What I have to work with

[Thuffjr]

Still not sure how exactly to post pictures the right way but here is my 1987 Thunder Craft, running a 3.0 mercruiser alpha1 out drive
The main reason i got this boat was the full swim deck
I traded my bike for it,maybe i can find some pics and post em.
let me know what you guys think

 

[Thuffjr]

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more pics

 

[Thuffjr]

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What I traded

 

[Thuffjr]

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My wife thinks i was ripped off but once i heard that merc run I was sure i wanted it

 

[cc190cc]

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i duno man, seems like a 1500-2500 dollar boat, not sure what the bike is worth.

 

[Thuffjr]

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bike was nada at 1700 but not sure if i could have gotten that

 

[jonesg]

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The boat will need a lot of work once you really look at it, none of the pictures look at what you really need to see to evaluate a boat.
Don't be surprised if the stringers, foam and transom are all wet.
If it was very taken care of, garaged and kept dry it will be fine but most of them aren't that well taken care of.
Putting rugs and furniture in an open boat with wooden decks and substructure isn't exactly good marine design.

 

[Thuffjr]

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Ok so I got all the seats and most the carpet up. The floor is really well fiberglassed so looks like if I pull the floor I have some work ahead of me
Just a few questions. What should be holding the deck down, are there normally screws from deck to stringers or is it just glassed to the side of the boat hull?
Looks like i need to pull the cap to replace the deck, got a little dark so pics to come latter

 

[Thuffjr]

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Well I finally got busy on my boat today. The original plan was to redo everything stringers up. Well my Wife gave me a bit of a budget and for what i want to do with the boat I don't think i need to get that involved. So my new plan is to make her look and run great.
Today i stripped all hardware and decals off the hull. Also managed to separate the cap. I am still on the fence about pulling the cap entirely off the boat at the moment it is set up so i can block it if need be.

Here are some pics of progress so far

 

[Thuffjr]

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somewhat what im looking to end up with