Firt, welcome aboard
New to me bought for the trailer. Now I want to restore and use…
hope you have about $15-$20k and 3-5 years of free time
typical hull restorations since the prices went wild over a year ago are ranging from $3500-$5000
typical interior restorations are ranging from $2500-$4000
engine work is about $500-$5000
drive work is between $1000 and $3000
trailer work will be about $500
new gauges will be about $500-$800
new wiring will be between $200 and $1000
your boat had all the good parts stripped off it
Is there a Model Name for this hull ?
official information should be on the paperwork you received when you bought it. without paperwork its a yard planter
seriously, if you do not have title and Bill of Sale, its a yard planter in most states
I’ll need interior / Dash Instrument Cluster
you will need to build them yourself or pay someone to build them.
there is no aftermarket parts service for 50 year old boats. OEMs will keep parts around for only 3-5 years after a specific model sku for warranty. that is it.
Interiors were either made in-house or purchased from a local upholstery shop near the boat OEM. gauge panels were probably made by one of the many wiring houses or gauge panel wiring houses that catered to the marine industry. most of them over the past 45+ years have changed ownership about 2-3 times or went out of business
Some Motor Parts
I think I can make this a good runner…
internal parts are available for the long block
many of the external Ford specific parts are NLA (No Longer available)
I think I can make this a good runner…
you sir are a braver man than I am.
i would scrap the whole ford driveline and associated controls. i would source a very very late model Mercruiser 5.7 and Alpha 1-Gen 2 (2000 to 2010) this is going to be about half the cost of resurrecting the existing motor
i would buy new engine controls, control cables, new steering helm and cables. New controls are about $400, new cables about $100, new wiring harnesses a few hundred, new helm and cables about $300
I would build new interior at work after hours which would cost me about $1000 in materials (my labor is free). hiring an upholster would be about $3000
from experience you are looking at 6 months of full-time, non-stop work for one man, or 5+ years if you are married and have a job.
Burno Deck ….got to come up with something else…Maybe StarBoard ?
