14' Lonestar Restore (FINISHED! PICS INSIDE!)

[Kansas Angler]

I bought an old 14 foot Lonestar boat about 2 months ago and since then i have been in stripping paint, building the decks and floors, designing a livewell as well as alot of other small jobs. It has been good so far, the longest part of the job was stripping off the layers of paint (there was about 10 different layers). Now I have the boat in primer and should be done with it before the end of March. Keep in mind that im not even 15 yet so its not the best work you have probably ever seen.

Any questions just ask

Here are some before pictures after some paint stripping

Here is is after middle seat was removed. its still fine structurally and it didnt have any flotation foam inside. I actually ended up using it as a livewell but ill have to take pictures of that later

In Primer, sorry for the bad pictures

I didnt want to see the hinges of the hatches so i had to countersink( I don't know if thats the right word) the hinges into the deck with a dremel so they would lay flat

Here is the structure for the front deck, i know its ugly, but its all I had laying around the garage so I figured I would use what I had. I put the carpet on the bottum because it was sitting a little bit to high and everytime you would step on the deck it would hit the bottum of the boat so thats the only way i thought of to fix that problem

thats all the pics for now, if you want me to take a picture of something for you to show you how i did something than just ask

Thanks for looking!

[XcoM274]

Dude I remember doing the same type of project 3 years ago, I was only 15 as well and it was a GREAT time. My boat is in the sticky post section if you want to check it out here's the link

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1205883728/0#0

That was a great time. The boats still in great shape and I'm improving it all the time. I hope you can do the same thing with yours. Any questions just shoot!

[Dave D]

I think you doing a great job! I can't wait til my son is your age and I can help him restore his first boat!  

If you have any questions, let us know.  We will be more than happy to help!

[smallie.huntin]

Looks good!  I really like the recessed hinges for the storage compartments.  

[Kansas Angler]

Finally got it done, took me 4 months about and probably about $600. I think the finished product turned out pretty well for me being only 15.

here are some pics I took I will take more once it stops raining tomorrow.

Start

Finish

Here is how i made the livewell, when I removed the bench seat i noticed there was no flotation foam so I had an idea, I thought why not make it into a livewell, i think it turned out pretty good and with the measurements it is 18 gallons.

Heres  the switch

Heres the decal i had made for me that i got from a local trophy store

It matches the seats perfectly

Heres the tempress low back seats i got, they are 120 a piece at bass pro but i got em for 50 a piece off ebay.

Battery compartment

Trolling motor plug

random pics

front deck support

if you have any questions just post em up and ill do my best to awnser em.

Thanks for looking!

[Live.2.Fish]

Very NICE!!!  

[tennwalkinghorse]

Nice Job Good Luck

[Kansas Angler]

If you were to sell this boat what would you list it for? would like to know how much its worth and if I put more money into it than i should have

[Shane J]

Man, you did a really nice job on that boat, and I'm sure you'll get way more enjoyment out of it than the money you put into it, but because you're wondering, I'd say you could get between $650-$750 for such a clean little fishing package like you built there. Good job.