my neighbor has an old landau pontoon boat he was thinking of scraping. i went to look at it today. looks like a 18/20 footer but since i forgot my tape im guessing. it has 1 large bench across the back, a helm chair and at 1 time looks like it had a passenger seat close to the pilots chair, then theres 2 fishing seats up by the front, does not have a plate that i could find stating model or anything. there is no trolling motor but it does have an old merc 50hp with tilt and trim that the guy says he ran a couple times a couple years ago. the steering seems to be frozen and the deck is going to have to be replaced. all the railings are still there and the tubes have no dents or gouges i can see. the trailer will have to be redone i think. it has the fold down top which is filthy but seems to be in good shape. the helm seems to be made of aluminum so i wont have to replace it,just paint or cover. im wanting a pontoon to restore so i can take the wife and kids fishing or what ever. the wife has not been able to go fishing on my bassboat since she started having lower back problems. my question is is there an age where you should scrap pontoons? i dont want to spend lots of time and money on one that will not be safe. i am not scared of hard work and i can afford to piece something together. and i forgot to mention im cheap! not a complete noob to restoring so that part does not scare me(see the link in my sig). now for the kicker, he wants $500 for the whole thing. im thinking about it......any suggestions would be helpfull as i need to figure out what im going to do in the next couple weeks.
