Recent content by 68rs327

You just made up my mind on what to do.... I'm going aluminum, you boat is a Lot like mine and yours looks Awesome!

Just traded for this one, It's a 1968 Duracraft, 14' Long, 6' wide and she's deep. All Aluminum, and came with a decent Throughbred trailer. Needs a floor, but it doesn't havea dent in it. Probably put in a floor and sell this one.

I'm still debating on what material to use on the floor. I really want to use aluminum, would love to have the boat ALL aluminum. I am going to put foam between the floor "Ribs" Framing. Do you think 16 gauge aluminum would be thick enough if I rivet it to the Ribs. The original was 20 gauge...

I will be spraying the paint with my spray gun... Do you need to thin the Duralux paint? If so, what thinner is recommended?

Cajuncook1, Dang that's a LOT of good information..... Thank you! I am going to try and look at the motor this weekend. I will let you know what I find. Thanks again for taking the time to post all the information!

20 gauge (credit card thickness)

I am going to start prepping my boat for paint this weekend. What is the proper paint to use? I want to paint the boat the "Duck Boat" color. I was going to use this brand paint from Home Depot (Duralux marine paint)...

Not sure the thickness... It looks to be the same thickness as roof flashing... Not very thick at all.

I had at first thought about using it, but decided to go tiller steer. I bought a 18HP Evinrude that I will be using on the boat. Mostly river fish and wanted a motor that I could easily take off to fish the small lakes around me that only allow a trolling motor.

Update: Removed the floor and the waterlogged Styrofoam.. Bet the boat weighs 75 pounds lighter. I could not believe how waterlogged the foam was, like a sponge.

I'm going through the same thing rebuilding my jon boat, now. I gutted the entire interior of my boat, getting ready to take the aluminum floor off and replace the old waterlogged Styrofoam and replace with closed cell foam board from Lowe's. I drilled out all the rivets and bought a big rivet...

Nice, Yours appears to be in better shape than mine. :D

Update: Got the boat all gutted and rotted transom removed. Now debating on what transom material to use and how to layout the inside. Was thinking about putting a small deck on the back, also thought about just leaving it all a open concept boat. Next step is to drill out the rivets on the...

The motor is a 1965, Just picked it up tonight. I went ahead and ordered 2 new coils and a condenser to start with. The motor looks decent, no broken pieces, under hood looks clean. Has a new prop and the guy thru in a gas tank and hose kit. I put a spark plug tester on it and I couldn't get...

I am looking at a Evinrude 18hp Fastwin for my Jon boat project. The guy that owns it, said it's a 1968 model. He said he had a mechanic rebuild the carb, put in a new water pump and new fuel pump last year. He said he got it out this year and it won't start? He said he can spray carb. cleaner...