1965 Arkansas semi v project

[TOY BOAT]

Back home. Primer is solid, But the paint continues to pull away.

 

[TOY BOAT]

Finally got a chance to finish the paint. I sanded and repainted the outside, sanded and painted the inside. I still have to put a dove grey color on the interior. Installed new hull numbers too.

Before

Now

No, the silver is not the final color. It would be blinding in the sun. 8)

 

[TOY BOAT]

DONE!!!!!!!!!
I kept the silver. I am going to be sorry. Like a baked potato in aluminum foil sorry. :roll:

 

[Jdholmes]

I like the outside and the benches.

Just teasing...good job.

 

[jasper60103]

Bill,
nice boat and nice Cadillac too.

 

[TMO8413]

Bill,
Looks great! As a fellow New Englander, you gotta be loving the weather thus far (minus this week!). Just a couple questions:

1. How is that trolling motor mounted? Does iit work better bow or transom mounted?
2. The battery is stored up front: what are you using, if anything, to keep it in place or secure?
3. Those seats came out great. I have three aluminum bench seats as well but would like to put plywood over them. What type of hardware did you use/suggest?

Thanks.

 

[TOY BOAT]

Bill,
Looks great! As a fellow New Englander, you gotta be loving the weather thus far (minus this week!). Just a couple questions:

1. How is that trolling motor mounted? Does iit work better bow or transom mounted?
2. The battery is stored up front: what are you using, if anything, to keep it in place or secure?
3. Those seats came out great. I have three aluminum bench seats as well but would like to put plywood over them. What type of hardware did you use/suggest?

Thanks.

I put a block of wood under the outer gunwale to give the troller a place to mount. I think it works better on the bow. It was easier to see where I was going, rather than where I had been so to speak. With it on the transom, I did not see weeds I was riding over. Battery was up front last in a battery box that was bolted to the forward bench on the bow side. I only used stainless hardware everywhere.

 

[TOY BOAT]

Actually, I sold the Arkansas, and just picked up a 1959 Lone Star Newport with a 1959 35hp Johnson.

Let the games begin.... Again!

 

[Gators5220]

Love the clean simplicity of it, sweet build!