I BOUGHT AN OLD BOAT FOR $1,000 | FISHING BOAT RESTORATION
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2023
- Watch as I restore an old fishing boat that I bought for $1,000! See the transformation from start to finish in this boat restoration video.
This week's video has been a long time coming! Matty Ice and his dad have been working on restoring a 1974 AMF SlickCraft for the last 12 months. This video is a compilation of all the work that has been done over the last year. Their goal was to build their dream fishing boat on a budget. The vision was to create the most efficient and stable setup fishing setup for some big water. We have been able to get out and hammer some Kokanee salmon and Trout on this boat and have been blown away.
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The best part of this renovation is tht you had tht quality time with your dad and family to accomplish the dream of the boat. A lot of people think tht maintaining a boat and renovation is easy but it’s not. Great make over and hands up for the finish. 👍👏🙌
Make sure that the engine compartment exhaust fans work and let them run a minute before you start the engine ! Gas fumes RIP !
Definitely a priority thanks man!
Beautifully done!
Blower needs to run for at least 4 minutes before starting.
Wow! Amazing!
It's awesome to see a father and son working hard together and sharing valuable time together. What a steal for $2000. I felt bummed for you when the stern drive went.
glad to see young people still loving the American way.
Me and my dad fishing.....priceless.
Your pops helping you out with this project, just loving to be there is what I dream of as a father to a little one. I can only pray that I'm able to do the same for my boy sometime down the road. Appreciate how good you got it bro bro.
That is a remarkable restoration. Congratulations to you all.
very admirable renovation and upgrade of a family memory making project of love!
Appreciate it!
You all have inspired me to continue my own boat project. I have learned so much from watching this video. Thanks for the tutorials. Your family is awesome!!! Excellent job!!!
Outstanding work! You and your Dad and family are quite the talented crew. You guys had a vision and skills to make it happen. The rebirth of this boat is a thing of beauty. Tight lines!
Appreciate it man! It was definitely fun!
Awesome. I can tell your dad is genuinely super excited.
I did the same thing with my dad when I was 19. We went in halfs on an old 18ft Thompson for $1300. Bought it at the end September and spent the fall removing the seats/cushions, carpet, engine cover and any damaged sections of the floor. No garage so we wrapped it for winter. Spent the winter picking out and buying new seating, carpet and other supplies. My dad made a new engine cover. I was working at a lumber yard so I got a good discount on the building supplies. Come spring we started on the flooring and covered it with a layer of fiberglass. Carpet, seats, new cushions for the bow and a new piece of tempered glass for the walk through windshield.
Over the years we've made other upgrades and repairs but have always split the costs 50/50.
It's not always about the money. Sometimes it's about spending time with someone and them passing on their knowledge. 19 years later and he's 73 but we still use it every season.
What a great build Matt, you and your dad (and others) did an amazing job. Can't wait to see some Hush fish videos in the future.
Great video !! I don’t know why it popped up on my feed but I’m glad it did .. watching a father and son enjoy time together is what we need more in America … I imagine you guys hunt together and fish but I’m sure he loved this project because you got to work hand in hand with him and he was able to see his son work like a man lol the man he created, he must be very proud … god bless and keep the videos coming … I will sub and watch your other videos …
Beautiful job on the boat build. Hope U and the family have some great times and make lots of good memories.
Nice work Matt! Looks like a fun project! And to work on with your dad “priceless”!
Thank you! I agree!
What a wonderful video, I love seeing you and your dad on this project. It is such an inspiration. This was somewhat of an emotional ride for me because I no longer have my dad. Cherish one another while you have the time, beautiful family. Thank you.
Wow what a transformation. Is a great thing working alongside your father and family, treasure those moments
Incredible boat build! Very impressed with the before and after. Can't wait to see it in action! 🎣
Beautiful restoration, thanks for sharing. Thanks for making everyone aware that if you put some effort you make everything shine. I wish you the best times of your lives. Thank you.
I like the hunting side of things more, but it's really nice to change it up and see the fishing stuff, too. Love the boat and want to see it in action.
what a great find, the boat looks amazing. great videos, you have a great dad too. that loves to help.
Y’all killed it!
One of the best boat rebuilds I’ve ever seen
What a great video Matt. I like things like this. I hope to get a small boat one of theses days. Glad that you guys are putting more fishing videos out when you are not out hunting.
Love what you guys did,totally incredible, I did a similar rebuild, the only difference was,I removed the I/O completely, glassed in a plug into the transom from both sides and added an Armstrong bracket, and added a 300hp outboard,and then had room for an additional fuel tank. Just didn't want to trust the I/O offshore. Great job,you should open up your own shop!! You definitely have the skills!!!
Would love to pick your brain about the geometry and technicalities of doing the conversion. Really want to do one.
Getting ready to do a similar build, won't be for fishing but rather spending time with family and just enjoying the lake. Your build turned out beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
What a transformation. I really enjoyed it.
I really enjoyed this. Your hard work and pacing on this video really shows. Thanks for bringing us with you!
Outstanding. Way cool build, probably one of my favorite videos so far. So detailed and step by step.
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Looks Great. I bought a 1979 Slick in ‘79 and loved it for more than 20 yrs.
Great job guys! Glad to see your dream come to life.
My Dad and I built my 1st boat and had a great time doing it together like you guys did.
It is fun building or fixing up a boat . Looking forward to seeing you two in the future fishing and I bet your not done tweaking with the
boat. It turned out great .
Really cool project! Especially since you’re doing it with your dad. You’ll both remember this experience forever.
Super restoration. Good times with your Dad that will be with you a life time.
I'm about to start a complete rebuild of 21' 1975 Reinell cuddy. Thanks for sharing your journey. I plan to share mine as well.
What a beautiful job you and your family have done! Watching your videos to get some ideas for my next boat project. Thank you for your videos.
Really enjoyed this video from start to finish awesome build reconfiguring, upgrades and new features and improvements nice family participation. Thanks 😊
Absolutely loved this video. Can’t wait to see some fishing videos with the new boat.
Lets make it happen!
Looks awesome now !
Thanks!
Nicely done, Matty Ice and the gang!! Mad props from wayyy up in Northern Utah and looking forward to watching your fishing adventures sooner than later. Tight Lines!!
Never had a boat with down riggers. Maybe you could do a tutorial about how they work and why they are so helpful, and how they work? Great job! Beautiful!
down riggers are just strings with weights so you can troll at deeper depths without added weight. depending on the depth you add a certain weigh and your line goes through a clip at the bottom. fancy stuff
@@aidchristensen2000thanks, I always wondered why they were needed. Thanks for helping me understand 🇺🇸👍🙏
This is an incredible transformation. I’m excited to see some videos of it in action.
$1000 was a steal. The engine & outdrive should be worth more than that alone! Boat has LOTS of possibilities for sure.
Man you guys did an amazing job on that classy old boat love it…can’t wait to see y’all fishing videos
Thanks for posting you guys are my favorite CZcams channel love hunting sheds and fishing
Thank you for the video. I hope you guys have a blast on this for many years to come!! God bless yall!
Y'all did a Beautiful job on restoring that boat. Really is a 2023 boat now. And that wrap is lovely.
Matt, awesome boat build. You have taken an old 1000.00 boat to the Supreme level. Cudos to you and your Dad
What an amazing build. Well done guys. Can’t wait for some fishing videos.
I don't own a boat, I don't fish, but I just watched the full hour video with the CZcams recommendation, haha. Awesome work you and your Dad (and other family members) did restoring that boat. Cheers from Canada.
Loved watching this. Good work fellas!
Appreciate it!
Lets gooo, this was super cool. Yes we need more vids on this gal. Sweet build and great way to bring what most throw away back to life.
Fantastic project, fantastic filming and naration, what a great dad and family. I run a 17' Boston Whaler in Jordanelle, Deer Creek, Lake Powell, Utah Lake, Bear Lake, San Diego off shore etc. I had to forfit having a cuddy space but decided on Center Console. I installed the same Garmin Echo that you did in July of 2023. Its incredible. I also have a 24' Maxum open bow with a 7.4L MPI with dual counter prop Bravo 3 outdrive. In my senior age I needed something smaller. I live in South Jordan. I'll be looking for you and this amazing restored Sleekcraft and wave you down.
What a cool project with your pop. Those are great memories that will live forever.
My buddy had exact same boat 20 years ago on Lake Superior(Duluth Mn). We did wreck diving and fishing out on Isle Royale. We trolled many many hours. I recall heavy weather and monster waves and huge lake trout! The old slick did just fine even loaded with gear and provisions for a week. Only complaint is low cabin roof. Many bumps on head(as you know). He developed outdrive problems with the OMC and couldnt find parts. He gave the boat to his nephew. Keep your eye out for another spare. He now has a c-dory with twin honda 40s. Another nice craft! You did a great restore. Enjoy.
cool rebuild. I love that you guys put the new prop on backwards and had to flip your gears to make it work. So awesome.
What a great looking boat! and nothing like a son and pop build! Makes me really miss my old boats.
Those EPOCH Batteries are insane I have for my trolling motor and my golf cart . Wouldn’t go anywhere else for batteries no cap
Yes man yes they are insane rarely charge them would give up my wife before my battery
Ya I have one I highly recommend them to anyone I have had mine and I do go hard on her ngl and my epoch battery is yet to let me down
Glad to hear
@@soniebutangalo9774awesome man
You guys did a stellar job on that boat, it turned out beautiful! I love everything you did to it including the color scheme.
Wow, that boat cleaned up great. Nice work.
Great work guys. The boat looks amazing!
Turned out awesome. Nice Job!!
You guys all did a awesome job! Boat looks fantastic! Happy fishing!
Those body shop skills came in handy for all that masking. I have used raptor liner in and out of some of my builds. It's awesome stuff.
Love it man and I think this boat just gave a breath of fresh air to the channel.looking forward to seeing more😊
Appreciate it!
Agreed! Im excited to see the videos you guys produce now
Very cool restore. My father bought a cutty cab 20+ years ago and it as never touched water as he was going to restore it. He got half way and then stopped. We tried working on it years ago and he said he wanted to do it himself, but it still sits. Now that his health is failing I think he may let us finish the restore on it so we can take him and my mother out. Thanks for the inspiration from one Utahn to another.
Very nice restoration. On hulls like this with outdated stern drives I really like modifying them by removing the drive system, installing an outboard bracket, and cover ring to an outboard motor.
Want to do this bad. Just need someone with experience
Well Done! Looks fantastic.
Sweet build!! Love that you repurposed that awesome cuddy, I’ve fished a lot of Utah lakes, they are epic. Raised in Oregon fishing across the state, now live in SW Texas and have been fishing 3 times in 10 years 🥺. Pretty pathetic, I live 40 minutes from Lake Amistad and have never fished it. Your video has lit that fire under me arse! Thanks for taking us along your journey!! Rip that Lip!!
This was really cool! I would be very interested in what a final cost would have been if everything was purchased.
Appreciate it! Definitely will have to add it up at some point!
That is a great looking boat, the upgrades look amazing.
Man, you did a great job on that old cudd. Looks great and you’ll looove fishing with it
Great video. I have a similar boat as you and your dad. 1988 Bayliner trophy 2459. You gave me motivation to do a lot of upgrades as you did. Would love to see some videos. Would love to see an update video of you and your dad out on the lake fishing.
My neighbor had one in Detroit back in the 70's. I was really jealous as that is one fine boat.
Great choice on the Epoch Battery those things are terrific love them
Let’s go !
Heck ya man glad to see epoch brother haha
Hands down best battery
Super motivating! Well done🛥️
Such a nice looking boat, wish we had boats like this in the UK.
Wow! What a transformation! Really enjoyed that. Well done to the whole team. Only thing I would probably add is some of the flooring up on the front top deck, and maybe a boat name on the back 😉
Definitely on the list of to do’s! Thank you for the kind words!
Very cool. Now I want to see it in action.
Man. Thats so cool. Such a awesome looking boat now.
Excellent video of a great project with family and fishing partners! We’ll done! Get some fishing content and make note of anything you’d change. Tight lines!
Great idea
Great video, nice looking ideas perfectly executed! Thanks!!
Loved the video!!i like how you guys kept some of the original stuff on it👍👍
I would rip that fur out of the cabin, get some good white marine paint and a small can of black paint, coat it white and use a small artist brush to flick the black on the white paint. It will look phenomenal, and you can even flick two three colors if you want to brighten it up a little.
Nice ride Matt. Look forward to seeing y'all on the water in the future.
Awesome restoration cant wait to see the fishing videos
Man you guys did a great job! Can’t wait to see some fish in it!
Love those old Slickcrafts. We still see them here in Michigan on the Great Lakes.
Awesome build. What a transformation.
Glad you enjoyed it
Well done guys . Thankyou.
Love to see it in action!!!!!
Take good care of your dad, absolute top lad!
Really cool came out awesome can't wait for some fishing videos out of it
You and me both!
NEW SUBSCRIBER and embarrassed I hadn't found your channel until now. This boat build is awesome and so great to see the father/son team working hard. From NH but my parents are from Utah and Wyoming so this is so cool. Great job guys!!
Cool equipment .. cool boat. I bet you were super excited getting that gear.
Sweet boat, looks like a lot of quality work went into it. My current boat came with a Terrova, didn't think I wanted or needed it but its awesome, I'll never own another boat without one.
Love the ipilot feature! Definitely a game changer!
I dig this. Im restoring a 1966 all Aluminum 18' cabin cruiser. It looks haggard cosmetically but i put a new Yamaha on it and it doesnt leak a drop. Fun on the water.
Id put a 100+ watt solar panel between your rod holder and light bar to extend battery life.
OUTSTANDING !!!
Amazing. One thinks why isn’t that standard for bass boats and not the cookie cutters then always look like it.
And the wrap!!!!
BANGSCHEST!!!!
Homeroom.
Awesome work!!!’
(DaddySkill,Daddy’sKill!)
Saalute.
Can't wait to see some rishing content on this boat. Great work!
Nice job guys. I'd do the whole side of the boat in that topo, but I am sure that is expensive. Nice touch on the painting the sterndrive as well.