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I had a house fire in January that destroyed my old jon boat, a Generation III 1236 that I had modified. My homeowners insurance would only cover $1,000 so I looked around until I found a boat in that price range. I came up with this 1448 Crestliner. It has a trailer, a 1970 20 hp Johnson outboard, 36 lb thrust motor guide TM and a Humminbird 200DX fish Finder.
The Good:
Hull has no leaks and is in very good condition
TM works
FF works
trailer in good condition.
The bad:
All wood needs to be replaced
Needs to be completely rewired
Motor Hasn't run in 3 yrs & covered in dirt daubers and cobwebs
Trailer has rust & will need to be cleaned up and painted
The Boat
The trailer
The motor
Dirt daubers & cobwebs
The first thing I did was take everything off theBoat to get ready for the mod
Needs to be cleaned up. This trash was under the old floor.
The motor on the stand I built. Probably over built.
Planning to deck across the front seat to the bow,replace the flooring, rewire & put a bigger TM on the bow and a TM on the stern for the electric only lakes I fish.
I will update with more pics as I go along.
The Good:
Hull has no leaks and is in very good condition
TM works
FF works
trailer in good condition.
The bad:
All wood needs to be replaced
Needs to be completely rewired
Motor Hasn't run in 3 yrs & covered in dirt daubers and cobwebs
Trailer has rust & will need to be cleaned up and painted
The Boat
![sternbefore.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/63c/63c32abea2b52279f48c07c774a49ad2.jpg)
![Bowbefore.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/381/381b3bdf6d4418cc2356a079b49c6525.jpg)
![bow2before.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d98/d98f54873cfdd0bec6d56fece9351038.jpg)
The trailer
![trailerbow.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b14/b14d9121e8eaad32e555d68463e0fd82.jpg)
![trailer.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/368/368dae1ec60bb2e3a1ba500c66a4934e.jpg)
The motor
![motor1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2db/2db7bc008a1cdde7e0071d608f1ff22b.jpg)
Dirt daubers & cobwebs
![motor2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b30/b30f5310a1c4a8c3f62bd9416f92b03e.jpg)
![motor3.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/568/568178efb8e1d90d53414591ef968030.jpg)
![motor4.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/3ad/3adb3f4bc30cccfa971a89c9df9c2b55.jpg)
![motor5.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/833/833273eb714b35c19d0ceb84a2bc6043.jpg)
The first thing I did was take everything off theBoat to get ready for the mod
![sternafter.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1ea/1eaf9351730bffabd78cefe5e360bb2b.jpg)
![bowafter.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2b6/2b6bef316e4f84c8d6d12bee20d5904e.jpg)
Needs to be cleaned up. This trash was under the old floor.
![trash.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/e59/e5972c9e2b557ec818ea9bff9ebac196.jpg)
The motor on the stand I built. Probably over built.
![motorstand.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b5e/b5e495a82f63b19f19eb6954518e1560.jpg)
Planning to deck across the front seat to the bow,replace the flooring, rewire & put a bigger TM on the bow and a TM on the stern for the electric only lakes I fish.
I will update with more pics as I go along.