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Yeah good deal for sure....in canada an aluminum anything that can float cant be bought for less than $500....at least around my area....so nice score! My boat with 20hp motor was $1600...i have a thread in here where i fixed it up, she was in rough shape! If you personalise yours a bit you'll love to get out in it even more!!

WOW!! Excellent work! Love the use of aluminum...very well done. Now get out there and catch something!!

Hey all, Finally gonna get my boat out on the water this weekend....hopefully she floats I'll let you all know how she fished! Later

Hey Daiwa, Funny you mention that. I actually have a 20hp Johnson I'm putting on that bad boy. Just took it in this weekend for a tune up as a matter of fact. Thanks for thinkin of it though! DoublebarS, no worries, its getting a lot more people looking at the thread...LMAO

Hey DoubleBarS, I think you posted your pics in the wrong thread...lol....no worries, I like the work you did... ;D

Wow....it wasnt stable enough without the outriggers? Nice job on the boat though.

Nice and clean. Be proud!!

If you check out this post you will see a great mod, plus he did use herculiner on the bottom of it. Just sayin is all http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1119359773/0#0

Hey spanky543, Check out Low_Budget_Hookers rebuild of his Jon. I think he used Rhino Coat (a spray on bedliner for pickup trucks) on the bottom. I've put it in my dads truck and I can tell ya that stuff will stand up to anything. Read his post and that might help you.

Thanks alarcher, As skunked_again said, I know I'll enjoy it more knowing I did the work to make er what I wanted! Good luck on your boat and post pics, always fun to see what others are doing!

Finally found some information about Aluminum Boats and Canoes Inc. 1954 The dream is born. Aluminum proves to be a better material to craft boats and Princecraft is founded in Princeville, Quebec, Canada. The original name of the manufacturing company is called Aluminum Boats and Canoes. 1973 Sensing a growing market for boats, Aluminum Company of Canada (ALCAN) purchases Aluminum Boats and Canoes. ALCAN merges the acquisition with another of their aluminum boat manufacturers called Springbok.

Final view from behind. To attach the carpetted deck I used LBH's technique of cutting an "X" in the carpet and pulling it back to insert the screw and then used a water resitant adhesive to place the carpet back down over the screw....I cant even tell where I put the screws. Thanks LBH for that tip on your post!!! Thanks all for reading and looking at the pics. Its been a total labour of love and now its getting down to 3 weeks for Walley and Pike season, so you know its gonna get out on the lake soon. All in all it cost me about $200 in materials. If you are thinking of doing a mod like this, READ as many posts on here as you can, there are a lot of people in here that have done wicked jobs, and their experiences helped me to figure out how to do mine. Thanks again for lookin!

Another view from the front

Nice big "casting" deck

Back section with storage area doors open

Back seat and storage area

A little bow cover storage area for life jackets and what not

From the front

Well ladies and gents, ITS DONE!! Finally got my bass catching machine completed!

Hey thanks skunked_again It has been a lot of fun workin on the project. Cant wait to get it on the water! So far the bill for the redo is only at about $100 too

Thanks bill45! Yeah its an absolute mystery! Should have the rest of the carpeting done this week and have it finished up for the weekend to give er a test run!

Here I just cut out the floor and was dry fitting it in. And of course my helper had to pose in there too

Got to work on framing up the floor/deck this past weekend. I only used cedar which is nice and light and naturally rot resistant. Still used Thompsons on all of the bracing. Also put on a coat of Tremclad Aluminum paint....looks decent!

Here is a picture of the carpeted top on the back seating and storage area.

Today I cut out the top of the seating area. I'm using 1/2" European plywood (its hard as a rock, as my jigsaw would attest to). Now its time to Thompsons and carpet.