1984 Bass Tracker I (restoration)

[bthompson92]

Thanks for the advice on the trailer, hope mine comes out as good as yours did! Keep up the good work

 

[huntinfool]

Looks good.

 

[Bowlershop]

Now to the paint booth.(after a lot of aluminum cleaning)....My uncle owns a body shop so that helped me and my wallet a lot.

 

[Bowlershop]

I just set my seats in there when I got the boat back to the garage just to get an image of what it will look like in the future. :lol:

 

[Bowlershop]

Started on the inside...................Put in some closed cell flotation and finished up the battery/gas tank storage...I also put in a inboard battery charger.

 

[Bowlershop]

I just wanted to add that I do have this restoration close to done.....I'm just putting pictures on here when I find time.....I do have many more detailed pictures....I'm just putting some on here to show it as I went....If anyone wants better pictures of something let me know, I owe you guys a lot, I read this forum night after night when I was trying to figure things out on this boat.

 

[Bowlershop]

Some wood and carpet work......I used 5/8 marine board.... Most of the wood I put in the boat i coated with the clear poly urethane stuff. I have closed cell flotation under the floor as well.....Even though it doesn't show in the pics.

 

[smackdaddy53]

Lots of work and it looks great!

 

[onthewater102]

I was sitting here mouth agape in awe of what you had accomplished in so little time and thinking of what a slow-poke I am when I went back and read your first post that this is over a year in the making...and realized you are human after all!!!

Beautiful work

 

[geeksterman]

Download "PIX RESIZER" from www.cnet.com
makes resizing the pictures much, much easier !

 

[onthewater102]

I use a free account with imgur.com to host my pictures - they have a "Large Icon" option which resizes them nicely for posting on forums. FWIW

 

[Bowlershop]

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Bowlershop]

Heres some more pics of the build.

 

[onthewater102]

Are these pics catching up to where you are currently with the boat?

 

[Bowlershop]

right now i am done with the boat just waiting for the motor to get back to me.......The boat sat a long time so I took the motor in to have everything checked out......It did fire up when I got it home though.......I was going to put some more pics up today but I don't see any of the ones that I have put up already????? Did i do something wrong that they disappeared? Or do i just not see them?

 

[onthewater102]

Nope - you might want to contact the site admin as I can't see them either.

 

[JMill]

Build looks great! I'll be tearing into my '89 this winter. What kind of carpet did you use?

 

[Bowlershop]

Well I can see the pics again, so that's good..... I put the motor back on yesterday...Started it up today and it seems to run good...I will try to get it into the water this week and maybe get a fish in the boat.....I will get some pictures up of the final product.

 

[inlovewithsurfin]

this has to be the cleanest old tracker rebuild i have ever seen! great job! really makes me wish i didnt rush to build mine... i have the same boat and i have restored it as well just not as clean and thorough as you did! very nice!!!!! post some finished pictures please!

 

[inlovewithsurfin]

also... what did you use to clean the aluminum hull? your boat looks brand new!