A new project !

This boat is
the same year and model.

Well we finally completed Dock Holiday so I figured I'd need a new project for the Colorado winter. With no significant other anymore I have nothing to do to pass the time so this will be therapy for me. Something to keep my mind occupied and keep me out of trouble! I picked up a 1960 16ft glass magic with the original 75 hp Johnson outboard with trailer. It was loaded with gear such as four fish finders, two out riggers, two down riggers, six five gallon plastic fuel tanks, at least 10 life jackets and ski vests, two anchors, new fenders and brackets for the trailer and too much fishing gear to describe in detail! Man, it looked like a test platform for fishing gear! She also has a 1984 8 hp Johnson kicker motor. It even had a brand new ( never been used ) Cabellas boat cover! The older gent that owned it before was quite the Rube Goldberg. He had an old wiper motor hooked up to a pulley system that turned the 8 hp kicker motor! You should have seen the relay and button set up for this thing. SCARY! Well Greg and I stripped all the electronics and riggers off it today and what a chore! We then filled a plastic trash can with water and tried to fire up the motors. Unbelievably, they both fired right up, even with ten year old fuel! Then the truly amazing part, they both pumped water beautifully! Now the best part. I paid nothing for the boat! Just threw a set of head gaskets on a Chevy pickup. I gave one of the fish finders to Greg for his boat and one I'll put on the rear of Dock Holiday for trolling. I think I'll do the same with the out and down riggers. Put one of each on Dock Holiday, and one of each on Greg's boat. I'm going to pull the kicker motor off it and put it on Dock Holiday. It looks freaking ugly as sin on the glass magic and I'm sure it will push "the Dock " with very little effort. This will be great if Neil, Layton or anybody else wants to use a boat for the weekend or something. They can handle this one a lot easier than Dock Holiday. I'm sure it will haul a skier or tuber no problem. The boys and their friends are more into that then me or my buddies! I really want to restore this boat. It has really pretty lines for a 1960 craft. I especially like the fiberglass frame around the windshield. This thing would look great behind a 1960's classic car. I'll let you know how she does on the water. What do you think of the name " Trailered Trash" ? I will try to add some photo's tomorrow. They won't be of the best quality as someone wanted my camera more than I did. God I hate a thief.

Couple more photos

Let's go! I'm ready!


Updated the windshield and new
wheel.

Full instrumentation



302 V8 up and running




Cruising Eleven Mile Reservoir

Sea trials ( and tribulations. )

Me and Mijah


Searching for whale?



Mijah chasing waves at
Witches Cove




Beautiful Witches Cove




Well I got her in the water Monday, labor day. It started out poorly as I stopped at the shop to hook up the hose and check her out. she started right up no problem. Oil pressure good, water temp good, what can go wrong? I found out as soon as I put it in gear and absolutely nothing happened! To make a long story short the neutral safety switch ( which also shifts the out drive ) took a dump. After screwing with it for about two hours I finally jury rigged it so I could shift. About 1:30 in the afternoon I finally get her in the water. It runs good, although not as quick as I had hoped. Just gotta figure out the proper prop and that will be fine. It runs great all day until it's time to put her on the trailer. Damn tilt motor takes a shit. Anyway it's now Thursday and all the above problems have been taken care of. I'm adding a coupe photo's of her maiden cruise at Eleven Mile reservoir. Beautiful place.

Back to work.

If I want to take the old girl out this weekend I guess I'd better get my butt back out there and finish the wiring. All I have left is the fuel gauge and anchor light. Then of coarse I have to secure this rats nest up out of the way. That will take an act of congress! Lets see........ Install the seats, engine cover, fish finder, safety gear, ah shit. I think I may be up all night! Damn. I still gotta install the freakin outdrive! What the hell am I doin at this computer? Sometimes you just gotta get away from what your working on and clear your head. I think it's clear enough now. Back to work!

Can you imagine?

My brain is working in a stranger than normal way. I'm thinking about putting a thru the transom exhaust system on the boat. Man, she would sound and run so much better.

Oh so close

Engine Cover extended
5 inch's

New flooring

302 installed

As you can see a lot has been accomplished on ole Dock Holiday this week. Greg, Tad and Dee busted their chops today to get the engine bolted in, the engine harness's connected and some custom installs of switch plates etc. They also got the flooring glued, screwed and glassed! We had to extend the engine cover by 5 inch's due to the longer V8 and that is close to completed also. I have to tell ya, I am blessed to have good friends like Greg and Tad and everyone else that helped. Greg for sure has a place in heaven waiting on him. It's too bad he won't know anyone there but he makes friends pretty quickly! If it weren't for Greg this project would have taken me a month at least. Thanks to his unbelievable efforts we might just catch some fish after all! Once again thank you so much Greg. I'm honored to call you friend!

Spontaneous combustion

I've heard of it before but never experienced it. Till now. Spontaneous combustion. Ain't that the shits! Poor Greg was working on a rib for the boat when he smelled something. Turning around from his work bench he noticed a fire thru the windshield of the boat. After a second or two he realised the flames were on his side of the glass! He had the good sense to put out the flames by smothering them with a blanket. ( He's my hero ) The fire started in the vinyl bag the fish finder was in which was sitting on the dash by its self with nothing else around it. Now there is no battery in the boat, the fish finder doesn't take batteries, there was no ignition source for the fire, and neither one of us drinks or does drugs ( any more ). What could it be other than spontaneous combustion? I pulled the fish finder apart and repaired it so it works now ( although it ain't pretty anymore! ) but I had to call my buddy Robert Moriarty to make new windows for it. The heat raised a bit of hell with em! If any of you have a good explanation or theory on how the hell this happened, please, share it with us!