Recent content by stone4140

You will be surpised when its back on the trailer how little of the bottom you will see:) It would not look weird. Just pick a low line for the steelflex to stop.

Not sure what "no feedback" means. I'm guessing I'm glad its a feature. As for how it works and attaching it I am not familiar with Mercury which it looks like you have. But the principal is the same with all of them. The end of the steering cable needs to be held stationary. There are a few...

Glad you like it. I was going to take out the splashwell and put a casting deck and live well in but actually fishing became more important than a casting deck for my brother;)Winter and spring were passing quickly. Hopefully this project your are on is for next year. If not you are gonna be...

I did a very similar project a few years back. Check out the link below. You will probably find many similar discusions. As for the trailer I wire wheeled the bad parts and then used rustoleom rust metal primer before painting. I can't tell ya how well that worked out for me. It turned what...

Glad to see your still making posts. I have had to many of those nights around a fire and then wake up with my son bright and early not feeling so bright. Keep the posts coming!!

Almost finished couple small projects left. Started the motor in the driveway and after just a new carb kit it seems to be running great. Just gotta test her on the water now and make sure it runs under load. Installed a hummingbird with DSI that I'm excited to try out. My favorite part is...

Painted the boat two Tone and started laying carpet.Hope to be done by July.

Got the front deck cut out and I cut new Gunnels. The Gunnels will extend down to the deck when I'm done so I ditched the curved ones. These take up more space but they'll go right down and once carpeted I think it will look good. And they will be nice and strong for rod holders and even...

Started decking the bow. I am using old ladders i acquired for free or cheap. They seem to be working good so far. I still have to seal the floor before attaching brackets. I also Have to put more bracing in but I figured I'd post a pic of the early ladder stage.

I've gone back and forth with the whole deck or no deck idea as well. It would be a lot less work and better for the kids but I keep going back to the deck. First off cause i am keeping the splashwell out so I need to put some support back in its place anyways. And then if the other guy I'm...

I got some of the bow gunnel roughed in. The plan is to use luan to go vertically down the gunnel to match the existing aluminum gunnel. I'm using luan because I think it will be easy to contour to the bend and once glassed it will be strong I'm thinking. Then I am going to glass the whole...

Gluvit applied, Transom installed and bow cap started. Next steps will include floor,front and back deck, install a new front gunnel and a ton of other stuff. I think I am going to glass the plywood bow cap to the front bow rail for added strength and to make it seamless so when i install the...

Got some work done this weekend. Rub rails removed,flimsy bow gunnel removed, Some dents pounded out, the rivets and seams wire wheeled and prepped for gluvit, and the side storage walls removed. I'm thinking about utilizing the brackets that supported the side storage compartment into that...

If you have anymore shots of your boat I'd like to see them. Especially the splashwell area or any decking if there is any. Its tough to see in the pic how your boat is setup..

Well for the floor itself I am using plywood. For any framing that is involved I will be using aluminum ladders (And Lon you called your dad el cheapo :) ) I plan on doing the gluvit first on every seam and rivet I can find below the waterline. Then i will frame the back and front decks. If...