Brooks Reid 1975 Seacraft

[Brooks Reid]

Had to pump up the tires with fix a flat to get it home. No license, no lights, no strap, pulled out of his driveway and there was a cop who was busy writing a ticket. Pass him by and he looked up at me in disbelief. I waved and he luckily he did not follow. Once home we started cleaning off 10 years of dirt. That's my oldest son Kevin in the pics. Found a rats nest inside the engine cowling. Turned the flywheel and it was not seized thankfully. 1993 Mariner 150HP only had about 50 hours on it when I sold it but had not been run in 10 years. Transom was raised to 25" and Jack plate was installed. My guess is that it was supposed to be used to compensate for the 20" shaft. Unfortunately it would never work because it was mounted too low to hook up the steering or tilt. Just one of many numbskull blunders I encountered. Used some bleach to clean up the inside not knowing how it would effect the unknown paint job but nothing else would cut the stains. Lots of problems found. The console was chopped to narrow the width and put back together with spit and gum. It was a mess! I removed the console and took to a fiberglass guy in Homestead for estimate to repair. The cost was prohibitive and he told me replacing might be a better way to go. I was able to find a console that should work on really nicely from Release boats in Homestead.