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warefishin

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I just bought the boat I have wanted for a long time a tracker pf16. I am going to have to funish work on my current boat before I get this one fishable but I am excited to get started so I thought I would throw up some pictures and get this thread started.

I payed 750 motor runs and steering and controls work. The sterring seems a little tight but I have some time to get it working after I redo all the interior and replace the transom.
 

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Man thats a real cool rig. If I had the funds or found a deal like you did Id pick that boat up too. Thats gonna be awsome when you and the fam go out and you have all the room up from to fish and the ole lady and boy will have the back to do whatever. You wont have to walk around or step over them to goto from driving the boat to trolling. Very nice rig. Plan of painting it or leaving it that raw aluminum? That wil be cool when you get it done.
 
I am going to clean it up first before I decide about painting or not the hull really isn't in to bad of shape it looks rough because I had to pull it down a couple of dirt roads with no fenders and it sprayed mud all over the place lol.

Right now I am thinking about tearing out the carpet and going spray in or hydroturf. I love the way carpet looks when its new but I want to keep this boat a while and don't want a ton of maintenance.
 
Dude I went to lowes and got light colored grey indoor/outdoor carpet and it was super cheap, super durable, and it comes clean easy with some dawn dish soap and a light scrubbing. My buddy works at a greesy factory and got into my boat after he got off work and left big huge greesy foot prints all in it. Washed right out and weve tracked mud in and out a few times and it just sprays out. Itll be in my next jon too I promise. Get you a set of fenders and keep the mud off it. Ima try to post some pics of the 1232 sometime but I dont have a computer so Ill have to use ole ladys phone or something. I write all this on my xbox internet explorer or our kindle fire. Lol gotta make due with what you got like my dad says.
 
I might have to give that carpet a shot. I like the look and feel just worried about the cleanup. But the stuff at lowes wasnt too high I looked at it last night 4 dollars a foot I belive for the six foot wide sections
 
I found some free out door sign material today.its the aluminum with poly in the middle I am going to use some for the decking.
 

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Sold my other boat and started the demo today.
 

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Ain't nothing to it but to do it. I bought me another boat. Its a 2001 alumacraft Tex special. Its got a 50hp Johnson and it don't need nothing. Although I haven't had it on the water I got a good feeling about it. I made the dealer do a compression test and they put the muffs on it.

I think you'll be happy if you get that carpet from lowes. Boat looks good. Keep me posted
 
I want to build another box to mount a seat to. I am thinking making it out of aluminum and and some angle and just riveting a box together.
 
Got a lot of the strippind down done tonight. I should finish up tomorrow. Cant wait to get the new floor in and start putting it back together
 

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Got a good bit more work done. I am going to the carwash going to get my moneys worth at the vacum. Also took off the motor so I can get to work on the transom.
 

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A few more picks with most of the foam gone
 

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Got it cleaned up and thought I would add a few more pics before I started prepping to prime this weekend.
 

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My seat pedastals came in the mail today
 

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OMG! Your wifes going to kill you for tearing that new boat apart. LMFAO! I aint been on this site in quiet a while but thought Id check out your progress. Looking good. I see you got it pretty clean. What color you going to paint it? I do body work for a living and ill give you FREE advice(LOL) if you need a pointer or two. Ive done everything from wreck rebuilds to custom restorations to painting peoples lawn furniture and mail boxes ( you should see my camillion mailbox). Its 2 in the morning and I just came in from working on my new boat. For some reason alot of stuff didnt work an its because it was all wired backwards. I simply swaped the hot and ground on the cig lighter and the bildge pump and they took off. Other then that little dumb stuff I believe its going to be a good boat. I did my 12ft jon like a hotrod. Its black on bottom and its silver from a ford taurus on top and it has a red pinstrip separatin the two colors. I had alot of complments on it. It has a huge fishing deck that I built and carpeted with that Lowes carpet I was telling you about and it still looks great. Think bout doing my new boat black with reflective red lettering so itll match my truck. Id like to put that grey carpet in it too. Its got tan carpet and its about the same color as that pewter (tan) color you see on chevy trucks and blazers. My buddy pulled it home in his pewter truck an bragged about how much better it looked behind his truck as mine is victory red. Keep up the good work and keep us posted. I could ramble al day so Ima stop now before I drive erbody nuts.
 
Also what size motor is on that thing. I cant tell from the pics. Another thing, I noticed you had a battery sitting next to the motor. Dont know if its true or not but I prefer not to do it but Ive always herd dont sit a good battery on concrete because itll ruin it.
 
It is a 25 evinrude tracker. I have to clean the carbs I am waiting on the kit to come in. Looks like there is a little corrosion on it from where the po painted over the zinc.

Thanks for the offer I know I will have a ton of questions when I get started.
 
I got the seats in still waiting on the swivels but I think the height is going to be about right
 

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Still tring to decide what I am going to do over the aluminum decking. I dont really want to carpet it because of all the junk I get in my boat while fishing my local spots leaves dirt etc.

I have thought about bedliner and paint with sand in it.

I also have thought about carpeting the sides and bedlining the floor. I want to do gray with whatever I decide on.
 

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