Love your videos man. So nice to see a normal everyday guy explain his work instead of all these big giant million dollar shop videos. Honest work and amazing cart idea that I might steal. Keep it up brother!
@colindawson4059 I do not because of size and weight. Shipping would be horrendous. There are companies that sell them though . No one wants to spend 450.00 on a set, but they really are worth it vs climbing over the side if you can't build your own.
@sweeneymotorsports82 appreciate ya. Yeah man, it's just way cleaner. One power, one ground and you can grab any machine you want. Working out really well.
@mattpfarr5992 go through my vids on the channel, don't know if you've seen any of them. Still a punch list to do, but it's good enough for the moment to be a daily for him. We'll have an update video on it within the next week or so of what's done and will be done in the future.
I'm glad you got your truck back in the family. Where is your Georgian accent? Trucks looks kind of solid and a good truck for restoration. Like the wine bottle idea. I so agree with the 'keep it original' idea. So many trucks of this era that cost like $50,000 to $75,000 have 350 v8's automatic transmissions, weird instrument panels, ac. totally not original. Why have a vintage truck, that is not vintage?
@kfl611 I just want to keep this one simple. I have 4 other builds in progress and know how fast you can go down the rabbit hole with time and money. The 6cyl runs great, no reason to change it. I want it like I remember as a kid, just a Sunday afternoon truck with the family. As for the accent? 24 years in the south and it's never caught on. Lol
Most People DO NOT Understand that not only does it get further back from the truck, but a longer tongue generally makes less sway, and generally gives less tongue weight (even though you tripled its thickness) - You usually get less weight on ball...makes the ball to fulcrum (axle group) longer.
Looks awesome! I just purchased this same boat, just a 1984 model and plan almost follow in your footsteps for how you laid out your redesign. How much $$ do you estimate it took you to restore the boat to this condition? Thanks!
@claytonseitz9757 never really kept track but I would say about a 1000. There's 400 just in the seats and mounts and the marine plywood was 100 a sheet at the time. Carpet,glue,foam,wiring,led's ect. Maybe 8 or 900.
@claytonseitz9757 it's like any build, you can hunt deals on a lot of things if you're not in a rush. I had a built 12ft to fish while building this boat. Makes all the difference. Plus building it yourself vs paying someone.
Owner picked it up and he's probably going to sell it because he can't work on it himself. He doesn't know the difference between an air freshener and battery.
Hey brother great video! I just bought a 1986 bass tracker with original trailer. I only have a bill of sale as previous owner didn't need to title trailer in SC. I can't locate a VIN number label or stamp on this trailer. Would you happen to have any idea as to were the stamped numbers could be hiding? Great looking boat you have!
I sanded and painted this entirely trailer and never found a number. From what I've been told, Tracker used a sticker back then and none of them survived 38 + years. I'm working on a solution.
@freshonerestorationfabrica4298 I'm hoping I can apply for a new title.... just paid boat title and registration fees and I'm realizing I'm probably screwed with the bill of sale and no verifiable VIN number for trailer!!
As for the title thing, I'm in GA, one thing you can do here is tell them its a home made trailer and they will send a sheriff out to look at and make sure it's road worthy and meets requirements. Officer will sign off on it and you bring that paper work to them, they then issue you an aluminum tag with a Vin # and paper work. I've done it with two other trailers. They're not super critical here and are really just in it for the tax revenue. Where are you in Carolina?
I would recommend investing in triple lip seals and hubs that have the zirk fitting. The hubs allow you to repack hubs without taking the hubs off the trailer. You can see the old grease being pushed out and getting replaced with fresh grease. I had to replace my axle so my axle has a zirk fitting for grease as well as my hubs.
@@darrellmedley6809 yezzzzir. These hubs have bearing buddies on them with the zerk fitting and are fully packed with high temp marine grease. She's good to go.
I have a 03 Ranger 185VS. I just ust showed this video to a small welding company in my area and the guy told me it’ll be about $1200 to make..😮 I didn’t say I wanted it gold plated.
That's crazy, there's two or three companies that make them anywhere from 3 to 500. I saw them on a few vids and just copied what's already available on the market.
Could you make me that trunk? I want a DC conversion kit. South Texas banchee will be making my new wire harness and I would like to have a bigger battery for my 200 watts of lights
I know guys who have built boxes like bottom 2 and 3 bay, they'd rather buy one than build another. It's a bunch of work and material isn't cheap. But I applaud your enthusiasm. Lol 😆
It's tough work. I have 6 diffrent craftsman 26" bottom boxs. I have 4 on the bottom and 2 have the casters cut off stacked on the outer two boxs. I made a wood work bench between them two and have a homemade "hutch if you will holding led lights above the bench and also holds my power strips. All the bottom boxs have the casters removed and the boxs are fit together and held tightly in a custom L shaped frame made from old bed frames. I then put 6" casters 2 on the left 2 in the middle and 2 on the right side. Then at the bottom. Of each box for extra support their bolted together with two small bolts in each one. All together the box is 104" long 52" tall and is great. You can find cheap 26" boxs and free metal bed frames and you can build awesome boxs for cheap. I did the same before with 5 26" craftsman boxs re frames the bottom with old bed frames, wrapped the entire box in black vinyl and painted the old silver part on each drawer purple. That one cost me I think about $250 to build. I ended up posting it online and sold it for $1400 that's the best amd cheapest way to get yourself a solid nice box for next to nothing.
I have never tried the klotez 2 stroke oil. What ratio do you mix it? Just had a fresh bore. Cleaning cylinders in hot soapy water now. Tomorrow I reassemble.
Yes. I plan on removing the console and redesigning a few things this year. This boat will be dedicated electric. I have a large build coming up in a few months for a customer, so I'll do mine when time permits. Maybe in the summer when I don't fish as much.
@@freshonerestorationfabrica4298 please document the journey. I have a similar boat layout. It's a 90 something monarch bass boat and it's very similar. I got some good ideas from your video. Thanks and keep up the good work
The build will be a 18ft fiberglass boat. Full gut and rebuild with aluminum front and rear deck. But same concept with wiring and layout. Probably have the GoPro running for it. Just have to figure out editing. If you're subscribed, you'll get the notification on the new vid. I'll have another video out in a few days not boat related if you're following the foolishness. Lol
Between the initial buy price, then all parts and labor he ended up being around 37k. Which isn't bad for a completely rust free, frame off build with everything better than original. You wouldn't be anywhere near that price at a regular shop considering most shops are charging 20k+ just for paint work these days.
Dude heck yeah! I have a 42” craftsman box from 2014 and always wished it had a full length drawer. I do welding and paint by trade so this series of videos are a great reference!
Z31 windshields are easy to find. I had a local shop find and install mine for under $300. Hell even Safelite can get them, but they wouldn't touch this car because of all the rust.
