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Location: minocqua, wi. | Show off pictures of your old boats ... pre-2000 peaches. whaddya got? after seeing some of the restorations and the boats that hold their value let's see if we can get a thread going with pictures so some can get all jazzed up for the upcoming spring boat buy, trade, swapping season.
here's the last two of mine ...
- a 1994/5/6?? can't remember Tuffy Esox Magnum
- a 1994 Ranger 690
edit: after thinking about this post i thought i should clarify the intentions of this post is to show pictures of boats. please don't try to sidewind the classifieds and keep it as intended! go directly to the site administrators if you have one for sale, and if you do have one for sale i recommend this site. it's where i posted and sold the tuffy pictured below. it was gone 3 weeks after i placed the add and in november/december!
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| Here's my 1990 680T
Chas Martin
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Sweet thread. Jon, I pestered you for pics of your boat a while back and I saw them on FB, but you got any pics of the interior of that beaut?
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Location: MN | 1990 Ranger 680T
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| Here is an interior shot (old electronics  and a take-off shot.
Chas Martin
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Location: syracuse indiana | here is mine, its a 1998 crestliner tournament 1850 sc.. i love this boat and runs like a champ and i have not heard any complaints from my clients.. and its paid for.. the reason it still looks good as it is garage kept.. but it does have some scratches not bad though.. but still solid....bill
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Location: where the fish are... | doesnt get much older or better than this
1976 Lund 315 T powered by a 2001 yamaha 15, shes slow but perfect.
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | 1991 Skeeter S-135, added the rear deck everything else original..
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Location: North Central IL USA | '91 Lowe
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | 1985 Skeeter SF150 w/ 1989 150hp Johnson (Esox Maniac)
Has some battle scar's from assorted dock's. Yes, she's also been been accessorized over the years - Down East rod holders, HB 997SI, Down Rigger's, Portable bimi sun shade. The down rigger assembly takes about 5 minutes to install/remove.
Have fun!
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| 1996 Champion 191 DC, 1996 Merc EFI, add a 101 Terrova on the front and a couple Lowrances and the pic would be current. Handles big water like a champ!....ion. 
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Location: where the fish are... | nice champion whynot |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Esox...
With the boat in the lake, were you taking a picture of the boat or the scenery?
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| seems like almost everybody had one of these at some point...'89
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | That's my 15yr old granddaughter. The shot is really a resort shot for her mom & Nana so they could see what the resort was like, i.e., kid friendly. Xavier really loved jumping off the top of the building with deck on top and the water slide(resort workshop).
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| MuskieTom - 2/8/2011 5:30 PM
nice champion whynot
Thanks! Had her for a couple years now, don't regret the purchase one bit. Possibly looking to upgrade to a 620/621 in the next couple years so I can get rigged up for laker/salmon/musky trolling, but man is she a sweet set-up for casting up to three guys. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | love those Champion Boats!!! |
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Location: South East Wisconsin | Here is mine 93’ Ranger 681.
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| '96 Ranger 397XT.
New to me...just gotta get her rigged now
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Location: Ogden, Ut | 1990 vintage Lund Predator II. Not your average factory paint option though.
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Location: where the fish are... | sick lund sorenson love the paint, did you use the marine epoxy roll on? |
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| This was my custom modified green carpet (all they had in outdoor carpet in my town) Northwood Kingfisher. Note the removable rear casting platform. This boat was always a dog getting up out of the water and the extra gear made this no better but it was a great platform for working jerk baits. Also note the additional storage compartment behind the front deck, also in mean green carpeting.
Replaced her with a 1750 Fishhawk in 2004... I don't miss it yet...
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| Any Lund Nisswas' to show off? I've always loved that boat. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | MuskieTom - 2/9/2011 12:51 PM
sick lund sorenson love the paint, did you use the marine epoxy roll on?
It's a 2-part automotive paint; sprayed on. Nasty stuff to work with. |
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| That dazzle paint scheme on that Lund is great. WWI tech applied to musky fishing. |
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| Anyone selling their 680t or 681t? Let me know!
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| May have srewed up my post before, sorry. I'll try again. This is my 1999 alumacraft.
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Location: North Coventry, PA | Here is my 1980 Sears Gamefisher.. I bought the boat for $500 and put in over 100+ hours of work into it. Working livewell, 24v electrical with fusebox, bilge pump, re-did the entire trailer..etc.. We have a lot of smaller lakes in SE PA so this boat is perfect for the lakes I fish.. Here is the slideshow of the restoration..
http://mi50.com/Tub
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| Hope to have a completed picture up by the opener. 17' Sea Nymph converted to tiller w/65HP Johnson. |
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| Here's pix of my first boat. Older Sea Nymph Pike Attacker. Can't remember the year. Early to mid-80s I think. Restoration project that I did myself at home in the garage.
And then my current boat...a '97 Crestliner 1750. Great boat for my needs and the size of the lakes I fish most often, ie, anything from 60 acre lakes to 8,800 in-land lakes to I'll take it out on to Lake Michigan for Salmon and it does great out there in the 4 footers...5 footers is probably the max to play it safe with.
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Mack,
NICELY DONE!!!
What a difference a little time and effort goes into making. Reminds me of my old Alumacraft V14 that I put flat floors in and a raised front deck...
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| I miss that boat. Those pix show up so dang small on the thread....the small pix don't do it justice. I fished from that boat for years prior to buying it from the guy I bought it from. It was rotting away. All the wood in the boat, floor boards and side boards were rotting through and you'd step on them and down the to aluminum hull you'd go. Too many good times, great memories and great fish caught in that boat to let it go to waste. Bought it from him, fished from it for a few years, many more good times, great memories and great fish were caught from within it. Then I just simply needed to upgrade to a larger boat. Sold that Pike Attacker to my bro-in-law, then I spent a few more years enjoying it with it still in the family. He just sold it this past Fall.
Someone got a great boat. That little 2-stroke Johnson 15 hp outboard will probably outlast me...
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| Not a fishing boat, but an oldie that me and my brother restored. She's 1960 Crestliner Flying Crest that is probably 97% exact to the way she rolled off of the show room floor down to each cleat, guage, etc. This year she's getting a new 100hp 1960 Mercury that we've been restoring to exact specs for the last year or so.
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| Now THAT is cool!!!! :thumbsup:
Coolest thing I've seen on this site in a loooooong time! Hands down. |
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| Darkwing, that boat is absolutley incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Mighty fine job restoring it. Has got to be cool as hell driving around the lake in that fine craft. |
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| Darkwing, that boat is absolutley incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Mighty fine job restoring it. Has got to be cool as hell driving around the lake in that fine craft. |
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| Darkwing...any "Before" pictures of the boat before the restoration? |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Sweet!!! |
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| Just got it last Sunday. '89 680. As you can see I won't be in it for a while...
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Darkwing,.... That is a thing of Beauty.
Very, Very, nice.
You have talent there bud. One of the nicest boats on the lake....
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| Some great, well maintained and restored boats in this thread. However, if this was a contest I think we would have to hand the trophy to darkwing! I hope you re-post when you finish that big Johnson and hang it on the boat. The chrome spot light is a really nice touch. You and your brother must be very proud, you have done some great work there. |
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| Thanks for all of the kind words. When we started doing the project, we were just going to give it a cosmetic facelift, but as we started, the project took on a life of its own. I've attached a few pictures straight from the 1960 crestliner catalog to show how the original boat appeared as well as a picture of the interior pre-restore. We still have to paint the red stripe on the side of the boat, and have to make the bimini top, but other than that she's pretty complete. We definitely get many looks when we take her out.....which is gratifying after all of the work we put into this project.
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Location: South East Wisconsin | Old vintage boats are so cool to look at. Both of you guys did an outstanding job. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Is the Dashboard Wood or Fiberglass,..... Is there any fiberglass on your Resto ? Cool !
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| The dash is aluminum. Crestliner was going for the "automobile" style dash board with this model. The boat is almost 100% aluminum (the only wood on the entire boat is on the transom and the floors). |
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| Here's my small but proud mid-70's Blue Fin, extensively modified. At least 9 regular M1 members have fished with me at least once in her over the past 10 years. How do you like the MuskieFirst Pro Team sticker on the side, ain't that a hoot?
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Location: WI | 97 Ranger R-80
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Ranger - 2/17/2011 12:48 PM
At least 9 regular M1 members have fished with me at least once in her over the past 10 years.
Your boat sounds like as much of a whore as my boat! I've gotten emails and been talking to guys and "oh, yeah, I've fished out of your boat before...." How many was it Sled? LOL |
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Location: Bloomington, MN | Homer LeBlanc style in Minnesota. $9 bass is even a good pattern up here! |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Now don't go dissin' Ranger's ole Blue Fin! That's a real fishin' machine. I've personally fished from it a number of times, and each time, I had fish in the net!
This one is the best, it broke a 4 year dry spell. Mostly because of work, traveling around the world, including living in Rhode Island. Thanks for all the great memories, Ranger. Let's hit the water this spring, just say when & where.
Have fun!
Al
BTW: Beware, that's a racing engine on the back of that old Blue Fin.
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Come on, I'd have thought we'd see some cool "old boats" here. Everybody can't afford new 'hot rod" Ranger's etc. I once had an 1949 Correctcraft. Ranger's old Blue Fin can't be the oldest boat on the water chasing muskies. I also like to see the modifications & adaptations for muskie fishing. Muskie fisherman can be pretty creative.
Have fun!
Al
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| I remember that fish, Al. Cass Lake Outing. Crankbait (custom painted barbless earnie?) tossed up by a pier in HIGH wind, 3+' waves as I recall. We had to use the gas motor to stay off shore while you brought her in. A quick unhook, a couple pics, safely released and then with a long sigh of the fun being just over you smiled wide and sat on the crankbait you forgot you tossed on your boat seat. Ha ha, lucky you only poked holes in yout rain pants!
My racing motor is an early 90's 15hp Merc. But the sticker says it's a 9.9. I've recently had the cylendars(sp) bored out and refit with larger rings. With the wind at my back and the dog on the floor I can get up to 25mph now. Wanna race? |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Ranger- obviously your old eyes are deceiving you - that's a Jake in the upper left, yup custom painted by Stan Durst (Stump Knocker). The lil'Ernie is right under the fish's tail also a Stan Durst custom creation. Both have phase shifting paint so they change colors as they move in the water. Ya really didn't have to bring up the post release action did ya? Too funny!
Have fun!
Al
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| sorenson - 2/9/2011 1:24 PM
1990 vintage Lund Predator II. Not your average factory paint option though.
S.
I remember seeing a pic of that boat before, sorenson. Seems like we decided it looked like a PT Boat! |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Yeah, I think Sorno's boat might send some poor individual into a siezure just looking at it- cool paint job. You certainly can't mistake who's boat that is
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| this was my old boat that dad bought in 1990 it was a 1963 cane that we re did twice this was it just about 4 years ago when I bought my new boat that is under cover in the back yard this was a few days before the new owner took her away.
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I made the seat boxes movable and also hinged to have some storage as I took out the casting decks and made her into a trolling machine.
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This is my new ride its a 1994 Starcraft Super Fisherman with a 90 mariner it is a great boat for the family and my self.
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Sorry have to add my daughters 42"er but this pic does show the rod holders I like the way they are set up they are big Jon's the best part is i can un screw them and have just the 4" bases no track so the kids can sit up there when were pan fishing.
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| HANDLEBARZ, I'd like to see those pictures, but they aren't showing up. |
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| RBC - 2/15/2011 8:54 PM
Just got it last Sunday. '89 680. As you can see I won't be in it for a while...
It looks OK to me... How is the transom and stringers?
More pictures. |
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Location: Brainerd, MN 56401 | I have a current build in progress. 1969 16' Starcraft Jupiter V. I already have almost 100 hours into the rebuild.
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| jranderson - 3/9/2011 7:53 AM
I have a current build in progress. 1969 16' Starcraft Jupiter V. I already have almost 100 hours into the rebuild.
Post some pictures. If you are having issues with picture size check out the free resizing program that SWORRAL posted and stickied above. |
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Location: Brainerd, MN 56401 | Pics up in my post at the end of page 2. More to come. |
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