FirehawkNS
Cadet
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- Apr 26, 2009
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Hey iboats, since I have been reading the forum heavily over the last couple of months for information I thought I would post up my project.
I inherited a 16 foot Alumacraft from my late grandfathers estate when he passed. This boat holds great memories of my Grandfather and I fishing the weekends and summers away in the 80's and was the source of many fish fry's.
Growing up we kept this boat at a Weekend lake house our family had, but in 96-97 the family sold the house off. My Grandfather brought the boat home and backed it into the woods behind his house, uncovered and open to the elements and there it sat until 2009 when I pulled it out after his death.
I decided I wanted to try to restore it and have it on the water again. It's not much, but it's been a fun little project so far (although not a lot has been done yet). I hope with this thread I can get more information on this from people that may know more information on this beast as my parents don't remember a lot about the boat other then they believe it was bought new.
I don't know the year of the boat, but after researching the SN of the motor and searching on this forum I have found that the motor is a 1978 Mercury 200 (20hp). I am still having trouble finding any info on the boat, but here she is right after pulling it out of the woods and under a shed at his house.
Inside had small plants and a nice root system through out the dirt and leaves
Once getting new wheels and tires on and getting it to my parents house where I have access to better equipment. Once there Dad and I pulled the motor off, cleaned it out, ripped the rotten wood out of every section, and pressure washed the whole boat. That was the extent of my working on it last year as time became scarce.
So I finally got back on it over the last three weekends. Since I was working by myself this day I had to figure a good way to get the boat on and off the trailer by myself so I could work on the trailer.
Straps worked well.
Condition of some of the trailer parts after taking them off.
Most bolts were cut off, although a few were taken off fine after some PB Blaster.
Under the rust....more rust.
I inherited a 16 foot Alumacraft from my late grandfathers estate when he passed. This boat holds great memories of my Grandfather and I fishing the weekends and summers away in the 80's and was the source of many fish fry's.
Growing up we kept this boat at a Weekend lake house our family had, but in 96-97 the family sold the house off. My Grandfather brought the boat home and backed it into the woods behind his house, uncovered and open to the elements and there it sat until 2009 when I pulled it out after his death.
I decided I wanted to try to restore it and have it on the water again. It's not much, but it's been a fun little project so far (although not a lot has been done yet). I hope with this thread I can get more information on this from people that may know more information on this beast as my parents don't remember a lot about the boat other then they believe it was bought new.
I don't know the year of the boat, but after researching the SN of the motor and searching on this forum I have found that the motor is a 1978 Mercury 200 (20hp). I am still having trouble finding any info on the boat, but here she is right after pulling it out of the woods and under a shed at his house.
Inside had small plants and a nice root system through out the dirt and leaves
Once getting new wheels and tires on and getting it to my parents house where I have access to better equipment. Once there Dad and I pulled the motor off, cleaned it out, ripped the rotten wood out of every section, and pressure washed the whole boat. That was the extent of my working on it last year as time became scarce.
So I finally got back on it over the last three weekends. Since I was working by myself this day I had to figure a good way to get the boat on and off the trailer by myself so I could work on the trailer.
Straps worked well.
Condition of some of the trailer parts after taking them off.
Most bolts were cut off, although a few were taken off fine after some PB Blaster.
Under the rust....more rust.
), but really want to see how low I can keep this build money wise. At least in the beginning. Maybe restore the motor for a good deal and sell it to put toward a larger motor. Time will tell.