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    1988 Bass Tracker V17 Restoration

    It definitely hasn't gotten old, but a lot has changed in the past year, I got a job 2.5 hours away from family and dad got really sick for a month or so. But every time I come down to visit we always try and go out fishing, I'd say we burn around 20 dollars tops going out. That's when we are...
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    1988 Bass Tracker V17 Restoration

    I know the feeling, sometimes it takes that push! I'm hoping my rebuild will really push you, because it's a really good feeling knowing it was your hands that built it. Brandon
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    1988 Bass Tracker V17 Restoration

    Going back through all the pictures really make me proud, it's something that I've poured my heart and soul into and I can say that I rebuilt a boat that will be putting a smile on someones face for a LONG time. When dad and I would go out fishing in the tracker we'd always see all these flashy...
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    1988 Bass Tracker V17 Restoration

    Well, i guess the whole Photobucket situation hit my pictures too.. so I will be updating my post because I'm kind of mad that they did this to everyone. I'll be using imgur and hopefully, this goes as planned lol. Anywho a lot has happened since the last post.. dad sold the Tracker to a work...
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    1988 Bass Tracker V17 Restoration

    Here is the day! Finally after all the blood and sweat we put into this old girl, its finally time to see how she scoots! 2/20/16 She's all dressed up and ready to roll! Before we got to the fun stuff we had to adjust the carbs at the dock, but after that me and pops were gone!! She runs...
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    1988 Bass Tracker V17 Restoration

    Sorry for taking so long guys!! I've been nothing but slammed by school and work, but i finished 2 of my 3 classes so here it goes! i think we left off here.. 9/25/15 How the bow looks, all the wiring is all redone to the front, trolling motor wires and fish finder wires are all routed up to...
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    1987 Bass Tracker V17

    With these boats you don't have to take any rear decking out to access the transom. Just take the motor off the back and then you take the screws out of the aluminum cap that goes from side to side and viola there is the transom! It comes straight up and the new one will drop right in (if you...
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    1987 Bass Tracker V17

    Looking good in there! doesn't seem like to bad of a project now! Hows the transom looking??
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    1987 Bass Tracker V17

    If you need any help or info with the project just let me know bud!! Its fun once you get through the hard stuff lol.
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    1988 Bass Tracker V17 Restoration

    Thanks guys!! So back at it... 8/23/15 i remember the first part of august being extremely hot so no work outside happened during that time, we coated the wood with epoxy resin in the garage and got all the hole for the hatches cut out. We sort of made a booboo because we cut one of the...
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    1988 Bass Tracker V17 Restoration

    So this is my first time posting on this forum, I've been lurking since starting this project about 10 months or so ago. Let me start out by saying a couple things about myself and my old man, who helped a ton. I am 22 years old and I am working on a computer science bachelors degree at FAU...
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