Scooter38401
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2012
- Messages
- 15
Hi all; I am a newbie to this forum and a newbie to motorboating. Any boats I owned in the past were all sailboats, so when I was gifted with this 1961 Arkansas Traveller with a 1961 40hp Johnson, I began feeling a bit out of my element. The last time this boat was in the water was when my future wife and I were on it in 1981. This boat has always been stored indoors and covered at my father-in-law's pole barn, and has been untouched for the last 31 years. This summer we brought the boat down from upper Michigan to its new home here in Tennessee. After being at the Boat Doctor's for a thorough motor reconditioning for the last 8 weeks, it is now back in our garage. I have begun removing the old registration and hull numbers and cleaning the hull prior to installing the new registration. There is really not much "restoration" needed on this boat per se, but I am determined to keep this fine specimen as original as possible.
I will have questions of this brain trust from time to time and I look forward to hearing your advice. In the meantime, enjoy the photos!
Scott
I will have questions of this brain trust from time to time and I look forward to hearing your advice. In the meantime, enjoy the photos!
Scott