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Just had to add one more thing. I rewired the trailer yesterday with LED lights, and noticed how pathetically lopsided and uneven my CE Smith boat guides were. In all honesty, I threw them on in a hurry after I purchased them, but when I was tackling the rewiring job and had the boat off the...

I used Interlux for the body, POR15 for the hull. A little goes a long way on both paints. I just used a brush, as the brush strokes don't show up on either paint. Everyone who has seen it up close asks if I sprayed the paint on. Pretty impressive stuff!!

For all intents and purposes, my boat project is finished. I took it on the lake the other day and it fished beautifully - much better than I had anticipated. The overall balance seems perfect, and the trolling motor really zips it along. At this point I wouldn't change or add a thing. I...

As I was wrapping up the build I decided to add a few things just for fun (read:absolutely useless additions). To give a little pizazz to the hull, I added red pinstriping between the black hull paint and gray body paint. I also added some fish decals to the front of the boat as well as the...

I don't anchor much, as I usually just bass fish, but for those times when I want to catch a few crappie for dinner I'll use this neat old solid piece of aluminum as my boat anchor. This thing weight almost 10 pounds!

Purchased a Minn Kota battery power center. I really like the built-in breakers, as well as additional access ports which I'll utilize for my cell phone charger. I slapped together a battery tray out of left over angle aluminum, and secured this to the stern support and bottom rib with...

LED installation completed. The light looks purple from my crappy cell phone pic, but it's blue. I probably could have gotten away with only two lights, as having the four sure puts out a lot of light. The switch panel controls the depth finder, running light of course, and the LED's. I...

Looks really good so far. I used Duralux on my rig as well, and was really impressed with how smooth the finish came out - as several folks that have seen it in person have asked if I applied the paint with a spray gun. Anyway, nice job!!

Ok, my idea was (which turned out better than I anticipated) to add some lift struts to the from deck in case I need access to the wiring, as well as give me additional storage for larger items. The most difficult part was getting the mounting tabs aligned properly. I just used two stainless...

Worked on running the wiring today and installing the control panel. Ran wires for trolling motor, bow and stern lights, depth finder, and interior LED's. Secured bulkhead front panel and carpeted the deck top (though it's not yet installed). The hatch on the deck was from a RV dealer. It was...

It was too nice of a day to pass up on fishing, so I decided to give the boat an initial run on the local strip pit. Trailer worked perfect, but it's clear that the bargain light trailer kit that I purchased from Harbor freight tools is absolute JUNK. No need to go into detail but as soon as I...

Started doing some of the wiring - running 8 GA from the battery area to the front, and started layout for the front deck. Due to the narrow width of the boat, this isn't going to be a fishing deck, but mainly just an area to mount a trolling motor. That being said, I really don't need to make...

Thanks! I installed some carpeted side panels with SS Screws which I think should solve some of the noise issues : )

Too darn rainy today to do much, but managed to get side panels carpeted and started mock-up of front deck. Scored a used MotorGuide foot control trolling motor (43 lbs thrust) locally on Craigslist for 150 bucks..

Managed to get a little work done on the boat this afternoon. Bench seat covers, rear seat mount and added a small solar charger.......

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Unfortunately I didn't get many "before" pics, as I didn't think I was going to go as far as I have thus far. Anyway - the background: I've had this old Jon for a number of years , and mainly use it for bass fishing in old strip mine lakes in southern Illinois. I actually keep it at one of the...