossly outpaced the rate of inflation,

but that dismisses all new technology. The ole stuff doesn't hold a candle to today's boats & motors,

they are totally different animals (I've lived in both eras).

 

Roger