Johnny wrote:
paint is only a COSMETIC. (depending of course, on how you maintain it).
pressure wash it and go fishing !!
the paint (remnants) that are there now are most likely 57 years old.
surely it will last until you can get to it in the winter time when you are all iced up and nowhere to go.
good luck in your new project !!
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Great advice and that is what we did. Boat only planes with my butt on the bow. We filled a bucket of yellow perch and picked up a couple bass and crappie too. Better to be fishing on the lake than in the garage!