I am thinking of removing the doghouse over the motor and and have it fully covered and have a bench seat. I have seen a lot of good post but i was not able to find any pics of before and after. If you did do it how do you like VS. the old way?

My old spectra had an engine cover and a bench seat. The seat was bolted down to the base and the back was supported by wooden blocks screws to the gunwales. The rear of the bench had some aluminum angle screwed to the back of the seat for the top support. There were also tabs for the cover on the gunwales. The top was hinged on the transom. It worked good. There is a lot of room for storage like Johnson said. Mine wasn't upholstered but you could still get some color on the back. Mine was made from fiberglass, but making one out of wood and having upholstered would be pretty easy to do.

Mine is hinged on transom also. The forwardmost part rests on a 2x3 on the back of the seat mine is all wood which I rebuilt with all stainless screws and hardware and reglassed prior to upholstery.

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No hatch yet.

i have been thinking about putting a cover on my motor as well but the problem is that it would have to wrap around the motor.. but it would be pretty cool it because the motor wout be showing..