Iverson_4x4
Active member
Hello Tin Boaters! I have been a lurker for a few years now, and I have to give you guys a hand for the awesome work that y'all have done! =D>
Well, I finally decided to take the plunge into modifying a tin... To give some back ground my Father-In-Law and I have been fishing out of one of those older 14ft skinny Jon Boats for the past 10 years. (He was my college professor and friend before my Father-In-Law... that's a whole other story!! HA!) Well, between the both of us you've got 500lbs, add in the tackle and the boat just isn't that sturdy. So I told him I was going to find a wider boat, I was looking for a 1448 or 1648. Well, I stumbled across one I couldn't pass up on. I found 1648 SeaNymph Bass Attacker w/ trailer & 50hp Mercury Motor on it for $500 dollars. The guy I bought it from had plans on gutting it and restoring it himself. Well he go the decking up and called it quits. He already had (2) 12'X4' sheets of 1/8" Aluminum for the decking & electrical switch panel that he through in for the same price.
To be honest I wasn't going to do a build write up due to not having a lot of time or $$$ to get it all done quickly. Well I got to thinking about it and as many ideas and help that I have got from this forum it would be selfish to not do one. Who knows, I a may give somebody and idea about something and that's what it is all about. But since I wasn't originally going to do a write up, I don't have the start pictures. Luckily I am not that far into the project so you didn't miss much. (Everyone knows what foam removal looks like and what a pain it is!!)
Here we go, what you have been waiting for! This is my new to me boat... Liquid Medicine:
My plans for this boat is to turn it to all electric. As you can see above I already removed the Motor & Steering Column. All of the lakes we fish are electric only lakes. I figure I can sell the Motor probably for more than what I got in the boat and put it back in the boat!
Well, I finally decided to take the plunge into modifying a tin... To give some back ground my Father-In-Law and I have been fishing out of one of those older 14ft skinny Jon Boats for the past 10 years. (He was my college professor and friend before my Father-In-Law... that's a whole other story!! HA!) Well, between the both of us you've got 500lbs, add in the tackle and the boat just isn't that sturdy. So I told him I was going to find a wider boat, I was looking for a 1448 or 1648. Well, I stumbled across one I couldn't pass up on. I found 1648 SeaNymph Bass Attacker w/ trailer & 50hp Mercury Motor on it for $500 dollars. The guy I bought it from had plans on gutting it and restoring it himself. Well he go the decking up and called it quits. He already had (2) 12'X4' sheets of 1/8" Aluminum for the decking & electrical switch panel that he through in for the same price.
To be honest I wasn't going to do a build write up due to not having a lot of time or $$$ to get it all done quickly. Well I got to thinking about it and as many ideas and help that I have got from this forum it would be selfish to not do one. Who knows, I a may give somebody and idea about something and that's what it is all about. But since I wasn't originally going to do a write up, I don't have the start pictures. Luckily I am not that far into the project so you didn't miss much. (Everyone knows what foam removal looks like and what a pain it is!!)
Here we go, what you have been waiting for! This is my new to me boat... Liquid Medicine:
My plans for this boat is to turn it to all electric. As you can see above I already removed the Motor & Steering Column. All of the lakes we fish are electric only lakes. I figure I can sell the Motor probably for more than what I got in the boat and put it back in the boat!