Hello everyone, figured Id start a thread about my "project". Its more like a fixer upper, but either way Im putting man hours into it so its my little project 
Well to make a long story short, I came across a guy selling a 1989 Monterey 1900 19' bowrider for 650 bucks. I figured this was a steal cause Id expect to pay that for the trailer it sits on alone, so I went and bought the thing and started getting it into shape. When I bought it, there was about 8" of ice on the floor so I had to let that thaw out before I could get it out of there. I didnt let it completely thaw cause I didnt want all that water on the floor, but lately its been nice so I've had a lot of days to work on it. Reason it was so cheap is because it apparently doesnt move when you try to accelerate... so the prop is in the shop getting re-hubbed and hopefully that will cure the problem.
Here are the pictures the guy took and sent to me when I showed interest:
As you can see theres some stuff that needs to be done to the interior. It was littered with leaves, beer cans, and ice... so first things first I got that crap cleaned out. There's still some little leaf pieces but its going to get a shop-vac treatment here soon, Im just waiting for the carpet to dry out completely.
The first thing I needed to do was make some rear seats for it on the sides of the doghouse. There were just holes, so I started from scratch. Here's a before and after:
You can also see that yellow stuff needs to be replaced. Thats next on my list of things to do once I find some yellow vinyl. Im also going to recover that black/gray part thats on the doghouse as well as cover the entire doghouse in black vinyl to make it look nice. Theres also a couple side pieces that I need to fab up and cover with some vinyl, so those will come soon as well.
Today I just went out and decided I'd redo the bow area. The seat bottoms were cracked and disgusting so I decided to pull them out, clean under them, and make something new. While looking at boats yesterday at a local boat show, I liked how some boats have an entirely flat bow with just basically a sun deck in the front of it, so I decided that this is what I was going to do with the front of my boat. By doing this it also gave me an area for storage which was lacking before in this boat... so now I have a sun deck and lots more storage space. Im going to put a door over the opening of the storage area and cover that in matching vinyl with the seats to make it look nice. Also in the bow theres part of the original padding still in there, and once I find some white vinyl Ill be matching it with the rest of sides on the front. I didnt take any before pictures, but here's how it looks now. First picture is looking at it from the front of the boat, second is while in the boat, and 3rd is showing the little storage area I now have.
Thats as far as I am right now... here's some other pictures of the boat for you enjoyment:
Well to make a long story short, I came across a guy selling a 1989 Monterey 1900 19' bowrider for 650 bucks. I figured this was a steal cause Id expect to pay that for the trailer it sits on alone, so I went and bought the thing and started getting it into shape. When I bought it, there was about 8" of ice on the floor so I had to let that thaw out before I could get it out of there. I didnt let it completely thaw cause I didnt want all that water on the floor, but lately its been nice so I've had a lot of days to work on it. Reason it was so cheap is because it apparently doesnt move when you try to accelerate... so the prop is in the shop getting re-hubbed and hopefully that will cure the problem.
Here are the pictures the guy took and sent to me when I showed interest:
As you can see theres some stuff that needs to be done to the interior. It was littered with leaves, beer cans, and ice... so first things first I got that crap cleaned out. There's still some little leaf pieces but its going to get a shop-vac treatment here soon, Im just waiting for the carpet to dry out completely.
The first thing I needed to do was make some rear seats for it on the sides of the doghouse. There were just holes, so I started from scratch. Here's a before and after:
You can also see that yellow stuff needs to be replaced. Thats next on my list of things to do once I find some yellow vinyl. Im also going to recover that black/gray part thats on the doghouse as well as cover the entire doghouse in black vinyl to make it look nice. Theres also a couple side pieces that I need to fab up and cover with some vinyl, so those will come soon as well.
Today I just went out and decided I'd redo the bow area. The seat bottoms were cracked and disgusting so I decided to pull them out, clean under them, and make something new. While looking at boats yesterday at a local boat show, I liked how some boats have an entirely flat bow with just basically a sun deck in the front of it, so I decided that this is what I was going to do with the front of my boat. By doing this it also gave me an area for storage which was lacking before in this boat... so now I have a sun deck and lots more storage space. Im going to put a door over the opening of the storage area and cover that in matching vinyl with the seats to make it look nice. Also in the bow theres part of the original padding still in there, and once I find some white vinyl Ill be matching it with the rest of sides on the front. I didnt take any before pictures, but here's how it looks now. First picture is looking at it from the front of the boat, second is while in the boat, and 3rd is showing the little storage area I now have.
Thats as far as I am right now... here's some other pictures of the boat for you enjoyment:
