This summer my friends and I purchased a semi working 1969 Cheiftain. As we are from Minnesota we are more familiar with Lunds, Crestliners, Northlands Etc. However The Lund 2150 Tyee Lund that I had purchased for the project had too many issues ($750.00 paid with trailer Sold $1150.00 can't complain). As we all have a limited amount of time off in the summer months and all live within 20 minutes of great fishing in Lake Superior, we decided to go together on a lake boat with a cabin on it for weekend getaways and the like. The guy that owns the bait shop nearest to my cabin had the Cheiftain for sale for nearly a year. He had recently upgraded to a 1986 Crestliner Saber so he wanted to get rid of this boat. I waited untill he had cut the price in half and then offered him 200 bucks less if he threw in the trailer. It is a 1969 Chieftain with a 120 Mercruiser 4cyl in it. We put it in the water and took it for a spin along the St. Louis Bay in Lake Superior. Aside from a few leaky rivets and a poorly shifting outdrive the boat was fairly sound. As I read the thread from a boat being restored by Alpheus, I was inspired to post the progress and what we have and are doing to date.
There are five of us that have gone in on the boat. We all have way too little time in the summer and way too much time in the winter. I, I believe am the only one that has restored a boat before. We will se how it goes.
There are five of us that have gone in on the boat. We all have way too little time in the summer and way too much time in the winter. I, I believe am the only one that has restored a boat before. We will se how it goes.
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