Have quite a few pics of my 82 Quintrex fishabout mkII resto in my albums.
Have quite a few pics of my 82 Quintrex fishabout mkII resto in my albums.
A few photos of my budget tinnie modifications.
Photo:
1-from the stern showing the bimini mounted rod holders
2-closeup of the rod holder- conduit cable tied to the bimini support
3-depth sounder mounted on a bracket through the rowlock bracket
4-glove box with cup holders
5-glove box with a volt meter, tacho/ hour run meter and one switch to turn off the charge from the outboard and one switch to turn off the battery output
6-inside the glove box showing the battery, voltage regulator to regulate the output from the outboard to charge the battery and the back of the switches
7-can't have too many cup holders
Great thread. I stole some great ideas off it. I just finished doing a few mods to my 5.2m quintrex dory. A bow deck to store fuel and other bits, anchor well and padded rear seats(who likes sitting on cold aluminum). One of the padded seats has a cutlery insert from a drawer to store knives/lures etc... Also a rear storage box for safety gear etc... I had a bit of ply, foam and fabric left over so I converted my eski to an additional seat.
I'm in the process of constructing a box for all my electrical gear
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Last year I bought a TABS 435 plate tinnie with a 40hp Mercury tiller steer.
I stripped the boat, sold the Mercury and replaced it with a 60hp 4st Suzuki Bigfoot after giving the hull a coat of paint.
I also installed a side console unit, put in a 7" Garmin sounder and I have started replacing the carpet.
It punches well above its weight in sloppy conditions.
Overall, I'm really happy with the outcome.
The old in Pic 1; the refurbished in pics 2,3,4.
Nearly finished my 420 explorer, bare aluminium 2 bench seats! So I gutted it and build to my plans will throw some pics up ASAP! Full casting decks, 7 ft rod locker console hydrolic steering side console hookless carpet etc etc done evrything smick
ive been sneakily looking at ideas on this thread for our tv show
Great thread, this is my 4.6m Dory most of the major mods were already done when i bought itAttachment 107412Attachment 107413Attachment 107414Attachment 107415 i have just added bait tank some safety and electronic gear + carpet, haven't seen any boat collars on here yet i have to say they are a fantastic thing add stability, positive floatation, stay a bit drier, and the biggest bonus for me is that it increases the boats load carrying ability i do 100+ km runs/camping regularly so carry heaps of stuff and jerry cans etc etc. Have a 60hp 4 stroke yammie pushing it, that is a 45l nearer 50 if u fill to top fuel tank, home made bait tank which works a treat 20+ big popeyes no worries. The set up at the back works really well can easily stand up and steer with the customary pvc throttle extension and gives good access to the bait tank and motor etc.Attachment 107416Attachment 107417Attachment 107418Attachment 107419Attachment 107420
Had to sell my last boat (on previous page) back in 2015-ish owing to financial difficulties and moving to another city. Fell out of fishing for a few years, but a few weeks ago my son let me know he wanted to get into fishing, so i bought a bunch of gear.... and a boat. Scored the boat pictured, which is an ally craft 395 avalon, mercury 25hp sea pro, motorguide cable steer for $2500. Have since serviced the motor, tidied it up cosmetically, replaced the sounder with a hook 7 reveal, bought a 100ah lithium battery, replaced the wheels, tyres, wheel bearings and winch and today I picked up a minn kota i-pilot for it to replace the motorguide. Estimate that I've got about $6k in it. It's possible that I might have been able to get something better for that money right off the bat, but I've really enjoyed working on it with my son and that is priceless. She goes quite well too.. clocked 50.5km/h on the GPS yesterday with both of us in the boat (200kg between us) with a fairly worn out looking prop.
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Good to see you’re back into it. You’ll have to use the go advanced button and upload pics. The attachments aren’t working.
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This was at purchase, before my son and I did any work on it.
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