Originally Posted by 264wm
Here is mine a 1983 Champion on original trailer and I just finished putting in new carpet and new seats. Seats were made in Arkansas by Deans which was the only place that I could find that makes original equipment. [Linked Image]
I can't see your picture, but in the mid 80's I spent a lot of time in the back seat of a 17 ft. Champion. My buddy's boat-we fished a lot of 2 man team tournaments down in Ohio on the Red Man circuit. He had that old Mercury 115 h.p. Tower of Power on it. 'Always thought he needed a little different prop, as it seemed to work very hard to make speed. A really nice boat though, and man, we put some serious fish in that boat. I remember fishing Kinzua Dam Reservoir up in Pa. We caught smallmouths until our arms hurt. Heck, we were culling the livewell by 8:45. Only problem was, everyone else was on the bite too. I think we came in 9th that day.

Sad to say, my buddy sold that boat and the guy he sold it to sunk it up on Erie. 'Had to have a death wish to take that boat on the big water like that. He foundered in the Rocks on South Bass. He and his partner survived, thanks to their life jackets, but it was a very scary deal.

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