James and his family have been a tremendous help to me. After buying my first boat they have not only mechanically helped me out but educated me along the way. I decided to have them re-carpet the bass boat and the quality is supreme. Looks like a new boat! I would recommend my friends or family to Marine Revival

Please do not look at the stars he has. I will be gladly give my number to anyone and let you know what’s going on. First off don’t believe a word he says! He will say “it’s almost done” do not believe him! You can call him everyday and he will tell you whatever you need to hear. I honestly understand he is overwhelmed with work and no help but that doesn’t give him the right to lie to people. Please look elsewhere.

I took my boat to James at marine revival on a busy Saturday afternoon before Memorial Day weekend. There was an electrical issue on my motor and I needed to have some wiring re done. He fit me into his busy schedule and had my boat fixed by Monday morning. He even topped off my oil and charged up my batteries for me. He even gave me a new Bimini top for the boat because I couldn’t find mine anywhere. James is a very professional mechanic and just wants to make sure he can help you out. I will be returning to him for all of my future boat needs. Very fair pricing as well!

They did a great job getting my boat in last minute. They were able to fix it in less than 24 hours and get me back on the water. Very fairly priced and professional. Gave me several updates during the day. I’ll be using Marine Revival for all my boat service and any repairs.

We found James shop after being told by numerous shops it would take at least a month to repair our boat. We called James on a Thursday and by Friday afternoon he had fully repaired our boat which included pulling the motor. Very professional and very upfront about what the costs were.

I would never recommend this place to anyone. Im very disappointed that he was given so many good reviews and treated me the way he has. I found this place online and went to see James Liford and his wife Angel. They agreed to take my Sea Ray Runabout in trade for building me a custom pontoon. The contract stated I would get my boat on May 10th of 2021. May 10th came and went and every time I called to check on my boat I was given an excuse. Then James called me and told me that the pontoon he promised my had busted seams in the pontoons so he couldnt build my boast. When I asked him why he didnt check that before he made the deal with me he became hostile. He told me I could come and get my Sea Ray and I said I would. Then he called me back and told me he had a Bennington Pontoon that he could trade me for my boat but the seats and the floor were in bad shape. He told me that the Bennington was worth about $5,000.00 more than my Sea Ray. I asked him how much he would charge me to put new seats and a new floor in it. He told me that he would do it free of charge because I didnt get the boat I wanted. Every time I called he would give me an excuse as to why my boat wasnt done. Now here we are and its August 21st, 2021 and I never got a boat. Then I found out that he lied to me about the value of the boat that I traded for and its worth less than the boat I traded him. Very frustrating person to deal with and very dishonest as well.

T he owners are fantastic people and have the motor repair down pat. But their upholstery shop, when I took my boat there, was struggling to meet installation schedules. 8 weeks later, they were still struggling so I took my boat back.

James and angel were beyond helpful ….. as a business owner I would highly recommend James great service and great prices

James is a very good mechanic very good at what he does they fixed my motor and did my seats we love them James and angel has all my furniture boat needs

James at marine revival is awesome the service is incredible he and his wife are amazing I will only use marine revival from now on!!!!

This business is under new ownership and I have recieved excellent service in every aspect! Sincere professionalism, good hearts, and honest workmanship. I would easily recommend this shop to anyone looking for motor or cosmetic service on their boat. Best in Knoxville!

I would recommend James as your everyday boat guy good people good service

These guys here replaced the shift cable on a Regal seabring this boat is 30+ years old and the controls work like its brand new!!!

I can’t say enough about how James and Angel went the extra step in every phase of the process. Their attention to detail and excellence of workmanship far exceeded our expectations. We are thrilled with our boat!

Marine Revival was an absolute pleasure to work with! They modified my boat cover to accommodate a new trolling motor. I couldn’t be more pleased with the quality of their work and willingness to please. I would and will recommend them to anyone needing any type of work done to their boat. Disregard the negative comments, as they are under new ownership, and James and Angel aim to please!

Absolutely amazing, James did a great job fixing my motor, reupholstered my rear seats ( they look amazing), flushed out my old gas, and did a great job installing my garmin fish finder he did a amazing job and will be going back and would highly recommend to anyone.

I do not recommend ANYONE support this business! They think its cool to wish harm on children based on who their parents voted for. I have asked for them to take my name off the waiting list. I wouldnt buy from Marine Revival if they paid me to take one of their boats. Disgusting and tasteless.

Welcome to the new OWNERS ! James and Angel are off and running! There skill, friendliness and enthusiasm is what you want when bringing in your boats. James is a certified mechanic with years of experience.

Friendly - knowledgeable - honest and great work.They reupholstered my neighbors boat seats and they were great. When she couldn’t get back to pick it up. They dropped it off.They built a custom (re-furbished ) pontoon for me and my family. It’s like I bought a brand new boat. Very happy. Check these guys out.

I recommend this place very highly they are very friendly and honest people tim the mechanic is very knowledgeable and the guy that does up upholstery very good at there work i will only let them work on mu boat this great place thanks for all you have done for me tim

Super helpful and truly UNbelievable customer service.I called them from the lake. Yeh, the middle of the lake. I bought a pontoon boat from them and thought the motor was DEAD.The owner came out with his own boat, in the evening, to help. Embarrassingly, I was out of gas. 🙄The owner was kind, gracious and made sure I got back home. N/C. I’m a customer for life now.BTW, so happy with the boat too.They recondition pontoon boats really well.Thank you all.

Love them Ive never had an issue or repair that didnt get fixed been using this business for years. And will continue.

STAY AWAY. New owners dont know a thing about boats. Keep my boat for months and charge me for work they never completed.Edit- Michael said below that I bought the motor from another business. No Sir. I bought it from the business YOU BOUGHT.That is your business and you wanted to charge me for work I already had paid for.I had to pay you to deliver the boat too.

They do great work on boats and motors. They are honest and reasonable.

Good guys.. reasonable prices!

Great service and knowledgeable.