Choosing a console for my 1969 20' SeaCraft

[slowJEEP]

I don't like mine either. Too wide. Was thinking about channeling 6-12 inches out of it. I'm way too cheap to buy one new...

[flyingfrizzle]

I think that you will find on this site a lot of people say there is not enough room to wall around the original console. Most change them out or narrow them up by cutting a section out of them. I have a nice blank myself that I got from a boat yard one day when I was called out to do electrical work there. (part time electrical contracting business) Instead of payment I got paid in boat parts. (new blank console and other items) I thinking of popping a mold off mine before I use it while it is blank because it is the perfect size for a 18-21 boat with a nice lay out. If I didn't have this I probably would of just cut mine down or found a used one off another boat and blanked it out and started over fresh with it.

[infanterene]

Originally Posted by flyingfrizzle

I think that you will find on this site a lot of people say there is not enough room to wall around the original console. Most change them out or narrow them up by cutting a section out of them. I have a nice blank myself that I got from a boat yard one day when I was called out to do electrical work there. (part time electrical contracting business) Instead of payment I got paid in boat parts. (new blank console and other items) I thinking of popping a mold off mine before I use it while it is blank because it is the perfect size for a 18-21 boat with a nice lay out. If I didn't have this I probably would of just cut mine down or found a used one off another boat and blanked it out and started over fresh with it.

You should post pics