Recent content by guffey

I would say that is definitely a Grumman boat, it looks almost identical to mine. My boat is a '72 Grumman that my father had bought new in '73. The hull plate on mine says it's Model G-13N with a capacity of 570 lbs for persons and gear. 6 hp motor is the listed max. It's an awesome boat...

IN

Really nice job man! That looks great. I really have no idea what she'd be worth so I can't help you out there. I am, however, looking forward to hearing what others think. Nice work.....dude! That rug really tied the room together.

I had to do the same thing (run 13 ft. the length of the boat) and I went with the 6 gauge bonded pair from Cabelas here This is very thick wire! It isn't really bonded, but incased in a rubbery PVC housing and considering the thickness, it's surprisingly easy to manipulate. It's nice wire...

hehe...that's pretty cool

It's funny that you guys both said that because that's exactly what I was thinking. My dad never wanted to make any changes to the boat that would require drilling through it. We had a couple of folding swivel seats that normally you would bolt onto the regular benches. He didn't want to...

Thank you Nev....That's awesome that you named your boat after your dad...very cool! We had never put a name on dads boat. I had considered naming it after him but somehow I don't think he would like having the boat being called "The Donald" or "The Don". It just doesn't seem to fit :lol...

Thanks....The only other boat I've ever seen like it belonged to my uncle. I think he probably bought his in the late 60's. I think one of the main reasons Dad bought this particular boat was because it was just a newer version of my uncles boat. I haven't seen any others like it. BTW - I...

Thanks bobber....I am finally able to use the boat again. The trailer is "road worthy" and the boat is "sea worthy". I didn't do anything with the couple of rivets that leaked during my leak test. They just sort of stopped on there own. So basically, it's functional....not 100% of where I...

With the boat cleaned up and the trailer rebuilt, I took her out on our favorite lake for a leak test. I brought along my nephew and brother in-law in case it leaked bad and I needed help dragging a boat-load of water out of the lake. :lol: The leak test went great! I had couple of tiny...

After basic cleanup and scrubbing it inside and out, I pulled the rotted wood off the transom.

The boat itself was in pretty good shape. Dad had it since it was new and we had always taken pretty good care of it. It was dirty from sitting around, but overall, it wasn’t too bad. Here are some pics of the boat after I got it off the trailer and turned it upright.

The trailer needed a fair amount of work to just become “road-worthy”. Here’s a link to my trailer restoration thread over in the trailer forum. Thanks to all who responded with help and encouragement. In a nutshell, the trailer got new tires, wheels, hubs, axle, springs, lights, wiring...

First let say how much I enjoy reading this forum and hearing peoples stories about their boats and projects. In that vein, I thought I would share my story. In 1973, my Dad bought a 13 foot, 1972 Grumman flat bottom-V and a 1973 Cox trailer. Both were brand new. The boat was a ’72 leftover...

Another vote for 2