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I thought about painting his boat in lacquer but a few pints of lacquer, a few pints of primer, and a pint of hardener would cost about $95 so I can only imagine what polyurethane would cost! It would be worth it though because it's so durable and looks good.

I did a spray-paint camo job on my buddy's 12' Meyers. We used 6 cans of primer, 6 cans of dark brown base coat, and 6 cans of assorted camo colors. It was a bit costly and took nearly two days to pull off, but it looked good. Problem with camo though, is that it's semi-gloss. So plan on...

That's nice work! I like the rod holders too! I'm not much of a kayaker so I wouldn't know, but isn't it a little tough keeping your balance while fighting a big size fish in that thing?

Thanks! That's nice that there's more people out there driving around the old trucks - most of them are trailer queens. I really like the '68-'72 body styles.

Welding it's your best bet... for a few small holes, you might be looking at paying a few bucks. Or you could always stuff a machine screw through the hole and tighten a nut on it.

The only person to get info on the quality of the boat itself is you. Is it dinged up all over the place, are there holes, any rivets missing, does it leak, etc. I would go ahead and offer him $400 and negotiate a little... that never hurts.

My buddy has that motor on his Meyers - it's a good running little motor. I'd ask the seller if you could take it to the lake to run it and check for problems before you give him the $600 he's asking for.

Like I said ... old school is the best school. Not only do the old outboards look, sound, and drive cooler than new motors, but they're highly reliable and most are dirt cheap because they're misunderstood and sometimes challenging to service. Only way to learn it is to do it.

Thanks! The truck has a factory installed 460 in it with a C6 3-speed automatic trans. I don't have a transom saver because I don't have a trailer yet, but when I borrow my buddy's trailer (in the pics) I just leave the motor up like it is since it locks in place. Just have to watch out for...

The majority of the time the motor rides in the back of the truck, wrapped up in a few junky towells for protection. I have kept the motor on a time or two - haven't found anything wrong with it. There's a small sliding bracket that locks the motor up like that on the tilt pin. Comes in handy...

Thanks guys! Just a little extra insurance. The hull is rated for 7 horsepower and I'm running 10 - hence the beefed up transom. Can't afford to loose the motor to the depths! Yeah it would look good behind a picklefork, but I have the long shaft version and it would run way too deep for...

Very nice site you have here! I'm Ed and I live in Fowlerville, Michigan. I'm 18, a full time online college freshman, and desperately looking for a job. I bought my boat off a buddy from school for $50. I found out shortly after I got it that it was an 11'3" 1968 Ward's Sea King. It was...