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Well its been two years since posting and the boat has done very little. I ended up moving out of California up to Idaho. Hopefully this summer I can get to working on it. Been tossing around the idea of putting a Seadoo motor in it since I now live on a river.

Makes a good excuse for a road trip. :shock:

I thought about keeping it but I have a 12 foot Valco and I like the tall sides of it so it won the race to the garage. I have a few months to get rid of it and I just don't want to see it go to scrap.

Thanks for the info. It is a neat boat. If anyone wants it its available for practically nothing.

Long time no visit here and still have my Valco project on the back burner. Anyway a buddy was moving so he gave me his project, it has sat for some time and I now I can't keep it because I am moving out of California. I want it to go to someone that will take care of it instead of just trashing...

Haven't done much of anything with the boat lately, been busy with work and life. Have been buying and gathering parts and pieces so when I do get the time I have everything I need.

I wish it would rain here.

I like that Comanche. Playing in the rocks is a lot of fun.

It was for a 14'er and they moved the axle forward a few inches for some reason. Plan is to clean it up and move the axle back and fix some old rust spots. Other than that not much until maybe next season.

Today I picked up a trailer finally. I had plans on building one but for 150 bucks it a good start, now I can just modify it to fit the boat perfect.

I made this per the original recipe last night and it turned out great. Tasty and cooked well. Thanks for the recipe.

Only thing I can add is to try one that has been Spatchcocked (Cut the backbone out to lay flat). I usually brine mine and then just seasalt and pepper for a rub. Smoked Turkey is some of the best if you ask me.

Wow, I feel so much better about myself now. I thought I did dumb stuff.

Another Jeep guy here. I have what used to be a 1990 YJ and an 85 Cherokee 2door 4banger that I am building to be my hunting rig.

On my jeep I used Rustoleum truck bedliner on all my tube and chrome parts. It gives a nice not to extreme grip and looks great. I did mine a few years ago and beat on them and they are still holding up.

He is the upity type and the boat to him was a piece of junk in the corner. He was gonna scrap it or make a sandbox out of it. I like to think I saved it.

I'll do a search for it, plan was to leave the bottom couple inches for a floor brace. Also was going to extend the front bench back a foot or two for a larger casting deck. Is there any issue welding to these boats making an all aluminum subframe? or should I build and bolt/rivet things in? I...

Am I facing any structural issues if I remove the center seat? I would like a small casting deck on the front and the bench in the back.

Don't have much of an update except I bought a bunch of misc parts for my build. Once I get my golf cart axle back in and it out of my garage the boat will come in and get ready to go.

Last I heard Valco went under or sold out many years ago. They were out of California here and I see them from time to time.