the previous owner had been running it around the fields on his farm until the engine stopped one day.
He'd parked it up on the trailer, in an open barn, intending to repair it but other things kept getting in the way.
I know how he feels, it took me 18 years to get around to doing something about my interest in Hovercraft!
So I bough it off Ebay knowing from the photos that it would need some serious repairs but the price was right!
I took lots of photos to give me a log of what I'd done but also to give an idea of where things went for when I put it back together.
Some of the deck had holes where the wood had simply rotted away when the paint had flaked off.
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The right hand of the three rudders had been patched with Duct Tape and the left hand one had broken off.
The exhaust was in decent condition apart from the rust. The left rudder is tucked inside the Duct.
The engine looked OK from the outside but pulling on the starter-cord I found that it didn't turn over at all.
And the wiring was a bit suspect too!
The engine's a 220cc Kohler, 14 BHP two-stroke...possibly early/mid 1990's.
Looking back along the full length.
Both front corners were holed and the rest of the deck felt 'soggy' when I pressed it.