The thrill of victory!

Got her pretty much done. New carpets, new wiring, engine painted and new decals applied. Just waiting for the fiberglass repair to dry and install the bilge pump. Don't look too bad does she?

Wax on, wax off....

Well we decided to get to town on the old Newman pronto. It really needs very little structural work. The smallest amount of glass work aft where the fuel tanks go. We cleaned all the shrubs from the interior, swept it and vacuumed it, then Tad and Greg laid the paint on to all the woodwork to prevent anymore rot. Gregs buddy Larry turned us on to a real good fibreglass restorer that sure made the job of pretty'n her hull up a lot easier. Greg and Tad laid all new carpet and did the glass work that it needed. I rewired the entire boat. added some lights and fixed the wiring on the trailer. You can see the difference in just a weeks time! Tad is gonna buy it from me for what I have in it but me and Greg wanna make sure if we repo it, it'll be up to our standards!

Another classic find!

I've got to learn to say no! Had a customer of mine tell me about a boat out in the woods in Lake George. Well me and Titus took a ride out there in a snow storm to look it over. After hours of searching we finally found it. A diamond in the rough! It's a 1969 Newman. 14'6" with a 135 Merc outboard. Hadn't been run since 1996. Well we haggeled on the price and finally picked it up for $175.00. We towed it back to the Springs and took her to my shop. I had a little 2 stroke mix and figured what the hell, lets see if she'll fire. After about 15 minutes of messing with the fuel lines, primer bulb and hot wiring the ignition, she barked to life. One worry down.