83 SN restore in Idaho

bbishop1974 wrote: boat is looking sweet,you should be proud.i like the carpet,where did you get it?

Thanks, I am The carpet is from Home Depot.

I have the same removable section there in the pylon...but it was not intentional, they guy that built it got short on the floor section!!!! then he had to add that panel!!! but never though about the advantage you now menction!

I like the no border look!   Do you have another removeable panel at the pylon?   What was the purpose of putting one there?

Thanks, wasn't sure how the carpet would turn out with out the boarder around the edge. It took some work to get it right but I think I like it.

Well it's been a couple of weeks but I now have the motor installed, .001 clearance on the coupling, all of the removable sections of floor cut and carpeted and all of the through hulls installed with 5200. Just some odds and ends and ready for the water finally .

While these aren't the most recent photos they show some of the progress.

Thanks to everyone for the help. More to come.

I went with Home Depot, mainly because they had the color I wanted at the best price - and free shipping. I used two six x twenty foot rolls. Just enough without having to get to creative with my cuts.

Nice looking work sir!

ijust did the carpet on the bunks for my 86'.i am confident that it has never been touched and there was no padding under carpet.BTW boat looks awesome.

I finished the primer on the trailer and started to dry fit some carpet. Starting to come together

Dreaming wrote: Looks good! I need to do a prop/rudder guard on mine too... did you extend the trailer rails at all? or just add the guard at the end? How much material did you use for the guard?

Thanks, I didn't extend the rails. Originally I though about it but then decided it was not needed. I bought a seven foot section of 2" channel and used most of it. So far I'm into the prop guard about 20 bucks, pretty cheep insurance

Looks good! I need to do a prop/rudder guard on mine too... did you extend the trailer rails at all? or just add the guard at the end? How much material did you use for the guard?

Wow, everything is looking great!!!

I'd be worried about the indoor/outdoor carpet almost burning with the friction of the loading/unloading process. I'd just go with a simple black on the bunks and bow stop and call it a day.

You should be able to weld a support from the new prop guard to the cross brace behind the axle. This will keep it from tearing away from the trailer. Might be a good idea to put some roller wheels on the guard as well.


Edit- my bad, looked closer and saw you bolted on the prop guard. I'd just bolt on a support now!

So there I was waiting for my carpet to be shipped and what's that saying about idle hands and I was looking at my poor old tired trailer. How much time can it really take to strip the paint and repaint it Two days into it and I'm almost ready to start painting it. Besides how could I put my newly stringered boat back on a trailer in such poor shape.












Also fabed up a new prop guard, didn't have one before. Couldn't stand the exposed prop just waiting to be taken off curtesy of an uneven driveway somewhere.


Oh ya, if you still have those original tight fitting foam covers on your guide posts GET RID of them before they completely rot your posts.

Thanks Pete, any tips for getting spiders out of dried epoxy