First Post, first boat and first mod. I have browsed a lot and now it's time for me to load some photos and maybe help some with ideas. Of course I'm looking for any ideas and thoughts you all may have.
"Profit" was dubbed the boats name. I flipped 2 old jon boats for double profit and a old Johnson outboard and was able to buy this Grumman with the profit.
1998 Aluminum Grumman v-hull - Starting from scratch.
Objectives:
- Add 2 seats
- Mount bow mount troll
- Deck the floors.
First I wanted to deck the front hull. To stabilize the 1/2in pressure treated plywood I framed some 2x4 and another small piece of plywood.
Than I cut out the hull shape to mount my bow mount trolling motor to. Here, I would like some feed back on how I can securely attach this. My plan is to bolt through the plywood and rim of the boat.
As I'm writing this my rear seat is being carpeted. This was tricky mounting the seat to the plywood. I had counter sunk SS bolts from under the plywood up through the seat and than nutted. Not to much room to bolt, but it worked.
Here is the rear seat that has the 4 counter sunk ss bolts. In process of carpet.
Screwing down the carpet. I used small steel 1/2in Phillips screws.
"Profit" was dubbed the boats name. I flipped 2 old jon boats for double profit and a old Johnson outboard and was able to buy this Grumman with the profit.
1998 Aluminum Grumman v-hull - Starting from scratch.
Objectives:
- Add 2 seats
- Mount bow mount troll
- Deck the floors.
First I wanted to deck the front hull. To stabilize the 1/2in pressure treated plywood I framed some 2x4 and another small piece of plywood.
Than I cut out the hull shape to mount my bow mount trolling motor to. Here, I would like some feed back on how I can securely attach this. My plan is to bolt through the plywood and rim of the boat.
As I'm writing this my rear seat is being carpeted. This was tricky mounting the seat to the plywood. I had counter sunk SS bolts from under the plywood up through the seat and than nutted. Not to much room to bolt, but it worked.
Here is the rear seat that has the 4 counter sunk ss bolts. In process of carpet.
Screwing down the carpet. I used small steel 1/2in Phillips screws.