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I just acquired an old aluminum boat, Sea King and know nothing about it, the guy I got it from said he thinks it’s a 1937 13’ Montgomery Ward Sea King, any help is welcome

Jeggs101 said:

I just acquired an old aluminum boat, Sea King and know nothing about it, the guy I got it from said he thinks it’s a 1937 13’ Montgomery Ward Sea King, any help is welcome

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Looks like an amazing project. Can’t wait to see it on the water.


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Well just joined the other day and have been busy reading and reading! Tons of pictures to see Thanks! Great forum!
Well, here's my project.
1979 Gregor 14' side console. 1986 25 HP Mercury.
Got this boat in 2007, it was in major need of an overhaul. I piece mealed it for three years and just fished and fished. A few break downs and a sheared water pump impeller on the lake (thank goodness I had a fully charged trolling motor).
Retired from full time job in 2010 and did a complete overhaul, all new decking,interior paint, remount trolling motor and rewire.


So now eight years later, after an attempted theft of the engine, another rebuild is in process, new steering and control cables,another rewire, found some wood rot under carpeting and discovered that the transom was rotted.
Hopefully with the nice weather in CA I can keep my schedule and be back on the water by April. Have most of everything stripped out, purchased all new control and steering cables, Will slice engine harness back together using "Weather Pack" connections. Next week I am off to a competent weld shop and will have the broken transom (Thief tried to muscle the engine off and broke the top transom rail) TIG welded. I will also use Herculiner grey to paint the interior.
Will post picts of the progress!

Jake2250 said:

Well just joined the other day and have been busy reading and reading! Tons of pictures to see Thanks! Great forum!
Well, here's my project.
1979 Gregor 14' side console. 1986 25 HP Mercury.
Got this boat in 2007, it was in major need of an overhaul. I piece mealed it for three years and just fished and fished. A few break downs and a sheared water pump impeller on the lake (thank goodness I had a fully charged trolling motor).
Retired from full time job in 2010 and did a complete overhaul, all new decking,interior paint, remount trolling motor and rewire.


So now eight years later, after an attempted theft of the engine, another rebuild is in process, new steering and control cables,another rewire, found some wood rot under carpeting and discovered that the transom was rotted.
Hopefully with the nice weather in CA I can keep my schedule and be back on the water by April. Have most of everything stripped out, purchased all new control and steering cables, Will slice engine harness back together using "Weather Pack" connections. Next week I am off to a competent weld shop and will have the broken transom (Thief tried to muscle the engine off and broke the top transom rail) TIG welded. I will also use Herculiner grey to paint the interior.
Will post picts of the progress!

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Boat looks great!

I recently picked up a 14' mirrocraft and plan to do the same type of build.

Where in CA are you located?

I am in Roseville/Antelope. Fish Folsom lake quite a bit. Looks like we might be headed into another drought this year with the absence of rain and a weak snow pack. So I figured this year would be a good time to rebuild it.

Just picked up the 1987 Lowes Big Jon 1846. Plenty of work to get her here with some more to do.


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PhoenixvillePoleCat said:

Just picked up the 1987 Lowes Big Jon 1846. Plenty of work to get her here with some more to do.

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16 ft Alumacraft....1961.... Bought it completely gutted. put a 50hp merc on, 10 hp Johnson kicker, spent an entire winter putting it together. GREAT all around fishin boat!

Last job i did

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Prowelder, That looks great! What is the deck made out of?

Jake2250 said:

Prowelder, That looks great! What is the deck made out of?

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Hydro-turf

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Added 4x8 marine ply would bow deck for pitching and flipping bass. Close to a 8x8 bow deck!

Prowelder I’ve been trumped on bow deck. Crazy nice. All tin boats should Sport such decks!

From the back

10sne1 said:

Prowelder I’ve been trumped on bow deck. Crazy nice. All tin boats should Sport such decks!

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Thanks. Why didn't you make your deck the same height? You could easily cover your decks in Hydro-turf. I used 4 x 8 sheets and there is only one seam in the front deck.

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Deck height.
I was lucky a single 4x8 sheet laid flat on top of gas tank in front, foam filled gunnels on the side and on top of the front console seat. Thus, I just had to lay in the wood and shape around the console a inch or so. So no frame was needed to support this add on deck and easy to remove. I have looked into seadek and hydro, but I’m cheap and I like the color and quality of the Triton deck surface. Though I would enjoy some cushion on the deck.

Well here's my tin boat, she's a small work in progress right now. She's a 1969 Title says Aluminum Utility sitting on a 1978 Tow Master trailer. Not sure if it was the previous owner or the one before that, but someone took the transom and seats out, ( wood portions ). I got some home made brackets for the seat top to side, and the handles for the back. Enough rivets to completely replace all of them on the boat, a few wood screws. No handle for the bow, nor any light of any kind. Planning on replacing al the wood and putting running lights as you never know when that late start back in may put it getting back after dark, or that early leave time to be fishing at day light. Also gonna put a 9.9 hp on the back. should be plenty on this light boat. Well thanks for reading, and any suggestions would be greatful as this is my first boat project.

My first picture post.The bottom picture is when I brought her home. Since then....fishing,mods..fishing,fishing,fishing,mods. =P~ Must be rare..I couldn't find a 1992 13.6 Valco anywhere online.

Captain Morgan said:

My first picture post.The bottom picture is when I brought her home. Since then....fishing,mods..fishing,fishing,fishing,mods. =P~ Must be rare..I couldn't find a 1992 13.6 Valco anywhere online.

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Your boat looks brand new! I added some wide webbing with velcro to my down rigger ball holders. That way I can leave them there while trailering and not worry about them bouncing out of the holders. Thought I would share.

LDUBS said:

Captain Morgan said:

My first picture post.The bottom picture is when I brought her home. Since then....fishing,mods..fishing,fishing,fishing,mods. =P~ Must be rare..I couldn't find a 1992 13.6 Valco anywhere online.

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Your boat looks brand new! I added some wide webbing with velcro to my down rigger ball holders. That way I can leave them there while trailering and not worry about them bouncing out of the holders. Thought I would share.

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Thanks! Great idea!