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Here she is, OLD GURL
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I paid my neighbor $100 dollars for the trailer and it came with the boat and a 1960 Merc 400 (it does not have prop shaft), new 35 pound thrust trolling motor and a brand new trolling battery. The battery was worth a $100 alone.
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The neighbor repainted her and told me he put in a new floor and new transom.
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closer look
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Transom before
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Transom was cut to fit short shaft motor.
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I forgot to take pictures before I removed everything.
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Removed everything
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Neighbor's new floor1
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This is what he called, Replacing the floor?
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The Floor looks like a hack job, think I better pull it up.
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Neighbor's new floor2
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Neighbor's new floor3
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I could not stop laughing!
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Yeah, it's time to start cutting!
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Neighbor's new floor4
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O' BOY new stringers!
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OK, it took me almost 30 minutes before I stopped laughing at this hack job.
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Boy he really went all out.
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New Foam too!
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Is that liquid nails?
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Yes, liquid nails was used to lay down the 2x4's (I refuse to call them stringers). With this kind of a hack job I'm surprised he just didn't screw them into the hull.
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I'm glad OLD GURL is only 14' because I only have 1 more empty trash bin left. Had 2 trash bins worth of rotted wood.
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More rot
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Almost fully gutted
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OK, she's dry now and if you noticed I pulled the cap off.
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Getting this off was easy bit not a 1 person job. The nuts om the screws kept moving so I inlisted my 9 year old part time tomboy helper. She unscrewed with the drill from the outside while I held the nut with socket wrench. After all screws where out (about 6 had to be cut out with a hand saw) I inlisted the wife and 17yr old daughter to help remove. There was only screws holding it together, no glue or staples that which made my life alot more easy.
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Pulled off cap.
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Admiring my work
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Boy OLD GURL sure looks a whole lot smaller in this picture. She's small but the bow end of the cap was heavy!
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New transom
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Transom1
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Time to inspect the transom my neighbor reinfoced
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Boy i'm sure glade he reinfoced the transom LOL. If he didn't I think in stead of peeling off by hand that it would have been just powder LOL!
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Transom2
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Transom3
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I put a wet vac to it and it just started sucking in the transom.
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I don't think i'm getting this out whole to use as my templete.
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Transom4
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Transom5
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Here's a nice close up of the neighbor's reinforcment.
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Here is the free motor i got from a co-worker. It's a 1987 Force 50hp.
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Force 50
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Force 50a
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Inside looks very clean.
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Looks to good for free.
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Force 50b
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Force 50c
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Cracked coil!!!
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Another cracked coil!!!!! I guess it wasn't free after all.
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Force 50d
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Force 50e
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The carb looks brand new.
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SS steering wheel and teleflex rotatry steering with cable.
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Steering system
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Steering system 1
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teleflex rotatry steering
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Link
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Steering system 2
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The one that didn't get away
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Sweet
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I think there is a wire missing
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Rectifier
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Grind time
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It's gotta be done
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Done
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Grind time 1
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Grind time 2
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Done
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