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Extreme Makeover Bassboat Edition - Just had to share!
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<blockquote data-quote="bAcKpAiN" data-source="post: 203193" data-attributes="member: 169"><p>I experienced my very own little "extreme makeover" this past month and a half and I figured I would share it with you all and brag on God a little bit! We bought our 1981 Fisher 16' Mod V last season and fished it like it came as our finances have been very tight. This spring we needed to give a bit of attention to the boat because the wood hatches and carpet on the front were getting pretty bad to the point of dangerous. I intended to simply replace the wood pieces or maybe extend the deck slightly and re-carpet the boat with some carpet given to me last year by a friend. My oh my did it turn out different! After getting the carpet tore out we noticed that there was a lot of corrosion around the bolts holding the aluminum flooring on and the foam in the boat was soaked where it hadn't totally disintegrated yet. Bottom line a simple re-carpet turned into an oh boy! The problem was with my bad back after the tear down I was barely able to walk. Just as I was leaning over on the now gutted boat I told the Lord "I don't think I can fix this thing." In the same instant my phone rings. Here my brother had mentioned my situation to his boss and they wanted to help me out. Bottom line, I dropped off the boat at their shop and got a totally different animal in return. They didn't charge me a dime for the materials, labor, or anything! I had to choke back tears all the way home!</p><p></p><p>I will just start the build thread with some before and afters and get to the details as I can later. Needless to say I am humbled, speechless, and honestly still in disbelief over what I ended up with!</p><p></p><p>Before:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]24333[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]24334[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]24335[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]24347[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]24348[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]24349[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bAcKpAiN, post: 203193, member: 169"] I experienced my very own little "extreme makeover" this past month and a half and I figured I would share it with you all and brag on God a little bit! We bought our 1981 Fisher 16' Mod V last season and fished it like it came as our finances have been very tight. This spring we needed to give a bit of attention to the boat because the wood hatches and carpet on the front were getting pretty bad to the point of dangerous. I intended to simply replace the wood pieces or maybe extend the deck slightly and re-carpet the boat with some carpet given to me last year by a friend. My oh my did it turn out different! After getting the carpet tore out we noticed that there was a lot of corrosion around the bolts holding the aluminum flooring on and the foam in the boat was soaked where it hadn't totally disintegrated yet. Bottom line a simple re-carpet turned into an oh boy! The problem was with my bad back after the tear down I was barely able to walk. Just as I was leaning over on the now gutted boat I told the Lord "I don't think I can fix this thing." In the same instant my phone rings. Here my brother had mentioned my situation to his boss and they wanted to help me out. Bottom line, I dropped off the boat at their shop and got a totally different animal in return. They didn't charge me a dime for the materials, labor, or anything! I had to choke back tears all the way home! I will just start the build thread with some before and afters and get to the details as I can later. Needless to say I am humbled, speechless, and honestly still in disbelief over what I ended up with! Before: [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_2313 (Medium).JPG"]24333._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_2316 (Medium).JPG"]24334._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_2317 (Medium).JPG"]24335._xfImport[/ATTACH] After: [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMAG0130 (Medium).jpg"]24347._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMAG0131 (Medium).jpg"]24348._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMAG0132 (Medium).jpg"]24349._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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