Project: About Time

[V12diablo]

So in October 2020, I made the decision to buy my first Carver a 2001 356 Aft Cabin. Being the type of guy I am I always seem to buy a project to refurbish. I guess it’s in my blood. So I purchased the boat livin the dream through a repo auction. I had a survey done and got a pretty health list of things that need to be done, but most are things I feel comfortable doing as I have been building , fabricating and restoring vehicles for years. The boat is currently in Charleston SC, and I live in Central NY. So far we have done a thorough cleaning on the boat, which included cleaning a fridge out that was full of food that has been in there for over a year(including some not so fresh lunch meat-yuk!!). We took out a 5x8 trailer full of junk. We have also prepped the boat for its trailer ride to NY in February. The bottom is getting stripped and repainted prior to the move. The other things we have to do when we get it back is new flooring, full buffing and waxing, new interior lighting, new mattresses, new bilge pumps, new air condition for the salon and hot water heater which both where already on the boat when we got it. We also need to replace some upholstery in the front birth. The engines surprisingly fired right up and transmissions shifted good during our initial inspection. They will be full serviced with fresh fluids and filters, and impellers, along with the generator. New batteries will also be installed. I am sure there will be more along the way. Once everything is done we will be renaming the boat About Time. I will post pics along the way.

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After 2 days of quality time with my daughter cleaning the boat
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After prepping for shipping:

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More to come.

Jason

[Viper]

Nice job Jason

[tomschauer]

Great job so far!!!
keep us updated with pics as you progress.
Our 98 355 was pretty dirty from sitting on the ground for three years before we bought it, but is looked great compared to your "before" pictures.

You should have about 40k instant equity!!

[pepmyster]

Wow!!!!! What a project!!!!!!!!!

[km1125]

Wow! Some of those 'before' and 'after' pics are amazing! Good job on packing it up - I'm sure the shipper will appreciate that!

[Midnightsun]

This will be interesting to watch for sure, following!

[tgebler]

Welcome aboard! You and your daughter did a lot of work. The transformation is simply amazing. Good luck!!

[Uncle Mike]

Great work, keep us posted;)

[g36]

What a shame it was left to get into that condition. Its looking good now

[Cooler]

Welcome, going to be interesting. I hope the previous owner didn't have any kids. er