This winter my father and I began an overhaul of our Tracker 1436. It had been sitting in the yard for a while and I couldn't stand looking at it not being used. After much trial and error, head scratching, elbow grease, and even a little blood, I finally got to put her on the water today. She performed almost flawless. Me and a buddy took her out to centennial for a few hours in the morning and boated over 30 fish between us. All small but still a great day. The boat is a 1436 Tracker Topper. We used 2x4 aluminum beam for the framing, 1/4" aluminum plate for the front deck, and 1/2" resin coated plywood for the rear deck. We wrapped the decks and bench seats with boat carpet. I put a 24v 65lb thrust Minn Kota Maxxum on the bow, a Lowrance hook 5 on the bow, and just an old 12v 30lb MK we had on the transom. Here's a few pics of the transformation. I also want to give a shoutout to Kris for all of his help and advice along the way, thank you friend! Tight Lines! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180512/cb948e60ffcd689ccc677e2e3da7ce71.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180512/2b55e5aa127bb726ce5f818ea11684d2.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180512/8d8b7cd40fd9a36417cec7674faa25c7.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180512/98e2f0cbec706d8f606ce13b3a0e5a24.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180512/7c085b2ad0df90f01f6ecf26cb214ba3.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180512/2ee87aa576edf69fb06460b5d364ee0a.jpg)
Good Job ! ! It looks great. I am sure you will have lots of fun with it. Congratulations.
well done
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Woohoo! There ya go! Now you can use the kayak when you want and the boat when you want to take a Friend.
No problem on the help. I'm just glad it all worked out in the long run. Have fun and catch some more fish.
~c~.... WTG!! Enjoy that tin boat!!
That looks Awesome!!! Great job. ~c~
That's some serious skills right there...props
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Very nice. Looks as good as factory.
Thank you all for the compliments! It really means a lot.
Very well done! Looks very clean. Also, nice truck!
Awesome job! ~c~
Quote from: Pacific NW Ron on May 12, 2018, 07:40:24 PM
Very nice. Looks as good as factory.
That was my first thought too Ron. Like straight out of the factory.
That looks a whole lot better and more functional. Nice job.
You've done a very professional job with it, great work ~c~ ~c~ v~
Thank you all! I picked up a very clean and well maintained 15hp Evinrude tiller motor off of craigslist. That's when the real fun will start.
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I really miss my little 12 footer with 15hp motor. I had a lot of fun in that boat as I am sure you will as well.
Looks great. My first boat ,a 14' sears Gamefisher flat bottom, I did the same thing to- added carpet panels to it and put A Jetco ElectraPal Bow mount motor on it, rear power was thorough a Shakespeare Wondertroll, and my fishfinder was a Garcia Electro Sonic. Spent 4 years fishing Rocky Gorge and Triadelphia from it, good times.