Here are some more pictures of Old Hat. I bought this boat in 92 which was in pretty rough shape. The 318 chryslers were original so I replaced them with 350 chevy's and new 1:1 tranny's in 94. That year I also took all the original hardware off the boat and had this replated while the hull and top sides were repainted. I used the interlux interthane plus 2 part paint which took me a good weeks worth of vacation to apply with a roller. A few years later, I sanded down all the mahogony on the inside of the cabin and put some varnish on this to allow the beautiful wood to shine through but be protected.
I got rid of the boat because my family was growing and I had less time for all the maintenance. Basically, I wanted something simple that I could shoot out for 3 hours by myself before my family was up on a saturday morning. The 21 Parker DV certainly allows me to do this and alot more shallow water fishing that I otherwise couldn't do effectively with the Old Hat. I bought the Parker primarily because of the allegience I saw with so many of you die hard faithfuls. This lead me to believe that these boats have good resale value and that if I didn't like it I could easily sell.
Well I don't want to sell it because I like the boat alot. I am able to trail the boat back to the delaware bay which is close to where I grew up in Cape May county NJ. I have met up with my brother on his boat several times in the ocean off of delaware and in the delaware bay.
The Parker is a 95 hull with a 2001 power. The t top was added in 2001 as well by the former owner. I added the canvas enclosure and the splashboard which helps minimize the water that comes over the cut transom.
Kevin, I have seen you before at TPL. I am sure I will see more of you this summer and will be sure to say hello.
Here are some pics
