1991 Alumacraft V-14 Project

[Kriseffinger]

Where do you buy your aluminum at?

The 1 1/2" by 1/8 thick angle I used for the floor I bought at my local Grainger, I want to say it was around $22 for an 8ft piece, I probably could have found it cheaper if I had looked around a little more but I was impatient.

I am going to use 1" by 1/8 thick angle for the seats and I ordered it from OnlineMetals.com, they had the cheapest price I could find and shipping wasn't that bad.

 

[Kriseffinger]

awesome project! seems to be coming along real nicely, I'm looking forward to see what your floorplan looks like.

Thanks!! It does make me feel better now that is actually starting to look like a boat!!! I am not going to go too crazy with the floor plan, right now I am planning on building 2 half seats with storage in the middle and split rear seat with storage underneath for gas tanks in the back. My father in-law has a 16ft Lund that I am going to try and model my seats after.

 

[walleyejoe]

Looks like your coming along great =D> It's unreal how much time you sink in to one of these prodjects .I took mine out for the first time this weekend . Keep the pics coming I be watchin!!!

 

[Kriseffinger]

Well it has been awhile since I posted an update so here you go....

I have finished the fabrication for the seats in the boat. The two middle seats will both have hinged tops for storage and the back seat on the right side will have storage in the front portion and gas tank will be stored under the back portion of the seat so it will be left open. The left side I am planning on being enclosed because that is where my wiring will be located but I may be able to incorporate some storage depending on how the wiring turns out.

I am still looking for places to buy some old road signs to use for the sides of the seats, if I can't find some soon I am going to have to break down and buy sheet aluminum. Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[bigwave]

Looking better and better, I can't wait to see the finished product. I like your framing topside......simple and I know that is going to be strong. Really different layout, I like it. =D> =D> =D>

 

[Kriseffinger]

It was a productive weekend on the boat, I was able to get quite a bit of work completed. After striking out "legally" looking for used aluminum signs to use for sides on the seats I bought what I needed from Hall Signs, https://store.hallsigns.com. I was able to get the twelve .08 aluminum sign blanks without holes that I needed for around $55 plus shipping. I highly recommend this site if you are looking for aluminum blanks for your project.

I was also able to get the corner pieces added, cut out the plywood seat tops, paint the seats to match the inside of the boat and start on the wiring.

Here are a few pictures, I will post more later this week.

 

[RStewart]

Boat looks great. I like the vinyl flooring. Where did you get the vinyl?

 

[Kriseffinger]

RStewart » 08 Jul 2013, 18:26[/url]"]Boat looks great. I like the vinyl flooring. Where did you get the vinyl?

Thanks, I bought the vinyl from https://www.yourautotrim.com/maviflde.html. You buy it by the yard so you can buy only what you need, shipping was reasonable and quick. They had mine on clearance when I ordered it, so I got it for about half price!

 

[Kriseffinger]

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!! Lots of things have come together in the last week, finished the wiring, installed the bilge pump, coated the wooden seat tops with SPAR, cut them out, fabricated hinges for all 4 seat compartments and made a removable trolling motor mount/bracket so we can take it off when we back troll.

I should have the seat tops installed this week and finish depth finder mount which pretty much wraps it up for now...

 

[Alex_c]

Looks great! You're gonna love the walk-through layout with all that storage. My build is somewhat similar...check it out in my sig below.

I filled the middle seats with foam because I don't wanna swim home :lol:

 

[Kriseffinger]

Alex_c » 53 minutes ago[/url]"]Looks great! You're gonna love the walk-through layout with all that storage. My build is somewhat similar...check it out in my sig below.

I filled the middle seats with foam because I don't wanna swim home :lol:

Love your boat, great work! Why type of latch do you have for the front storage and where did you get it, I have been looking at getting something similar for my seats.

Thanks

 

[Alex_c]

Here they are:
https://www.sea-dog.com/groups/2150-flush-mount-slam-latch

I didnt use the supplied catch, i made my own overkill one, but I am sure it would work fine.

 

[Kriseffinger]

I was able to finish up everything last week. Here is the final product for now; I am not 100% happy with how the seats turned out so they may be upgraded over the winter.