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Thanks fellas for all the kind words. To be honest, building this boat was almost as much fun as using it. I live only a mile from the lake which means I have the opportunity to fish nearly everyday once the weather gets nice. Having my own boat now gives me some freedom that I didn't have...

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So here's the boat and trailer complete Went down to the TPWD office and made it legal Which allows me to do this: this and this

The last fabrication was the base for the console. Once I determined the best distance from the seats I built a small frame, wrapped it in matching carpet and secured it to the floor. Then I secured the console to the base and to the side of the boat. I mounted a vertical 3 rod...

Here's a picture of the under seat storage that I made. I used some angled aluminum riveted together to make the frame and and plywood for the floor and front face. The seats tumble forward giving me access to a space measuring the width of the floor (4') x 1' W x 1'D. Its not dry storage...

You know, it wasn't to hard. I was a little hesitant at first but then I saw where others had tried and it turn out good for them. I had nothing to lose so I went for it. And of course, its really hard to mess up camo. lol :lol: I'm constantly getting good comments at the ramp and on the...

I removed the livewells (on this boat there are 2) and wrapped all sides and bottom with rigid foam insulation. I used an adhesive to attach the foam board to the outside to the aluminum livewell. My goal was to create built in coolers that also doubled as livewells. I installed spray heads...

Thanks guys, I couldn't have done it without the information found on these forums. Lots of ideas and inspiration for my project came from fellow contributors.

I bought it from the Lowes here in town. Its a Berber loop carpet with rubberized marine backing. They had several different colors to choose from. Black, maroon, grey, sand, and a darker brown. I chose sand to match my application and wasn't too dark to absorb heat in direct sunlight. If I...

Under the rear casting deck is the fuel tank, 2 Interstate 27 series deep cycle batteries, 1 cranking battery and the on board 3 bank battery charger. There is also room for an extra prop, small took kit and some 2 stroke oil.

I went back and forth trying to decide how to cover the decks and floor. I would have preferred to of used sheet aluminum coated with a bedliner material. For the sake of expense I elected for an alternative What I finally settled on was 5/8 exterior grade plywood treated with Thompson's...

Installed gauges and switches. Wired up the lighted rocker switches for nav lights, bilge pump, and livewells. All switches are independent of the key switch. Still leaves 2 switches unassigned. I'm thinking of installing some LED courtesy lights later which will take a switch and I will...

Picked up a Lowe side console and windshield off ebay. Some seats from Academy sports. Testing the layout. Built a bench for the seats and added storage Installed the livewell pump

A look at the entire boat done with 4 layers. BTW the adapter that clips onto the spray cans is a life saver. Now to use the grass stencil I made Boat going back onto the trailer. Hung the motor and camo'd it to match the boat

The trick to doing a good camo pattern is to work in layers. The base layer is the self-etching primer. On top of this I randomly placed sweeping arcs with flat white. Then using a stencil I applied a layer of brown. It appears much more orange in this picture than it actually is...

Inspired by several projects that I saw on this forum, I wanted a professional looking camo pattern. Decided to use a stencil kit and take my time to get it right. Picked up some yard sale signs in both large and small formats Made some leaf stencils first Taped a few leaves and sprayed...

Laid down 2 coats of self-etching primer. It chemically binds to the bare aluminum and because its OD green it also serves as the base layer for the camo pattern. It was about this time that I came across the big motor for my boat on craigslist Its an 1977 Evinrude 70hp and I gave $500 for...

Thanks, I'll be sure to do that. While gutting the boat I started researching some options for putting it back together. Decided that I wanted to use the boat for fishing and duck hunting. And since I can fish year round in Texas I figured that will be the main purpose and duck hunting would...

I scoured craigslist daily looking for deals on the parts that I was going to need to finish the boat. I came across a MinnKota 54# bow mounted, foot controlled trolling motor for $200.00 Its a Maxxum series 24v. Once the trailer was finished, I began tearing out the boat. I took it down...