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You can do a lot of guessing and guessing might get you close but in reality the only way you're going to know what motor to put on that boat is to find out how much she weighs. Then you're going to ask yourself is the fuel tank in her going to be large enough if you put a bigger motor on? What is y...

Once upon a Time it had a 50 caliber mount in the front and 2 m60 mounts aft I don't know when the top was mounted on it. it's completely empty in the inside ready for whatever I want to do with it here's a couple of pictures of boats built during the same time at the same shipyard

Yes I found it abandoned on private land I went and talked to the owner of the property it was an old man he said his son dropped it off there sometime in the early 90s I asked him it was for sale and he said everything's for sale lol so after I made the deal I told him I'd be back the next weekend ...

I found this picture online he's got your boat and then he's got a mini boat lol.
Unfortunately the motors were roached as well as the drives. I ended up ripping everything out of it fuel tank and all starting off from scratch it's the only way to know that it will be done right.

Here's a few pictures of mine it was designed as a brown water river boat with twin diesels and jet drives she sits in about 9 inches of water her bottom plate is half inch thick and welded every 6"s in both directions down the length of the hull. According to the US government in 1984 it was d...

You say your new to boating? I think you have a fantastic future in finding and selling unique boats with the two boats that you've shown us. Some people spend their whole lives and find one unique boat. You have TWO you do realize if you add a third it will be called a collection.

I too have a unknown the only information I have is that it was built in 1958 in Navy ship yard No2 All aluminum built like a tank. I've been told it was junk. Get rid of it. Start over, I don't know what you see in it. You saw the boat you thought it was cool and you made it happen. And now you own...

Ok you got me What other aluminum boat are you working on? Any pictures of it you can show us?

Wow that's one cool boat what are your plans with it. How did you find such a unique boat? Did the guy you buy it from give you any story on where it came from or what it was used for?

For years I used these on the deck of a crab boat. They are heavy so they don't move around and they're easy to clean because they come apart. Only down side is they only come in red.
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Thanks for the insight obviously I didn't really know what I was getting into. I think I will just stay away from aluminum boats. There is a reason you don't see a lot of them down south. Thank You for the wake up I was lost in the dream.

Maybe I need to explain my situation a little better. Im 41 and retired thanks to the US NAVY my wife has a great job and I find myself sitting around because my friends all have jobs. I moved to Maryland two years ago for her two year contract with NIH from the Tarpon Springs area where we lived on...

The outside looks good all the way around no pitting or issues. As for the inside I need to remove the floor and all the foam before I will really know what I am dealing with I didn't get that far this trip I did get a few under deck pictures I can see the top of the fuel tank and a bunch of nasty f...

Hello All So I bought this boat just on pictures. I just spent a week in Florida looking at houses and got to see the boat for the first time. Gentlemen I need some advice on this project. The first thing I did was sell the 1984 johnsons after removing them I realized that the three layers of plywoo...

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I think I have read your build three times I only have one problem with what you have done and that's I want to do a lot of that to this boat. Really your build has been an inspiration. lets hope when I get to see what I have got myself into I don't have to much trailer work.

I know that trailer is over kill I had to buy six used tires just to move the boat. On top of the beer I owe my buddy who dragged it to his storage yard. Oh the joys of boat ownership

Here is the aft and the bow pictures as for the hull I don't know I wont be in Florida for a month to see the boat for myself

Hello All, I am so glad I found this sight. I have learned so much already. I currently live in Maryland and will be moving to the Tampa bay area in a few months. I have owned many boats both power and sail but never an aluminum plate boat. So I guy I know puts me on to this boat he says its a proje...