1992 Gambler 206 TE

[skeeter91]

im about a year into this "resto-mod".i bought this as a hull and trailer on a whim(not a good thing!)im nearing the end(i hope)but have a long list on little crap thats gotta be done!anyway,ill start with what it looked like in the original for-sale ad~

[skeeter91]

last May,after i picked it up,it looked a-lot better in the for-sale photos!

[skeeter91]

once home,the giant colony of Ants were quite upset that there posh new home was being moved around!i removed lids,rotten carpet,and the sh#t wiring that was in the boat.vacuumed out the ton of dirt,garbage,and ants,covered with a tarp and set off three bug bombs!ant apocalypse

[Gamblerman65]

Thats a lotta work..

[skeeter91]

trailer needed as much work(almost)as the hull!two broken sets of leaf springs,shot wiring,and a hacked-up brake system.it was at this point,i knew the hull would need to be removed from the trailer to repair it right ,maybe paint it while im at it,no big deal,right? the slope gets more slippery!

[skeeter91]

hull is off,trailer stripped and getting sandbasted,new leaf-springs,hardware and wiring on order.im going to make several light brackets to mount new LED lights for the trailer.now to get the dash laid out,will be mounting a HDS-7,moving gauges to the left side.not a-lot of options for mounting fish finders!

[skeeter91]

laid everything out on CAD program,then had a aluminum plate cut on water-jet.will be moving the shifter down and forward as far as possible,the current location looks like crap

[Gamblerman65]

Great job. Keep the progress photos coming. That black mat laying on the floor in the photo is what I used on the under side of my lids when I did the re carpet job..

[smallmouthjake]

Sweet project! Lots of work but it I like how deep your going. Going to be pretty sweet!

[skeeter91]

thanks for the kind words and encouragement.i bought this to fix a few things and resale quickly,that was about a year(and many $)ago!there are alot of imperfections and mistakes i made doing this boat,paint being the biggest headache for me.next one i do(1990 skeeter)someone else will paint it!this is about the fifth boat ive re-done, but the first ive gone this far into!learned so much and look forward to finishing it up within the next month!

[skeeter91]

im using vinyl wrap for much of the inside of the cockpit and "stripes on the outside of the hull.dash plate and switch panel covered and put in place.

[skeeter91]

fixing all the holes and gouges (soooo many holes!!)flipping the hull,prepping for paint next!

[skeeter91]

trailer is done,happy wth the way it turned out:
-before

-after

[CastingCall]

Very nice work! Your dash upgrade looks really nice.

[skeeter91]

these are the mounting plates i had made from aluminum for the trailer's running lights.there were a bunch of holes drilled in this location(different lights at some point?),all different,this covers them up and gives a different look to it.covered with same vinyl wrap as interior panels.

[flubyu]

Looking good!

[Charles Prestridge]

last May,after i picked it up,it looked a-lot better in the for-sale photos!

That is hilarious!!!! Better in pictures.

Great work.

[skeeter91]

gotta fix all those gouges in the bottom.prepping for primer and paint,flipping the hull

[PowellSixO]

Damn nice job. Looking forward to more pictures!!

[RJP44]

Coming along nicely, looks all to familiar lol