Bennington 2050LX Restoration

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I am almost done with restoring my 1999 Bennington 2050LX 90HP Mercury

I will post all pics and progress here so you all can enjoy

Ron

 

[rpm]

ok guys I have started to restore my 1999 Bennington 2050LX.Mercury 90HP that looks like new. the boat was bought early May from a retired couple who were the original owners and took immaculate care of the boat, after having the boat for a while I had it tied up at a island where someone hit the side panel and caved it in and no one said anything, Thanks to Safeco insurance I now have new railing on order.

Restoration will be new rear rails, new carpet 24oz Catalina mocha,Power Arm hydraulic Bimini top, 3M graphic wrap custom graphics,upgrade sound system (300 watt amp) 4 8in Rockford fosgate speakers,carb rebuild,clean seats,add a couple gauges,depth finder,under skinning

here are a few before and progress pics... I will post pics of the whole process

 

[rpm]

more progress tearing the boat apart

Ron

 

[rpm]

ok carpet removed and the back section of wood removed and will be replaced, was starting to rot in the gas tank and swim platform area

P.S. man the carpet removal was the hardest part of this teardown took 3 hrs to remove and still need to remove glue and some backing of the carpet

Ron

 

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been working with Upper Level Graphics on the 3M wrap

here is some of the things I have asked for and have narrowed down to

Ron

 

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after much debate I picked the bottom design in the middle for the graphics

Ron

 

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picked up the new rails today from the dealer,also went to www.pontoonspecialist.com and picked up all new decking "these guys are great"

stay tuned for updates real soon

Ron

 

[rpm]

new decking is going down very well...

Ron

 

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removing old decals and glue

Ron

 

[rpm]

Schwintek this is the place that makes PWR-ARM power tops, I picked mine up today and wait till you see what they are working on it is in prototype now.. These guys have been so great with customer service

Ron

 

[rpm]

well I got all the deck installed and corners all cut to match factory, carpet layed out so it could lay flat before gluing...

opened boxes to check measurements on new rails from Bennington only to find the first rail does not meet specs on blueprint that was faxed to me to sign off on before they would build them, I am a little pissed at this point..

anyway here are a few new pics though

Ron

 

[rpm]

ok after talking to Bennington and sending pics of mistakes on new rails they are building me a new set... great customer service from the top pontoon manufacture.

Ron

 

[rpm]

I installed carpet today with the help of my buddy Warren who has been a huge help.. turned the heat in the pole barn up to 65 and will leave it for at least 24hrs

here are a few pics

Ron

 

[rpm]

I got the new rails from Bennington an ddid mockup fitting last night, new rails fit like a glove

I have been dealing with Mike @ Bennington customer service and he has went out of his way to make sure this deal was handled... Big Thanks to Mike and the Bennington crew

stay tuned for more updates early in the week we are installing the wrap Tuesday

Ron

 

[rpm]

I got the new rails from Bennington an ddid mockup fitting last night, new rails fit like a glove

I have been dealing with Mike @ Bennington customer service and he has went out of his way to make sure this deal was handled... Big Thanks to Mike and the Bennington crew

stay tuned for more updates early in the week we are installing the wrap Tuesday

Ron

 

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new 3M wrap with graphics are installed and look awesome.. HUGE THANKS TO Upper Level Graphics http://www.ulgraphics.com

here are some pics please do not mind I forgot my good camera so these are from my phone the true colors are burgundy,tan,cream

Ron

 

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installed front rails and front seats mounted front pods with lights... gotta get it done my slip rental starts on April 15th

Ron

 

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here is some more progress on the toon

Ron

 

[Joyfultooner]

I am certainly IMPRESSED!! It's beautiful!!

 

[goldnrod24]

Been following this on another site. You must own one of the first Benningtons ever produced.

Keep up the great work!