I've been looking for a boat to tinker on ever since enjoying helping ChadSCI with his. I mentioned this to Jes's (my wife) dad, Jerry, and he said I could just have his. I remember driving it around several years ago. I think I was the last to use it, and the first to use it in quite some time. Since I drove it, it got a new floor, and bounced around to at least one other owner. It's a late 70's Chrysler Sport Satellite with a tri-hull and 75hp outboard. I love the retroness of the boat. I'm not sure how "cool" it is to boat folks, but it has great nostalgia factor as my wife remembers being a little girl on it.
As far as I know, the drive itself has really low hours. It doesn't need a ton of work to get it going. I should be able to toss a battery in, throw the tank in, and go. Cosmetically however theres a bunch of work to do. I need to get the gel coat compounded and glazed, and I need the front seats reupholstered, and the side panel reupholstered due to mice. I really hope I dont run into any wiring issues along the way from that. Here are a few photos. to start off the "build".
my fav part is the open bow:
As far as I know, the drive itself has really low hours. It doesn't need a ton of work to get it going. I should be able to toss a battery in, throw the tank in, and go. Cosmetically however theres a bunch of work to do. I need to get the gel coat compounded and glazed, and I need the front seats reupholstered, and the side panel reupholstered due to mice. I really hope I dont run into any wiring issues along the way from that. Here are a few photos. to start off the "build".
my fav part is the open bow:
****. The boat has had mice in it, so I have no ****ing clue what to do. Will start with all the grounds, and the ignition switch. I hope I dont have to clean the points. I imagine in my head those would be fine since it ran last time it was parked.
