Hobbs Aluminum Boat

My dad's neighbor has this old 12' boat and wanted to find out some history about it. He's in his 50's and it was his grandfathers. I've never seen one made like this before.

That's an old girl right there, i have no comment on the history but i would consider putting the piece with the mfg plate on craigslist or ebay an see if you get some hit's off of it, ALOT of people collect old boating pieces iv got a paddle from 56 that has the orginal copper or brass tips on it thats weathered pretty good im considering droppin by one of the marinas an see if they want it

Check this place out kinda cool if you ask me

https://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1049&tab=4

That is a cool little boat would be a great project to restore it to orginal

I would hate to be sitting on that seat and have the wood break... :?

That would be a cool restored boat. Looks like the wood rail around the top would make it really pretty... Use oak and stain/seal it nice...sweet..

Sorry never seen one like that either. Hope he fixes it all up since it was his grandfathers.

Anal probe anyone ?

sixgun86 said:

I would hate to be sitting on that seat and have the wood break... :?

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On that old of a boat, I wonder if Grand Pappy used Bitumen to seal up those leaky rivets I see :beer: .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphalt :wink:

The apparent age of the, and given the type of wood, solid not plywood has me thinking it one of the first uses of aluminum for the construction of fishing boats.. pre or post WWII :shock:

that is really neat, is he intending on bringing it back to life?

No, he is going to sell it.

I thought about buying it and restoring it but have nowhere to keep it. It would be cool though with some nice wood back around the top and new seats.

I'd never seen a true FLAT bottom like it before.

JamesM56alum said:

Anal probe anyone ?

sixgun86 said:

I would hate to be sitting on that seat and have the wood break... :?

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Rectum, **** near killed him.

spotco2 said:

No, he is going to sell it.

I thought about buying it and restoring it but have nowhere to keep it. It would be cool though with some nice wood back around the top and new seats.

I'd never seen a true FLAT bottom like it before.

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That would be a nice resto, how much does he want for it? I don't live that far from ya'll.

I'm really not sure. I'll try to find out tomorrow and send you a PM.