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Guys, I'm the luckiest man in the world, married to the greatest woman on God's green earth. Today, as I was working the garden, My 1988 Valco Boat leaning up against the fence, the wind blew.... POW!!! BANG!!! It blew over, breaking my night lighting post in the backyard. I picked it up...

Pulled the hubs and reconditioning the moving parts on trailer this last weekend. Spindles in good condition, axel straight, tires, seals and bearing need replacing Seems that the bearing for this trailer are not readily available, so I had to order them. Any feedback on upgrades or...

Say Goodbye! I guess it to the scrap pile for the 1988 Valco Basketcase. $40 will cover some parts I need for my 1971 Foremost Project.

I would hat to see it get turned into beer cans, Let me know as soon as you find out if you want to make the road trip. Times running out for this hunk of metal. :roll: :cry: [-o< :shock:

After careful consideration and reading the great information here, I decided to abandon the major decking plan for my boat. I modified the plan to use the bench height as my guide and deck only the bow and stern portions. The stern will be level with the bench and the bow will drop off about...

Here we go! Next Question: the tounge on my trailer is only 2 1/2" tube steel. Every thing I find for Winch Post's are designed for 2" and 3" Tube Steel. What are my options? FYI the existing post is still attached but I had to demo the Bow Roller Mount and makeshift Winch Mount. I guess I...

I wil leave this offer up for one week. If you want it? come and get it! PM me for serious inquires (btw, I drink Coors Light :D ) https://tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=29394

OK Members, I'm having a tough go of it here about this Bondo'd hole I found. All of the welders that I have contacted say or claim that the location of and type of welding needed is very expensive and next to impossible because fo the cleanliness involved with aluminum welding. So, I guess my...

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Burnt through a Black and Decker drill with a wire wheel on it! (guess it got too hot). Gonna pick up a hand grinder today, see if that helps Found the name plate, so I have a general direction to go in searching details (if any) on the trailer.

Uh Oh!!! BONDO!!! After a closer inspection yesterday, I found this (see pic). Guess I will have to find a welder. Daunting task because I would have had the other project fixed if I didn't have to haul this thing 100 miles away! :? You know my location, so anybody in my general area know...

Thanks for the info, I have to take a picture of the old logo to send to Bulldog. I went to his web-site. Looks pretty cool. BTW.. This site Rocks!!!

Alrighty! I made an AutoCad sketch of what the end result could look like. It's almost a copy of: https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7047 We'll see how far it gets, this weekend! Pretty dang excited about it! I consider this boat to be strictly a Battery Powered endevour...

I have to agree with you too! I don't really have the room for 2 projects, plus the $40 I could use for the building of my 1971 12' Foremost project. Hmmmm.... I have a Good problem eh!! :wink:

I agree! I would hate to see this mis-treated boat made into Coke Cans. Just wondering about that corrosion and the hole. on the other hand....

Is there anybody on the board who specializes in reproductions of LOGO's I have aquired a 1971 FOREMOST (jc penny) Aluminum Boat, The original Logo Lables are pretty much destroyed, but one of them is legible. Any takers???

Questions abound when I dig into this old trailer I bought (part of a $300 package deal). The picture depicts what the trailer used to loook like before I dismantled it. So far I stripped off the old wiring harness and lights, the hull supports and washed all the spider webs away. What is...

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I'm going to let the tinboat.net members give the "Thumb Up" or "Thumb Down" on the potential of this hull being restored. The history of this boat is flaky at best, but it is title and reg clear, came with a 1988 Envenrude 15 h.p. 2 stroke and a MinKota 65 trolling moter combined with a...

Lake Lundy or "Lundy Lake Resort" is about 12 miles north of Lee Vining, Ca (east side of Yosemite - Mono Lake), You take 395 north and make a left at the Junction 12 (road to Hawthorne, NV) up the road about 6 miles and the lake sits in the middle of a Canyon about 7800' above sea level, and...