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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
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looks good so far, Cory. is the middle of the deck going to be a storage compartment with a lid? | ||||
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Posts: 4080 Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Having your Boys helping and doing this project is Priceless.... Great job being DAD ! Teaching your boys to become good men is very important in this world. Oh, Nice Boat ! Jerome | |||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | Thanks guys. Yes Mike there is going to be a door with storage up front, same as I had on the lund. A plastic bin with a lid fits perfectly in there for "dry" storage. I most likely will be removing the middle bench seat. However, it offers support for the boat so I may have to build little side stabelizers like are on the lund. No biggie..but just one more thing to do. I might pull it out and take it out and see if it is going to be an issue. | |||
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Posts: 32876 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Laminate a couple T shaped 1X2" pieces where the seat was on the sides, that will stiffen up the boat considerably. | |||
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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 ---------------- ![]() | |||
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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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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Posts: 32876 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Use 1X2 pine, that will work fine. If the floor/boat side junction is square, make an 'I' with the top and bottom of the 'I' about 8" long and the leg of the 'I' about 3/4 of the depth of the side of the boat. Grind the glass down enough to get good adhesion, and wet the 1X2 well with catalyzed resin, and stick the I on, then wet down the sides and front really well. Glass over it with 3 oz matting and make sure you get all the air out from under the glass. Use two part epoxy paint when you coat the inside, or use bed liner, that'll work too. The 'I' will stiffen the side of the boat considerably. You should also make a couple 1'x2' squares of 1lb density foam. You can use the foam sealant you can buy in cans at Fleet or Wal Mart and fill a couple boxes that size. Stick those up out of sight in your compartments to carry the extra weight you added to the boat so she will float if swamped. | |||
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Posts: 275 | Cory, It looks great and brought back alot of memories. We caught alot of fish out of a boat like that. I hope it builds some great memories for you and your boys. Tom | |||
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Posts: 65 Location: De Pere Wisconsin | looking forward to the next batch of pics....your going to carpet it right? Nice work. | |||
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Location: Wisconsin | I love this stuff. Looks great so far, can't wait to see more progress and the finished project! | |||
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Posts: 40 Location: United States | 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 ---------------- ![]() | |||
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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
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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! ![]() | |||
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Posts: 3518 Location: north central wisconsin | Nice 'Chuck' rig there dude. Brings back memories of rebuilding the brown streak, and posting pics here. Hard to beleive it has been about 9 years. That rebuild really makes me think I can do something with the little Ranger. Never thought about taking the middle bench out like that. Didn't you have a few pics of a Ranger like mine, that somebody redid? Nice job holmes. | |||
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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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() | |||
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Hey Cory, nice work! Not bad for a guy who spends all day in the lab trying to figure how to make a better Oscar Mayer weiner! My neighbor has a 14 footer sitting next to his house that hasn't been used for about three years. I am thinking about asking him to sell it to me. I might need your help rebuilding it! John | ||||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | Hey John!! Yeah see what he wants for it...check the transom..they tend to go on those boats..as well as the flooring. If all good you should pick it up! Great boat to dump into those "private" out of the way lakes!! Off to make the wieners now! | |||
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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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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Posts: 1906 Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Cory you gotta have some kind of seat in the middle to make use of those oarlocks! Looks like a well thought out puddle jumper. Great job! Any plans to re-coat/paint the interior that doesn’t have carpeting? I’d get some of that roll-on bedliner stuff like Herculiner, or I see Cabelas has some for use in boats. | |||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | I used the bedliner stuff in the other lund, and actually the baby puke blue they had matched pretty closely to the baby puke blue of the boat! However, the stuff is an arm and a leg!!! I MIGHT just try and match the paint and paint it with some sand added for texture. Yes, this boat did come with oars as well...so I MIGHT have to paddle around a little in the abysis! | |||
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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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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Posts: 62 | C.Painter, I've been watching you throughout the build process here and you've done a might fine job there. Great work! | |||
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Posts: 4080 Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Very good job.....Well done, I'm sure you have a big smile on your face... I'd go hunt muskies in it with you . Jerome | |||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | Thanks guys! I am glad others have enjoyed it too. I personally like watching projects like this progress and seeing the end results. I dumped her in the water last night for the first time, since I had never had it in the water, and everything was good! I was most concerned about my motor since it had acted up a little last year, but started right up and ran great. Still on the fence about taking out the center seat just because it is quite a bit of weight (It has steel underneath it). But I will hold off a while on that. Taking it north this weekend to drop it off for the second weekend in May when the boys and I are hitting the walleyes! Cory | |||
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Posts: 1764 Location: Ogden, Ut | That really turned out nice Cory. My hat's off to ya for a job well done. S. | |||
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Posts: 2091 Location: Stevens Point, WI | Very nice Corey, that would be a perfect WI River rig. | |||
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Posts: 1245 Location: Madtown, WI | Thanks again guys. I am selling my other lund now if anyone is interested, decked out just like this one! PM me... | |||
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I just got a boat that looks just like yours and I am trying to figure out the model number. The hull identification is gone but I need a model number to register it for the DNR for fishing. Let me know. [email protected] is my email | ||||
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Posts: 785 Location: Delavan, WI | 15 year old thread and looks like the author has not logged in since 2018. Don't think you will get your answer here | |||
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