Before Pics and Vids as I bought the boat
Bought this boat, trailer and 1996 25hp 2 stroke Mercury tiller for $2400 last fall. I've been looking for 3 years for a boat like this for this price. It came with removable carpeted floors, two batteries and a 40lb thrust Minn kota trolling motor.
In the fall I built a removable duck blind for it. Now I'm setting it up as a fishing rig and duck hunting boat.
First Boat ride checking it out:
[youtube]w5fPUmKkO08[/youtube]
After this point will be updates regarding the modifications I made
Now my build will start with a new built in fabbed aluminum livewell. I had the idea in my head which I transferred to a cardboard mockup. The whole idea being that I wanted it to look and operate like it came with the boat from the manufacturer.
This is the most expensive part of the build. Frankly I'm not sure it's worth the cost for what I want, but with the cost of Aluminum, pumps, tubing and then fabrication time as well as install, I felt it was worth what they are charging me. Wish I could weld Aluminum, but I cannot. I thought about fiberglass, plastic plywood, etc. but nothing seemed to me to be what I wanted.
[youtube]Jn_ZGIiWFLM[/youtube]
The remainder of the build will be extending the front deck another 18" with access hatches (two ribs) by framing it out of aluminum angle, installing decking on the middle and rear bench seat, making a bench on the left side that spans the rear and middle seat to mount the fish locator and panel switches and just for other use. and finally installing a hinged deck over the back to hide the battery and gas tank...all of course carpeted.
My duck blind:
[youtube]FYkvPYd5lhc[/youtube]
Bought this boat, trailer and 1996 25hp 2 stroke Mercury tiller for $2400 last fall. I've been looking for 3 years for a boat like this for this price. It came with removable carpeted floors, two batteries and a 40lb thrust Minn kota trolling motor.
In the fall I built a removable duck blind for it. Now I'm setting it up as a fishing rig and duck hunting boat.
First Boat ride checking it out:
[youtube]w5fPUmKkO08[/youtube]
After this point will be updates regarding the modifications I made
Now my build will start with a new built in fabbed aluminum livewell. I had the idea in my head which I transferred to a cardboard mockup. The whole idea being that I wanted it to look and operate like it came with the boat from the manufacturer.
This is the most expensive part of the build. Frankly I'm not sure it's worth the cost for what I want, but with the cost of Aluminum, pumps, tubing and then fabrication time as well as install, I felt it was worth what they are charging me. Wish I could weld Aluminum, but I cannot. I thought about fiberglass, plastic plywood, etc. but nothing seemed to me to be what I wanted.
[youtube]Jn_ZGIiWFLM[/youtube]
The remainder of the build will be extending the front deck another 18" with access hatches (two ribs) by framing it out of aluminum angle, installing decking on the middle and rear bench seat, making a bench on the left side that spans the rear and middle seat to mount the fish locator and panel switches and just for other use. and finally installing a hinged deck over the back to hide the battery and gas tank...all of course carpeted.
My duck blind:
[youtube]FYkvPYd5lhc[/youtube]