I found this boat near Brookshire Tx., in a ditch. It was full of trash, leaves, and roaches.My neighbor and I loaded it in his truck and brought it home. After cleaning out the trash, I filled it up with water to see if it leaked. It held water....so you would think it would float....it did. I took it to a local car wash to get all the gunk and pealing paint off....if it
stuck good it got painted over. Then I scrubbed it down really well with TSP (tri-sodium-phosphate) to get any old oil, glue ect.... off. I removed the front bow cover, added a front and rear deck, trolling motor, rebuilt the transom, added a 25hp Mariner. The kicker is....I ONLY HAVE 300.00 INTO IT!!! Here are numbers:
boat- free
trailer- 200.00
motor- 600.00..1997 display at Academy, never started
misc- 500.00.....paint, hardware, wood, carpet
trol-motor 100.00
What offset this whole project it a 9.9 Yamaha 4-stroke I found at a garage sale for 50.00. I added 30.00 in parts to get it running and sold it on EBAY for 1275.00. That put the whole project cost at about 300.00 total!
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