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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1970's Ouachita Semi V Conversion
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<blockquote data-quote="Tman" data-source="post: 429100" data-attributes="member: 22066"><p>the motor is a 1961 Merc 60 6HP 2 and wouldn't run because the fuel pump was bad. I checked out oldmercs.com but they didnt have the fuel pump needed. so I got a universal one off ebay and with some cobbling togeter and somehandy dandy JB Weld I was able to make it run!</p><p></p><p></p><p>So we went Fishing![ATTACH=full]90097[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Found the motor to be a little lacking, we moved but couldnt get on plane.</p><p></p><p>ended up buying a new 7.5 hoping that would do the trick[ATTACH=full]90098[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So we went Fishing![ATTACH=full]90099[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After standing on the seats to determine if the boat was stable enough I decided what the heck and began hacking away at the 40+ year old boat</p><p></p><p>I drew some some plans on a scrap Piece of paper one night drinking, found it the next morning and loved the idea! :lol: </p><p>So I began Cutting![ATTACH=full]90100[/ATTACH] To save some weight i decided to use 1x1 angle aluminum for framing[ATTACH=full]90101[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]90102[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]90103[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]90104[/ATTACH]</p><p>if you look closely i removed the sides of the seats that i had previously just cut. i drilled out the existing rivets made larger .25" holes and with some 5300 sealant and new closed end rivets i was able to fill over 100 holes.[ATTACH=full]90105[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]90106[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tman, post: 429100, member: 22066"] the motor is a 1961 Merc 60 6HP 2 and wouldn't run because the fuel pump was bad. I checked out oldmercs.com but they didnt have the fuel pump needed. so I got a universal one off ebay and with some cobbling togeter and somehandy dandy JB Weld I was able to make it run! So we went Fishing![ATTACH type="full" alt="L.jpg"]90097._xfImport[/ATTACH] Found the motor to be a little lacking, we moved but couldnt get on plane. ended up buying a new 7.5 hoping that would do the trick[ATTACH type="full" alt="M.jpg"]90098._xfImport[/ATTACH] So we went Fishing![ATTACH type="full" alt="N.jpg"]90099._xfImport[/ATTACH] After standing on the seats to determine if the boat was stable enough I decided what the heck and began hacking away at the 40+ year old boat I drew some some plans on a scrap Piece of paper one night drinking, found it the next morning and loved the idea! :lol: So I began Cutting![ATTACH type="full" alt="O.jpg"]90100._xfImport[/ATTACH] To save some weight i decided to use 1x1 angle aluminum for framing[ATTACH type="full" alt="P.jpg"]90101._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="Q.jpg"]90102._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="R.jpg"]90103._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="S.jpg"]90104._xfImport[/ATTACH] if you look closely i removed the sides of the seats that i had previously just cut. i drilled out the existing rivets made larger .25" holes and with some 5300 sealant and new closed end rivets i was able to fill over 100 holes.[ATTACH type="full" alt="T.jpg"]90105._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="U.jpg"]90106._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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