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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | OK, I thought about putting this on the Lund boat rebuild page, but this boat is SLIGHTLY different in layout then the lund I did. So I decided to start a new. This is a 1972 shell lake fiberglass 15 footer. This obviously is my second of this type. And for its age...its in really good shape. So here are some pics as I go through the deck building process. I will say up front I am not a carpenter...so it ain't pretty but it works. If you look at the lund vs this boat you will notice I had to anchor the front deck differently and actually build up the very front of the shell lake deck over the lund since the anchor point on the shell is a lot higher then the lund was. Also I think I over build the lund front deck, and this time I downsized on the framing. I got up on it after I laid the decking and it was stable to me. more pics will follow as I progress.... Got my two young boys helping me work on it too...which is fun since a perfectly straight cut isn't a requirement. Cory Edited by C.Painter 3/25/2009 8:21 PM
Attachments ----------------  front of boat prior to rebuild.JPG (162KB - 320 downloads) back of boat prior to rebuild.JPG (143KB - 357 downloads) back of boat prior to rebuild2.JPG (147KB - 220 downloads) front deck build 1.JPG (172KB - 205 downloads) front deck build 2.JPG (164KB - 273 downloads) front deck build 3.JPG (188KB - 222 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | Not sure what you mean steve by "T"....I was thinking of duplicating the side supports in my other lund. Cut a little ply wood (use the the lund supports as an outline) and then fiberglass them in to the sides...then paint. Is that what you meant?? Attachments ---------------- side support.JPG (8KB - 161 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | Finished up the wood work today on the front and back decks. Next is to lay the carpet and then put on the hinges and attach the front and back "doors". I took the back pic before I finished closing in the front of the back deck. Attachments ---------------- back deck early.JPG (121KB - 166 downloads) front deck pre carpet.JPG (112KB - 190 downloads) back deck early.JPG (121KB - 184 downloads) | |||
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| That is sweet. My Dad's boat that I stole from him once I turned sixteen was that exact old Lund fiberglass boat. Caught a ton of muskies out of that boat!! That old boat even made the cover of Muskies Inc. Attachments ---------------- MuskMag1.jpg (108KB - 142 downloads) | ||||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | Glad you folks like the pics...been fun. Arron..nice shot! I remember ya back when I lived in Chicago, you came to talk to the Fox River valley chapter of muskies inc about 13 or so years ago when you were down in IL...you were a young whipper snapper then  Steve Thanks for the ideas...might hit you up with a little more guidance once I get to the sides. NEVER thought of the floatation thing!! Good call!! Well did a little more work over the weekend. Here is the progress. Edited by C.Painter 3/31/2009 7:57 AM
Attachments ---------------- front deck carpeted.JPG (166KB - 174 downloads) front deck carpeted with hatch.JPG (166KB - 158 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 1906 Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Way cool Cory! Especially getting the kids involved! Bet they are having a blast. Just make sure you make a spare tire holder to attache to the trailer somewhere!  Maybe two! | |||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | HA HA Travis! Funny, the FIRST thing I bought was a spare and a U bolt to strap it to the trailer! However, I have proven you can drive MANY miles on just a rim...and not even know it! J, my buddy did his ranger up and yeah I can get pics if you would like. Here are some more shots...I finished up the front deck last night. Added support straps for the hatch so I don't stress out the hinge and makes it hands free. Now all thats left up front is finishing up the wiring, adding the trolling motor, foot switch, Lowrance ram mount and I am good. Worked on the back deck as well, pics of that to come hopefully after I wrap that up tonight. Edited by C.Painter 4/1/2009 8:21 AM Attachments ---------------- front compartment.JPG (168KB - 156 downloads) front deck.JPG (146KB - 159 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | Well got the back deck done. Did a couple different things this time after learning what I liked and didn't like about the last one. Added some support straps for the hatch so I A) dont have to hold the stupid thing up with my head and B) don't stress the hinge by opening it too far. Also you will see I have mounted two lowrance units in back. The little one is and X 85 that is for depth obviously. But the second one is a 522 that has the internal GPS. You might also ask why I mounted it in such a wierd spot! There is a method to the madness. In the last boat I had the GPS up front for navigating while I fish. Which is where it will be located 95% of the time. However, whenever I wanted to mark up a lake by driving around I had to have a kid up front push the buttons for me while I ws in back driving. NOW, I just added another power cord in back and RAM ball and mounted it in a location that I can easily reach while driving around marking up a lake. MUCH better set up now. 1. All that is left to do now is finish the wiring up front for electronics and trolling motor. 2. Get the motor mounted and gas tank and battery installed 3. Mount the puck in back 4. Give her a test drive! I am going to hold out on removing the center seat. I am going to fish with it for a while to see if I really need to remove it. It will be nice to have in there when the whole family is onboard. Attachments ---------------- back deck complete.JPG (107KB - 162 downloads) backdeck inside.JPG (111KB - 156 downloads) backdeck inside.JPG (111KB - 178 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | Well, here she is complete! Travis after you asked if I was going to paint the inside it got me thinking. I wasn't really planning on it, but you got me thinking. So I took a piece of the bench I had removed and took it to Ace hardware and they matched it and gave me some high qual outdoor paint. I then mixed in some texture material I had left over. The paint matched very well! Was just going to touch up the flooring, but after I saw how good it looked I painted the whole inside, including both storage areas. I didn't take out the middle bench just yet. Sometimes I think it will be nice when I have the fam in the boat. So I figured I will fish with it this season, and if I don't like it I will remove it next winter and do the proper reinforcement of the sidewalls. Pretty happy how it turned out. Going to go dump it in the lake tonight to make sure no issues with the motor before I run it up north to drop it off this weekend. Edited by C.Painter 4/8/2009 7:55 AM Attachments ---------------- front view of boat.JPG (123KB - 504 downloads) rear view of boat.JPG (128KB - 223 downloads) side of boat.JPG (128KB - 1432 downloads) | |||
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