www.iFourWinns.com

I just purchased a piece of junk for our starter boat. Patched the floor, re-carpet, new seats, new gauges, new engine (3.0), re-built most of the outdrive, painted it yellow, painting trailer.....just about everything. Here are some before pics and I'll get more after later..

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1985 160 Marquise I/O

Looks like a lot of Fun

Good Luck

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Jeff

2006 Four Winns Yellow Horizon 30th Anniversary 200 SS
2005 Nissan Titan Crew Cab
2004 Ford F-150 Lariat

http://www.seabrook-services.com

The outside and the trailer actually look pretty good to me. You coulda gone all day and not shown us the interior however .

Good luck. You might need it .

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

It had seats and carpet, I just thought the ski well was a little too soft. I ripped all of that out. I have the new deck laid, just waiting for it to not rain for a day so I can lay the carpet. I still need a new steering cable, but that shouldn't be too messy to install.. I post something once I get it in.

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1985 160 Marquise I/O

ok, go the carpet in, waiting on ups... after 24 hours I can put the seats in. Did a test run in the driveway and hope to get her all lined out, in the water this weekend.

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1985 160 Marquise I/O

She's gettin' there!

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

Looking good, keep up the good work!

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Jvalich
http://www.badcock.com

'04 FW 288 Vista "Mental Floss"

You're not in trouble!
Lot's of work... but donne right you will have a great time on your boat!

I also own a 1984 Four Winns Marquise that I am restoring... they are great boats.

Good luck with your project and send more photos!

Peter

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Peter Ferreira
http://www.peterferreira.com

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1984 Four Winns Marquise 160 I/O - Mercruiser 4 cyl./carb.

Wow what a difference a little time and effort make. Looks great. looking forward to a finished product pic

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2006 Horizon 180 3.0 Volvo SOLD
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee

That's a great job. The hull looks awesome! The yellow trailer will perfect the look.

We re-did a '71 Glastron about 7 years (and 4 boats) ago. Pulled it out of the junk-yard (really). Stripped interior fully (looked kinda like your shot), redid interior, hull, engine & trailer.

Used it for two seasons, then sold it for a profit!

Before:


After:

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Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner

Looks Good, let us see when you are done.
Chris

Well, here we are a few years later. I have replaced almost everything except for the hull. Shift cable went last weekend, had to re-build the carb this spring, along with the u-joints, bellow and bimbal bearing. I now have every single specialty tool you can have. I still love it, but the wife thinks it is just this boat. She has never had one and wants to dump it because of the problems. Almost everything is new and she runs great.

I also pitched it way too high....or so I thought. She has a 15 X 23 and runs out great. It is a little slow getting up with 4 people on and noone in the front, but once up, she will run down Wellcrafts at 50. Kinda funny to pass them in such a small boat.

To anyone rebuilding_ stick with it! One day t will be worth it and you will have something unique!

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1985 160 Marquise I/O

I'm glad to see this worked out. I just picked up a 1987 Four Winns Horizon 170 that looks just like this. Its fairly worn and the interior is trashed. I'm a little worried I am getting in over my head, so its nice to see someone who has been through this. Do you have any tips? Since the boat I have has a new floor in it, I'm going to start on the cushions and inside panels. I have never owned a boat so know very little about anything.

What color yellow is that and what brand paint did you use?