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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ain&#039;tCatchinNothin&#039;" data-source="post: 486384" data-attributes="member: 25257">So this is my first post on this forum. Like many others here, I used this forum and others as a resource for my recent build. I liked this one the best so this is where I decided to post my story.I originally had a different aluminum boat, an old rowboat that someone had done a so-so conversion on. I built it up a little, decided to repower it, and then learned it had a bad transom. This happened right at the outset of the COVID pandemic.I put the word out among my friends that I wanted a cheap project boat. One of them came back with an intriguing possibility: a hunting buddy of his was trying to sell a boat that ran, but needed basically everything else done to it. I went and met the guy and looked at the boat. His story was, he bought the boat from a family member, on whose property it had been sitting for a number of years. It was junk, but he really just needed a floater to get him to this little island he liked to hunt on. His dad sank money into the motor to get it running but they ran out of enthusiasm when it came time to fix the rest. They wanted $800, which was how much they had in it. We made a gentleman’s agreement whereby if it didn’t run, we could revisit the deal, and/or he’d take the boat back.The boat, an ‘84 Tracker, was pretty rough. The trailer was showing rust all over, none of its lights worked, the tires were bad. The carpet was ratty, all the seats were broken, and the main floor was soft and spongy feeling. The console was detached from its original location and just laying crooked on the floor. But, it had a working livewell and bilge pump, the navigation lights worked, steering was smooth, and it (supposedly) ran. So, I bought it and took it home.</blockquote>

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