Here is my 30-year-old rig before and after her makeover.
She aint as pretty as some of the nice rigs you guys have but hell she gets me out on the water and fishing with a mate
One things for sure I'll never strip back another tinny too much $#%&@ work, and not being used to spray painting I got a few stuff ups but what the hell she floats and since the new paint job she goes faster
I bought the rig from a mate at golf last year, he had it for about 15-20 years but didn't use it that often. When I got it home I went to run the motor but no go I figured the problem would be in the fuel as it didn't smell the best, so I drained the tank and lines and stripped the carbie. I was surprised there was not a sign of gum build up in the float bowl. New fuel and a couple of new fuel hoses and 3 pulls she fired into life.
The Boat is a Brooker 4.3 metre built in 1975. I went to the factory to see if they would give me a couple of stickers just to finish it off and they said, that boat would have been built at Chatswood by the original Mr Brooker.
The power plant is a Johnson 25hp built in 1974 she takes 2 to 3 pulls to get started from cold, but once under way she fires up 1st pull