fishinchef
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Its been a long time since i posted last. I finally finished the 1432 build and sold it aloing with a 17ft center console and bought a new project. Its a 1990 1752 Lowe with an 80 hp merc. Got a great deal off craigslist, boat, motor, trailer, trolling motor and all the accessories for $1000. The boat was a previous Army Corp or Engineers boat and was pretty dirty and needs some tlc. The plans now are to add a front and rear casting deck, re-run all the wires, rework the console, and I should be ready to fish.
Her are some pictues before any work was started. THIS THING WAS FILTHY!!! The previous owner had 3 layers of styrofoam insulation underneath a flimsy aluminum floor. It was mud/water logged and well smelled quite distgusting They had also moved the bench that used to be in the middle of the boat to the rear and had a super stong supports built out of aluminum flashing!?!?!?!
This is how the boat looks after 2 trips to the car wash and about 6 hefty trash bags. List of items found in boat during clean out: Spinner Bait, rattle trap, fire extinguisher, bags of worms, leatherman, diet coke cans, half a dozen floats, and about 5 gallons of mud and tree debris.
Her are some pictues before any work was started. THIS THING WAS FILTHY!!! The previous owner had 3 layers of styrofoam insulation underneath a flimsy aluminum floor. It was mud/water logged and well smelled quite distgusting They had also moved the bench that used to be in the middle of the boat to the rear and had a super stong supports built out of aluminum flashing!?!?!?!
This is how the boat looks after 2 trips to the car wash and about 6 hefty trash bags. List of items found in boat during clean out: Spinner Bait, rattle trap, fire extinguisher, bags of worms, leatherman, diet coke cans, half a dozen floats, and about 5 gallons of mud and tree debris.