Sportcraft Li'l Sport, worth restoring?

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Sandman309

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My family has used this boat for over 20 years on our private pond, it’s been sitting for the last 5 years, we really don’t need it anymore. is it worth restoring? Or what would it be worth to sell?
 

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mr 88

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Might be worth a grand with the motor and trailer . Sell as is , not worth restoring , will cost you more to do that and if done , it's still only worth a grand in today's market .
 

Scott Danforth

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its worth more sentimentally to you than it would be to restore to flip.

cool little boat.

I would restore it just for the cool factor. would make a fun little dinghy sitting on the swim platform of a 50 footer.
 

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Realizing this thread is old, I still wanted to add to it. Pics are of my "Allied Boat Co. Wee One" that I have restored. Last pic was probably about 1977. As you can see, I named it as I painted the tired gel coat with Imron, so decals were gone. Until I found the name Sportcraft Lil' Sport by accident, I never knew another one of these boats/hulls existed. I have owned this boat since I was a kid purchasing it from the original family in 1974 or 75 who bought it at the Miami Boat show. The decal (Allied Boat Co.), I reproduced that was a clone of the original.

Original owners had a 33 Evinrude on it. When I bought it, I put an 18 Evinrude on it, then a 35. Lastly a 55HP Chrysler. Ten life took off. I restored it about 3 years ago to what you see. As the original plywood seat was destroyed at kid ownership, at that time & I made one (High school wood shop class) out of solid oak. That was finally gone, so when I restored it I designed and had made a aluminum seat with integral fuel tank in seat portion. Memories of that gas tank bouncing around made me do the integral seat. Modern steering, new gel coat, etc. & a new 50HP. Have not taken it out yet.
 

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please read the rules on old threads and start your own thread.
 
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