52 Duracraft Sportsman restoration.

[surfman]

Pretty spiffy for sure, have you put it in the water yet? How fast does it run?

 

[Country Dave]

Wow I just happen upon this thread,

I'm really glad I did, that thing is beautiful....................................... =D>

 

[m casey stock]

surfman » Today, 12:23[/url]"]Pretty spiffy for sure, have you put it in the water yet? How fast does it run?

Just finishing things up and the weather turned to mess, haven't had a decent weekend to make a splash. No idea on the speed, but I really just have cruising around in mind so as long as it runs as it should, I'm really not worried about a super fast top speed, but I'll be sure to post it once I make the test run.

 

[m casey stock]

Country Dave » Today, 14:06[/url]"]Wow I just happen upon this thread,

I'm really glad I did, that thing is beautiful....................................... =D>

Thanks, been two years of work, a labor of love.

 

[Country Dave]

m casey stock » 15 Nov 2013, 23:25[/url]"]

Country Dave » Today, 14:06[/url]"]Wow I just happen upon this thread,

I'm really glad I did, that thing is beautiful....................................... =D>

Thanks, been two years of work, a labor of love.

Understood.................................................. :mrgreen:

December 4th will be the one year anniversary of my first post of my Lowe rebuild thread, also a labor of love........................ :mrgreen:

 

[m casey stock]

I'm having withdrawals LOL not much going on now that the weather has changed, but I am still piddling. Here are a few pictures of my latest progress.









Carpet glued down on center floor section and everything mounted in place in the rear (fuel, battery, and a battery powered paddle if the need arises :wink: )

 

[m casey stock]

Waiting on Spring.

 

[m casey stock]

I was waiting to post the finishing touches of my interior along with the "SPLASH" but I can't seem to get the timing right for the splash, so I decided to go ahead and post the interior pictures and hopefully the splash won't be too far behind.

 

[bobberboy]

What an amazing job. Way to go!

 

[m casey stock]

bobberboy » Today, 08:05[/url]"]What an amazing job. Way to go!

Thanks it's not perfect, but it's a lot better than it was when I got it.

 

[m casey stock]

Lets see if I can quietly slip this update out there.



interior pictures

Gas in the tank for the first time

 

[CMOS]

Simply magnificent!

Well, how does she drive!?

CMOS

 

[m casey stock]

Simply magnificent!

Well, how does she drive!?

CMOS

She drives great. It still amazes me how small the boat looks from the outside but how roomy it feels when sitting inside. I turned on the GPS speedometer app. on my phone (checked it against my vehicle speedometer and my Garmin and its spot on compared to those) and got a reading of 27 MPH before the Wifie started acting nervous. The throttle was wide open but the lake had a chop to it and it had just reached the 27 MPH when I backed off. That's actually pretty good for a little 25hp but I think 30MPH is doable on a calm day and maybe even faster if I played with the trim a bit. I built this as a little up river cruiser so I'm not really worried about trying to squeeze max MPH out of it. The old cable and pulley steering also did just fine. I figured it would have some slop to it, but that was not the case, when I turned the wheel, it turned. The stationary motor caused me to not be able to get as close to the bank as I wanted, I'm used to power tilt, so I may be looking into adding that at some point.

 

[m casey stock]

More fun on the water with the new Bimini top added.

 

[Rib]

Your boat is amazing. Very nice work.

 

[bobberboy]

I'm going to upgrade my remarks to "Oh Baby!"

 

[m casey stock]

Thanks again Guys