Re: Texas Maid
Yeah, my plan right now is to get the motor up and running before our fishing opener, in about a month. My long range plan is currently to get it running for the summer and see what I like/don't like about it. I had set goals last year of when I wanted to be on the water: Fishing Opener(May 8th), then Memorial Day, July 4th and finally Labor Day. Sadly all those days past and no fun with this boat on the water.
I recently came into some money, so I have a limited budget to get the boat in working order and the #1 thing on the list is getting the motor running. So far I've re-wired the trailer and put some new tires on the trailer. I'm pretty sure the rest of my budget is going to put into getting the motor running.
The real unfortunate problem is that if I do really like this boat, even with all this information about restoration on this site, is that I really don't have the time/money/tools/storage space to get anything done. Oh well, I'm confident I'll have a blast with this boat no matter how long I own it. I now kind of feel that I bit off more than I can chew, but we'll see. It's going to be fun finding out...I hope.