1979 Predictor restore!!!!

[bigredinohio]

I'll be real honest with you...I'M JEALOUS! I wish I was ready to paint. It's looking real good!!!

 

[yellowfiero88]

Yep, looking real good!

 

[slamram99]

Oooooooo!!!!!!!! so close to gettin painted!!!!

man your making me look bad. haha im not even ready for primer yet and you started before me.

oh ya if your looking for some water things to do this summer we are going to have some meets for a website im a part of. if you want to check it out we just teamed up with river rat rob. www.bayouboaters.com

 

[Fastcheckmate175]

Its painted...... RED!!!! The Deck and hull are back together with 5200!

 

[Fastcheckmate175]

Gonna be mounting the Jack plate and motor tonight!!! Yay!!!

 

[chrispallen]

let's get some more pics up. looks good

 

[Fastcheckmate175]

I have to mount the new gauges and new wiring! New carpet, and new gas tank... looking like a July 4th boat ride in a practically new Mate!!!

 

[Fastcheckmate175]

Here are some pics of the interior....sorry theres not more...Im so anxious to get in the water!!

 

[Fastcheckmate175]

some more pics of motor and interior!!!

 

[Fastcheckmate175]

I have to mount the new gauges and new wiring! New carpet, and new gas tank... looking like a July 4th boat ride in a practically new Mate!!!

Lovin the checkmate decal!!!

 

[yellowfiero88]

Lovin the checkmate decal!!!

Same one I got. He also did my boat name in the same font to match.

Boat is looking killer

 

[illMATTic]

Nice job man.

I think its weird how all of the older boats had the gages in different places. I bet it was up to the dealers to rig these things and most were amateurs back then.

Ill

 

[Fastcheckmate175]

Nice job man.

I think its weird how all of the older boats had the gages in different places. I bet it was up to the dealers to rig these things and most were amateurs back then.

Ill

lol...Thats where I relocated the gauges...they were all over the place! I have no idea where the were originaly! I filled in all kinds of holes...

 

[Great East Predictor]

looks awsome...how long til it hits the water?

 

[Fastcheckmate175]

looks awsome...how long til it hits the water?

July 4th weekend my brother!!!!!

 

[Fastcheckmate175]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-equp84sSA Second run after rebuild!!!

 

[slamram99]

What kind of paint did you use? and how is it holding up? would you use a different kind of paint if you had to do it again?

 

[nathan]

this a really old thread and the author has not been on the site since 2-2011 but good luck!

 

[Pray-2-miss-logs]

its a shame more people don't give feedback/updates on what they learned after their resto's/builds are over about materials they used and their success, or lack thereof, with them. afterall, a lot of us resto our own stuff but may only do a small handful of boats in a lifetime. which doesn't leave any room for trial and error for what works and what doesn't.

cant blame anyone for enjoying what they spent so much time on and not returning to the buildthread. its nice to think no news is good news (which most of the time is true) so his paint is prob holding up nicely.

my .02.