NO restoration but a lot of fixing up!!! 1988 373V

[dunk50]

Got a little more done. Sorry about the photos people. Boat is actually looking really good. [IMG]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8da27b3127ccea85ec6cebff900000026102AaOGLNk5bsq/IMG]

[macinckirk]

Man that looks Nice your doing a h@ll of a job Nice work

[Dennis1]

Dunk she is looking great! You are doing a fine job and now I kind of miss her.....Very nice.

[dunk50]

Thanks Dennis but I'm not done yet. Next set of photos will be awesome!!

[soulsekr]

Looks awesome love to see these old boats come to life. You will be proud of her

[bassdevils]

Hey Dunk! Lookin good! I still have't finished mine yet. All the wood is cut and ready to be put back together. What did you use to attach the old fiberglass to the new wood?

[SwatDawg]

Keep it up brother, that looks great

[Dennis1]

Hey Dunk, any updates on your project?

[dunk50]

will be by the weekend. going tomorrow to pick up the seats. The boat itself is done. Emptied the battery / oil/ gas tank compartment and detailed it. installed and cleaned all new batteries, pumps, livewell and bilge pump hoses and cables. Will try to get photos up soon. Really getting attached to this boat as there is not 1 inch that I have not cleaned or changed in some way. ON GOING!!!

[Dennis1]

Sounds great. love to see those pics.

[dunk50]

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[dunk50]

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Modified by dunk50 at 10:44 PM 5/6/2008

[Fishinjunky]

the end of the post should be [/IMG] just like that

[Will I Am]

how did u mount the seats???? Do u still have access to the storage underneath them??? thinking about upgrading my seats but dont wanna get rid of the storage, got any more pics of the seats mounted???

[dunk50]

Hey Al I also talked to SHAUN and I believe one of the owners. Didn't get the owners name. he asked me where I heard of their company and when I mentioned the BBC he told me that he had to get ahold of AL and get a Banner add. Hope he does because they were great to deal with. They went out of there way for a walk in customer that they don't get very often, I think they deal mainly with on line and companies. At any rate great company and good people. And as a side note the seats are extremely high quality.
http://www.boatingseats.com/Bo...e.asp

Almost forgot Darryl (Igs65) at Iguana graphics for the boat numbers and the sign with my grandkids names. This is my 3rd boat and they get a real kick out of it. So Darryl this buds for U.


Also thanks Fishinjunky for the tip


Modified by dunk50 at 12:52 AM 5/7/2008

[dunk50]

There is a lip around the underseat storage. If you go back in this thread you will see where I made a frame to bring it up level with the top of the lip. The seats have an almost full bottom of 5/8 thick plastic so it was easy to attach to the frame. I will take a couple of photos tomorrow. The seat tilt forward just like all the other boats that have storage underneath. The only thing I did not use was the small box where the middle seat goes. I didn't know I was going to buy a center step seat but couldn't beat the PRICE.

I also have to install my Keegaurd, Lowrance 522C, and electric anchors. Once thats all done I will start on the trailer but I am going to do some fishing first.

[Dennis1]

Dunk she looks great! Very nice. So does your yard, man that grass looks really healthy!

My new Cat has been in the shop for two weeks. I had a little accident but I am picking her up tonight. Great job on the Ranger, I hope you catch many fish out of her.

[JamesMyers]

Hi Dunk

The boat looks incredible! We only deal with regular consumers and a few re-builders but 99% of our customers are just people who want to restore your existing boat. I sure appreciate the business. After you and I talked I got a hold of Al and we are now a sponsor

Didn't feel right to get business from this site and not help support it!

Thanks so much for the business and it was great to meet you.

[JamesMyers]

Hi Will I Am

Actually you can simply mount the seats with flat piano hinges, that will give you the ability to hinge them forward to access any storage. We overhauled an 89' Bass Tracker with storage under seat, just used standard piano hinges and even with a dual console we didn't have any trouble accessing the compartments. It actually works very well.

[pappastratos]

Were you able to pull the "skin" off the front deck ?