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<blockquote data-quote="Axhammer" data-source="post: 498484" data-attributes="member: 16767"><p>The feature you describe as wings on the ends of the transom, seem to be pretty common on 1648’s.</p><p></p><p>I have a 1992 Smoker Craft 1648 Jon boat that was sold at the Walmart in Savannah GA. It has the same feature. My boat says “Fish Master” on the sides, but the title reads Smoker Craft. I was stationed at Savannah, when they opened that new Walmart in the early nineties, and I remember the Jon boats leaning against the exterior wall as you walked to the entrance of the store. Years later, I was stationed at Savannah again, and I bought a 1648 first thing when I got there in 2005. The guy I bought it from told me he bought it from Walmart.</p><p></p><p>It still has the price sticker on the hull…lol. The boat cost $1430.</p><p></p><p>I’ll post some pictures. The side console in my 1648 in the picture is just sitting in place. I just bought that console from CL for the steering wheel & cable. It is not a permanent part of this 1648. It has tiller steering.</p><p></p><p>I think Jon boats have those wings on the transom to shorten the transom height, so folks can run a 15” SS outboard.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]114772[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]114771[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]114770[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Axhammer, post: 498484, member: 16767"] The feature you describe as wings on the ends of the transom, seem to be pretty common on 1648’s. I have a 1992 Smoker Craft 1648 Jon boat that was sold at the Walmart in Savannah GA. It has the same feature. My boat says “Fish Master” on the sides, but the title reads Smoker Craft. I was stationed at Savannah, when they opened that new Walmart in the early nineties, and I remember the Jon boats leaning against the exterior wall as you walked to the entrance of the store. Years later, I was stationed at Savannah again, and I bought a 1648 first thing when I got there in 2005. The guy I bought it from told me he bought it from Walmart. It still has the price sticker on the hull…lol. The boat cost $1430. I’ll post some pictures. The side console in my 1648 in the picture is just sitting in place. I just bought that console from CL for the steering wheel & cable. It is not a permanent part of this 1648. It has tiller steering. I think Jon boats have those wings on the transom to shorten the transom height, so folks can run a 15” SS outboard. [ATTACH type="full" alt="AC23F894-CF4A-48AB-B67B-4EF665D40A08.jpeg"]114772[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="F139D729-076E-4DBF-8C36-B47AE3FBB883.jpeg"]114771[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="E6DA8F7B-DA4A-41E1-8768-5BBE6582C551.jpeg"]114770[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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