Jon Boat Rebuild

Well, BigBB and I have been working on rehabing this boat we got last year, and I though I would put up some pics, we're getting it painted this weekend. It's a 1976 Lowe, and we have an 40HP Mariner for it as well. Here are some before pics, and where we're at right now... I will put up some others after we shoot this with some paint. Also there is a pic of the first layer of Coat-It that we put on the bottom.

 

More Pics. I'll put some more up next week.

 

Boat is 16 foot. 56 inches wide, and it's deep, 25.5 inch sidwalls. We will be using it all over really, but mostly on the rivers around St. Louis. We do some lake fishing, we're planning a trip down to LOZ late March as soon as the boat is done.

 

Some pics of the paint. Now comes the fun part, we actually get to do work that doesn't involve sanding.

 

We're going to start on the carpet tonight, I'll get some more pics up soon of the carpet install. The color turned out a little brighter than I had hoped but, it looks better than 31 year old brown that's scratched up. Thanks for the comments guys. We have a ton of wiring/electrical work to do still, and getting the console setup with fish finder/new steering wheel, and all of the controls for the live well, etc....

 

To be honest I don't remember what the color name was. I will tell you that the color looked much darker when I picked it out, but too late now.... It does look Royal Blue. Oh well, we will be easy to spot at least.

 

Here are some more pics of the seats, and carpet we installed. We bought some of those "Big Man" seats. They are huge, but very comfortable, and sturdy. Put a 1 inch block of wood underneath the swivle to avoid any rub on the pedastles. New latch on the front storage. It's coming together. Need to get the live well going and get the console finished with all the electronics next.

 

Almost done now...We still have some wiring to get finished up and mount the trolling motor, but the motor and console are in. Still have to get the drivers seat mounted up, and few odds and ends.

 

Well it's done, after buying half of Lowes, and numerous other places for 3 solid months we're finally done. Boat turned out pretty good for a couple of guys who have never done anything like this before. Here are some before and afters.