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The tongue was a little mangled so I ended up cutting a foot off of it. That was a good point jasper about unloading it at a shallow ramp. I still left myself plenty of trailer for my 12 ft boat. I have a steel flex question. Should I apply the steel flex before I begin modifying my boat...

The trailer is all painted up, other than a few touch-ups i will do once I get it put back together. I also hooked up the ligghts yesterday and they are functional. I had a problem with the ground because the tongue of the trailer is removable and I was getting good enough connection between...

Got one coat of primer on my trailer, plan on putting another coat on tomorrow and the finishing coat on it on wednesday. I will post pics when it is closer to being finished.

trailer looks nice, i am getting ready to prime and paint mine tomorrow. for my mod I am planning on cutting a walk through out of the middle bench seat and putting in a low plywood floor. I want to keep my boat as stable as possible as well so a low floor is key i think.

Similar measurements to my boat, only mine is flat bottom. What kind of fishing/hunting do you plan on doing from this boat? Lakes? Rivers? Check out my link at the bottom of my post, I am still working on mine, so no pictures of finished products, but some ideas on there.

Sweet rig, it is amazing the transformation that boat made, it looked a little rough to begin with, but it looks like a fish catching machine now.

Here are some pictures of my trailer, $200, all it really needs is lights, but I am repacking the bearings, getting bearing covers, and going to re-paint it, it is a little long, the guy I bought it off of hauled a 16ft boat with it, but it will work for now, I can cut the tongue down if I want...

I found the title for the boat, it is a 1961 Aerocraft. It is still at the welders, but I am anticipating getting it back this weekend. I have recently made a trip to cabelas, purchased 2 camo life jackets, 3 stainless cleats, and 2 6 ft sections of marine grade rope lighting to put under my...

I think you're right baitcaster. My uncle told me the same thing. Getting the old fishing machine going again. I found a trailer today. $200. I need to wire up lights, but other than that it is usable. I will probably end up wire wheeling it and painting it. It has some rust. I will also...

The boat is at the welders right now. He is going to be fixing a few pin holes in the hull, I am also having him weld on a peice of diamond plate over the transom to help cover up holes and strengthen the transom as well as a piece of diamond plate on the bow to cover up the large number of...

Recent Updates: I have wire wheeled about 90% of the inside of the boat, I only took the wire wheeel to the places that are going to be exposed and/or painted. I tried my hand at tig welding last night because I wanted to patch a few holes. I was practicing on a piece of scrap aluminum and...

I have an old jon boat, it was my grandpas, been in the family for about 50 years and I have no title for it. I am trying to figure out the make of the boat. I can barely see on the side some of the lettering, here is what I have deciphered. _ E S _ CRAFT I know that the second...

Here she is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wire wheeling the boat tomorrow and welding a few pin holes and other holes left over from the hardware that was on the boat, after that the I will begin cutting out the seats and working on the interior of the boat. I was considering soldering a few of the rivets but have decided to just take...

good point tropy bass 13 also, i was planning on putting in a drain since the boat doesn't have one, i know you can buy the plug itself, but can you buy the actual drain or will i just have to cut that out and fashion one myself, perhaps out of a piece of aluminum tubing.....

the seat skeletons will be used to help tie in the floor, I also plan on repairing hull damages (pin holes, seepy rivets, dents), steel flex for the hull as well, paint for the boat (probably OD Green), bow and stern lights, possibly a speaker and I-pod hookup, new transom boards, transom...

here is my diagram, with some of the mods i have in mind

I will try to get a diagram posted so you all can see the dimensions of the boat, I will also post my ideas for the boat along with that diagram. In the meantime I would appreciate any information and advice that you have to give, I have already gained an incredible amount of knowledge from the...

I have been kicking around the idea of restoring and modifying one of my grandpa's jon boats that I am now in posession of for quite some time. I want a boat that I can fish small lakes and rivers out of, and also duck hunt out of. I will be restoring my grandpa's 12 ft. flatbottom boat. As...