Dirty Dave's 1860 Tracker

[dirty dave]

Got some more work done today, got the front panel of bench seat cut to rough shape and set it in the boat. Now i will trim it down to fit snug little by little. On the back side there is a framework of square tube and angle so there will be plenty of strength.

Got volt meter/usb and cig lighter wired up today. Along with my light bar, it came with a wiring harned but i cut out and adapted the relay harness to work with my switch instead of theirs.

My switches go bilge pump, stern light, navigation lights, and then light bar. With 4 remaining i plan to use for interior leds, rear facing lights, fishfinder and one for radio or whatever i need in the future.

I installed a "tiny tach" off brand from amazon, i had it on wrong settings last weekend but plan to adjust it and see what wot rpms are looking like. I forgot to take a pic of it today.

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[Dirtmonkey]

How do you like the bare diamond aluminum on the floor?

 

[dirty dave]

It gets hot! Once i get the gun box and bench welded in i plan on putting down some tuff coat to help with the heat and make it look and feel better.

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[dirty dave]

Started the camo process on one side. Still need to paint the marsh grass as the top layer. I'm slowly getting the hang of matching the real pattern

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[dirty dave]

It has been a while since I posted but I have done a few things. Going to paint the engine cowl so started peeling stickers. I also upgraded to a 12 gallon tank, so I won't have to worry about running out as quickly. Took boat to the welder and got bench welded in along with beginnings of rod box. It can fit an 8 foot rod. I will be adding a pedestal base to the middle of the bench seat.

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[dirty dave]

Ordered top coat in olive green for painting the bare aluminum. Added 2 small spit beam light bars pointing to the side to help see the banks or locate jugs. Got the top layer of camo painted on a small portion of the front. I will be installing a pedestal base in the middle bench seat but have to open up the hole a little more for it to sit flush. This was one of the bigger cats we have caught ok jugs this year.

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[SeaFaring]

She’s really coming along! I’m enjoying the updates.


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[dirty dave]

She’s really coming along! I’m enjoying the updates.


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Thanks for the feedback! Last little effort to get things ready before duck season starts.

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[dirty dave]

Got stickers removed, sanded the cowl, cleaned and got it taped. I painted it olive green for the base coat to camo it. I also bedlined my stern light since it is permanent. Black should blend in, and looks better than chrome.

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[dirty dave]

Got most of the motor painted. Still have to camo the top cowl. Got interior prepped for tuff coat, primed and 2 coats of paint. 2nd to last picture is after the first coat dried. Last picture is right after the second coat. I still have some touch ups to do but got the majority of rolling done. I was a little worried about the color at first but as it dries it is getting closer to olive green.

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[gatorglenn]

Looking great. Where did you get the console?


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[dirty dave]

Looking great. Where did you get the console?


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Thanks gator! It came with the boat, I'm not sure what boat it came out of.

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[gatorglenn]

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[dirty dave]

Got the cowl paint finished and put back on. Went hunting this past weekend as it was opening weekend for ducks and killed a hen woody Friday. Saturday took my boat out to hunt for the first time. Though we didn't kill any thing we saw a lot more birds in that area.. because of that I am gonna build a removable folding blind similar to this. I'm gonna go with even on both sides rather than a high low blind. I ordered black nylon bimini top pieces for hinges. And will be using 3/4" conduit for the frame. The whole blind should run about 1/3 the price of an Avery blind.

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[eshaw]

Got a question. The tubes that stretch between the gunnels are held in place on the ends by what kind of fitting? Are the fittings nylon or a type of plastic? I like the looks of the blind. Thanks

 

[dirty dave]

Got a question. The tubes that stretch between the gunnels are held in place on the ends by what kind of fitting? Are the fittings nylon or a type of plastic? I like the looks of the blind. Thanks

In the picture the guy I'm basing it off of used the 4 180° connectors to attach it to the gunnel. I believe they are nylon. That's his part list not including emt

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[dirty dave]

Today I added 2 cleats to my boat. One in the front and one in the rear. I didn't know exactly where to mount the front one. My reasoning for where it is, it will be out of the way from getting stepped on, below flush of the bow so won't snag, and not sticking out past the front of the boat.

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[dirty dave]

New decals = +10hp

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[gatorglenn]

Sweet, the motor turned out awesome


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[dirty dave]

Sweet, the motor turned out awesome


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Thanks gator!

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