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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
60's Sportsman runabout
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<blockquote data-quote="bobberboy" data-source="post: 151601" data-attributes="member: 1417"><p>I got a response today from the company that used to manufacture the boat. I am excited that there may be some info available. Here's the email...</p><p></p><p><em>Happy to hear that you are in the process of restoring a Sportsman boat. We</em></p><p><em>do have some information on them, but most of it is from memory. The boats</em></p><p><em>were manufactured during the late fifties and early sixties. During this</em></p><p><em>time three abnormally wet years were experienced in the Central-states</em></p><p><em>region, making it difficult to sell irrigation equipment. In order to</em></p><p><em>survive, the company turned to other metal working trades including the</em></p><p><em>manufacturing of aluminum boats.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I am curious where you are located and a little history of the boat you are</em></p><p><em>working on. (who was the owner)?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>If you need any specific information on the rebuild, drop me an email or</em></p><p><em>call. Information is limited, but we would try to help</em>.</p><p></p><p>Later in the day I also got a scan of a brochure from the company showing some of the models/specs of the Sportsman Boat co.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab322/krame023/Untitled-1-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab322/krame023/Untitled-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobberboy, post: 151601, member: 1417"] I got a response today from the company that used to manufacture the boat. I am excited that there may be some info available. Here's the email... [i]Happy to hear that you are in the process of restoring a Sportsman boat. We do have some information on them, but most of it is from memory. The boats were manufactured during the late fifties and early sixties. During this time three abnormally wet years were experienced in the Central-states region, making it difficult to sell irrigation equipment. In order to survive, the company turned to other metal working trades including the manufacturing of aluminum boats. I am curious where you are located and a little history of the boat you are working on. (who was the owner)? If you need any specific information on the rebuild, drop me an email or call. Information is limited, but we would try to help[/i]. Later in the day I also got a scan of a brochure from the company showing some of the models/specs of the Sportsman Boat co. [img]https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab322/krame023/Untitled-1-1.jpg[/img] [img]https://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab322/krame023/Untitled-2.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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