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I just finished most of my boat restoration project and thought a few of you might like to see the photos. I started with my well used and abused 1986 Ranger 373V. The carpet, while still in tact, was faded, stained and raspberry pink. It may have been nice looking in 1986, but is gross by today's standards. It all came out, as well as the torn seats and the useless little love seat in the front. The biggest issue I always had with this boat was the complete absence of storage in the front of the boat. So my fishing partner, Mark Mrzna drew up plans for a deck extension and we went to work. After two days if scraping glue from the old carpet, we began lying down new stuff and building the box. It took a week to get it done, but it looks amazing! Way better than I ever hoped. Thanks Mark for all of your work!
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Permalink Reply by Aaron Christel on
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And it begins...
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Scraping glue!
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Cutting carpet
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Putting in hatches.
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Building the box.
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Sealing the box and lids.
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New storage in my new 86 Ranger!
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More finished shots. I ordered seats from gander mountain. Should get them before next weekend.
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Permalink Reply by Travy Miller on
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this is great! i want to find a boat to restore and make my own
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It's a lot of work, but it's very rewarding and a fun project. Took maybe 50 hours, plus maybe 8 trips to home depot as parts were needed and plans had to be adjusted. There are no square angles in a bass boat, so what you think will work always has to be modified to actually work. It would be very frustrating for someone who doesn't like problem solving. I am just thrilled by how it turned out though. It's not perfect, but it's a custom boat now and is gonna fit my needs for a long time. (Unless someone has $7000 burning a hole in their pocket.)
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ive modded a few jon boats before so i understand, but i'd like to step up into the big boy boat world
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