Goostoff wrote:
Funny you should mention it. Saturday I bought a bottle of that Star Brite mildew stain remover. I spent a little time cleaning with it yesterday, and it made a world of difference. My upholstery is in pretty bad shape from years of being left in the sun, and never being cleaned. I am going to clean up what I can and just have the rest recovered. I may even just order all new seats from Overtons in the spring.
I basically did this on my 88 200 Horizon (same hull BTW as the 205 Sundowner). I used pontoon captain's chairs (color scheme matched the coaming panels which were still good) and I found that a pair of pontoon 36" benches perfectely replaced the old rear bench seat. Got all of it from Overtons'. I had to have the bow cushions re-done by a local upholstery guy...did a nice job. I had him make me bow and cockpit covers so the boat's always covered when not in use and the interior still looks like new (did this starting in 2003, finished in 2007 when I completed the deck replacement). Now I have to tackle the faded red gelcoat. I tried buffing it with a rotary Makita buffer but it really need to be wet sanded. I am going to try that before getting it painted. It's a work in progress, but I do get a lot of satifaction fixing up old stuff....
One reason why I stuck with this old one...the hull design is great for good ride and stability (21* deadrise, a true Deep-Vee hull). That and the fact these older 200s are about a foot longer than the newer ones (20'9" vs 19'8"). And finally the engine access is very easy once you get the rear seats out of the way...
BTW I am not in a Jeep club but I have been a Jeep fanatic for over 30 years, I have a 98 Grand with the tried and true 4.0 AMC designed inline 6 and the selectrac fulltime/part time manual transfer case, and a 2007 Grand Limited with the Hemi Quadradrive II system. I like both but the mechanical simplicity of the 98 is great. However, buying the 07 Hemi at least temporarily satisfied my need for a muscle car.....for now.....almost bought a Challenger last summer...thought the Hemi Grand would be better accepted by my wife...she didn't get the whole Hemi thing till she drove it herself...now she understands the muscle car mystique....
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