Late 1970s Monark 1664 Jon Boat Conversion

[Aschaller2]

Hey Guys!

I've had this boat for almost a year now and finally think I'm going to start the conversion to a bass boat. Not quite sure what I'm going to do with it after I'm done but hopefully I end up with something that is worth a lot more money! But this is my first thread on this forum so hopefully I uploaded the pictures correctly!

 

[fool4fish1226]

:WELCOME: Keep the mod pictures coming

 

[Aschaller2]

UPDATE: I've been waiting for my summer paycheck to come in and have been thinking about how i want to blow it :LOL2: So I think first things first, I want to put a gas tank in it and connect it to the engine to get it running. The motor right now cranks over and propeller spins so at most maybe need to do a small tune up. If anyone has any ideas about the best way to get my motor to run clean and like new please feel free to reply.

Secondly, I'm heavily debating painting it or linex-ing it or something along those lines. Most importantly I want to make it water proof but also might wanna do a cool camo spray paint job to match the duck blind it came with.

More updates to come throughout the week!

 

[Aschaller2]

UPDATE: I've been waiting for my summer paycheck to come in and have been thinking about how i want to blow it :LOL2: So I think first things first, I want to put a gas tank in it and connect it to the engine to get it running. The motor right now cranks over and propeller spins so at most maybe need to do a small tune up. If anyone has any ideas about the best way to get my motor to run clean and like new please feel free to reply.

Secondly, I'm heavily debating painting it or linex-ing it or something along those lines. Most importantly I want to make it water proof but also might wanna do a cool camo spray paint job to match the duck blind it came with.

More updates to come throughout the week!

 

[Aschaller2]

Hey guys!

Don't know how many people are actually following this thread but have a question if anyone is. I'm looking for some money and thinking about selling my boat if I can get enough money for it. Put the gas tank and all the connectors in it and runs great! If i were to sell it what do you guys think would be a fair price to ask for it. Comes with a trailer, working 7.5 HP Mercury outboard and a pop up duck blind.

Thanks guys
!

 

[Hanr3]

What happened to remodeling it?

If you need an estimate on the boats value, check NADA.

 

[Aschaller2]

Well my car is starting to develop a few issues but at the same time its an old car so its probably not worth even fixing up. Plus my dad bought me this boat and I have $0 dollars into it so maybe it would be worth my time to put a few hundred dollars into making it a nice boat. But idk! I'm so indecisive about this stuff #-o

 

[Hanr3]

Looks like a good boat just the way she is, why change anything? Does the motor run? If so, I'd fish out of it until my financial situation changed. Everything requires maintenance, cars, boats, trailers, relationships, you name it. It's cheaper to maintain it then to repair/replace.

 

[Aschaller2]

Very True! Thanks for the advice! I've done a really good job of fixing up my 02 trailblazer and do all the work myself to save money so Ill just fish with my boat as is and when I get a few dollars here and there I can put it into it

 

[Aschaller2]

But next step for my boat would be to seal it and maybe spray paint it but not really sure what i want to do.