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'79 v20 mod list?!
Hey guys!
I recently bought a '79 V20 that is in very good condition but I have a few mods I would like to do. I won't actually get to the boat for another few weeks, so this will have to be that kind of terrible thread with no pictures. I just want to float some ideas by and see what other people have done. I got this boat for pretty cheap so I have some $$$ to spend on it, especially since the transom, stringers, and floor are solid :) These are my priority modifications: -re-wire the boat with dual batteries and 2 bilge pumps on separate circuits -install accent lighting in the fish boxes and on deck..I'm thinkin RED leds like this, I'm going to get three or four strip LED lights from ScarabChris over at TheHullTruth http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7...agedisplay.jpg -bimini top Then, if funds and time will allow... -anchor pulpit and electric windlass -replace and varnish all the wood trim and make teak hatch covers -raw water washdown -redo the dash with new gauges and layout Another question, I have seen the boat in person but didn't go in the cuddy or look at it. Would someone 5'6" (me!) be able to lie down in it? Thanks all!! MJK
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05-04-2010, 07:37 AM
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Having measured the flat area for cushions inside the cuddy you have 5'2" from the very most forward spot to the door so you'd have to curl up a little bit or leave your toes a hangin' out the door some.
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05-04-2010, 08:25 AM
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I am 5'9" and I have slept in the cuddy. You need to go at it kind of sideways, but it works. It was not, however, a real comfortable night. I was towing the V from Indianapolis to the Boston area with the wife, kids and dog, and we could not find one danged hotel with a room for the night. It was in the fall, and it got pretty cold out. Wife and kids slept in the suburban and I crawled into the cuddy. It was so windy that the V was bobbing up and down on the trailer all night long.
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05-04-2010, 08:26 AM
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Not sure about a '79 but here is a pic of a 6'2" guy sleeping in my '94 V21:
 And a 6' guy being a girl because he's cold...& gettin crazy w/ da cheeze wizz....... 
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05-04-2010, 09:45 AM
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Thanks for the quick response guys i love the pics blue runner!! Are you by chance a member of iboats forums as well?
Are cushions still available from wellcraft or aftermarket?
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'79 V20 Cuddy, '84 Johnson 140 '88 250 Coastal, twin '88 Johnson 140 '96 F-250 7.3L Powerstroke TD '94 Toyota Pickup 4x4 22re
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05-04-2010, 10:21 AM
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MMA - thanks and I'm not on the iboats forum. Your list of mods looks great.
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05-04-2010, 11:08 AM
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I'm not sure if yours is a 79 if you have livewells/fishwells in the deck. But I'm basing that on my own boat only. I have a 79, and it has gas tank in the deck, with one hatch forward of the gas tank. I have, and suggest you do also, moved batteries to this hatch which sits mid deck, just behind the seats.
Otherwise, sounds like a great set of mods planned. Check my recent posts for a few pix of my work, mostly maintenance vs mods.
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05-04-2010, 03:01 PM
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Quote:
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05-04-2010, 03:59 PM
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AHAHAHA! He might as well have been. He's full of chit. YARRR!!!!!!!!!!!
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