I have fallen neck deep into the vintage boat rabbit hole. Finishing up the TeeNee trailer restoration and now turning attention to the Feathercraft Ranger. I’m adding remote controls since it had only been tiller steered. I’ve decided to postpone the modern 4 stroke motor for a ’57 Johnson...
Ivory bits done! Color is the Light Ivory for the Porsche 356 in Glasurit. Planning to restore the vintage Kainer steering wheel and paint it this same Ivory. Time to start on the yellow bits...
thank you for the confirmations, sounds like my ideas or on track. One more thing... apparently hydraulic steering is typically only for larger boats with more torque than the 30hp would deliver but I found a quick ratio small unit. I'm thinking the feel would be a lot nice than the old...
You actually brought up a concern I have with this boat. I'll admit that I didn't grow up around liquid water so I'm still learning, but the Tonkacraft has two other ribs (strakes?) down each side, a total of 4 more. I'm looking to over power this somewhat and concerned about directional...
Good morning all,
This is my first post to your group after purchasing a Feathercraft Ranger II with a TeeNee trailer a year ago. Nothing like a 10 week recovery from a health event to motivate one to gain some perspective on what's important in life. For me it was/is to get this restoration...