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1981 V20 Restoration
Newbie here, Been waiting at the door to get in!
Had my son come home and tell me his friends father had a boat in his back yard that he'll give me. Asked whit it was and he said a 20 ft wellcraft, I told him I would have to take a look at it as I had one a year ago (70's ctr console) that sunk to recover the 150 suzuki 4 stroke on it, that boat and decks transom were a sponge and told them I dont want that boat. I went and looked at the cuddy my son was offered and decks were solid, transom, questionable. Hull and liner are almost flawless just highly oxidized Cleaned it out, brought it to the shop and dug deeper and deeper and deeper. Great winter project for my son and his three pals (all 22 yo) during these trying times, they said were game. they've been to the shop 5 out of 7 days a week after work doing the work (ok about 2/3 of the work) Plan is Seacast Stringers and Transom (and every other piece of wood in the hull Were planning on a 25' transom or option of full transom and bracket Pics I've seen with brackets they seem to squat with the engine weight further back. would love to hear from someone who has driven both variants (planning on a 200 yami 2 smoke) Larger fuel Tank planned, I will say they slapped these boats together. Fuel tank was foamed in (factory) almost 4 inches off center at an angle where I was able to suck 6 gal of unusable fuel from the tank with the boat level https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xCB...ature=youtu.be Last edited by Dana A; 12-27-2020 at 09:25 AM. 
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12-26-2020, 06:31 PM
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1981 v20 rebuild
Pics and video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xCBOzW9EZ8&feature=youtu.be Last edited by Dana A; 12-27-2020 at 09:27 AM.
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12-27-2020, 09:27 AM
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12-27-2020, 11:01 AM
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Have not got into the deck yet, The original gelcoat on the decks is in excellent condition with no cracks or soft spots. looks like they sealed the decks fairly well.
Am thinking putting it back in as is leaving us the option of using the hull to build it as a center condole down the road. If I were to do the decks I'd probably go with coosa focusing on the hull for now. Boat was trailered most of its life and given to the neighbor who just let it sit at the woods line for who knows how many years My thought was to use this as a mooring holder and something the boys could use as their beater. The boys got all the wood removed from the hull yesterday and we started to align the transom cutout. original plan was to pour the transom without removing the liner, (the reason for the cut out from the rear)that changed when I saw the rot going into the stringers. most dont realize that the rot in the transom is a fungus and will migrate thru any wood connected to it, not to mention the bugs Hull has only one coat of bottom paint on it, will be redone in shark white
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12-27-2020, 08:24 PM
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I was going to use it but the power trim is shot, ram, motors, etc
The rest of the motor looks good, turns over, was fogged before it was put away. Has 1100 orig hours on it. part it out I guess Had to cut it off the boat was going to bolt the powerhead to my bench and see if it fires up lol I know a lot of guys on the lakes love the old mercs too Havent got to it yet, sitting on a pallet since I took it off dec 7th lol
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12-27-2020, 12:30 AM
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