270Handiman's 1649 Custom Flat Project

[270Handiman]

Next was the rear bench

A few cuts, some paint on the new drivers seat base, and it now looks like this

 

[270Handiman]

The next project is what I called "gutter guards" when I was working on them. This boat has huge ribs, so the floor was left short on both sides leaving this "gutter" where leaves, trash, cell phones, wedding rings, shotgun shells, and other items could get lost forever. You can see what I mean here

The area in question

 

[270Handiman]

My thinking from the start was to leave the floor as a solid sheet of aluminum, and have separate pieces on each side that would fit around the ribs and attach to the floor.

This meant that they had to be strong enough to cantilever out and still support the weight of a person standing on them. I ended up going with 1/4" x 6" 5086 plate. I bought 1 piece, had it cut in half, and brought it to the house.

I have a gap in my pictures of most of this process, but you can see here where I had the piece for this side cut to length, and laid in place pushed up against the ribs

And if you look REALLY closely, you can see that I scribed a line to mark the cutouts required. I don't have any pics of the process, but once I had it all layed out, I set it up on my bench and got to work. The following pics show the end result before paint. What you don't see here is basically 2 weeks of cutting, cussing, test fitting and grinding! ](*,)

The "tool" I used to scibe all the lines are shown in these 2 pics

 

[270Handiman]

The of course I had to paint them to match

I had to put some thought into making the existing holes line up with the new holes I had to drill in the gutter guards because the existing holes let me tap down through the floor, the 1/2" floor runner below it, and the rib. That, plus an extra screw further out, should make it about permanent!

 

[270Handiman]

Anybody see the next little project laying around in the pics above? [-X

 

[hsiftac]

Is it on a stand in the picture looking out of the garage? The big question is what are you putting it on!

 

[270Handiman]

Nope, way more obvious than that.

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[hsiftac]

ahh duhh, could it be the floor?

 

[vahunter]

Either the trim unit or the trolling motor against the wall...

 

[SNOOKED OUT]

What brand of primer and paint did you use? Was it all spray paint?

 

[dyeguy1212]

Wow, really?


Jackplate. :roll:

 

[270Handiman]

Wow, really?


Jackplate. :roll:

Finally! And it made a huge difference in performance!

 

[vahunter]

I said trim unit but when I zoom it does look more like a jackplate so I was off a little. Haha

 

[270Handiman]

I said trim unit but when I zoom it does look more like a jackplate so I was off a little. Haha

Yep, lol. I already had my trim unit detailed earlier in the thread, so I didn't give you credit there. However, now I have the trim unit mounted to the jackplate! :twisted:

 

[cmatthews_jm]

Awesome camo job with that build...very professional looking.

 

[JBoze]

Awesome job! Are you putting Hydro Turf on the Allum. floor?

 

[brasso]

So I take it your going to throw a mudbuddy 45 mag on the back of it sooner or later? with as mechanically inclined as you seem, why not buy the extra parts and make it a 5500 or 7000? Also, what will the little longtail be used for that you have in the garage?

You did an awesome job with the paint, and the entire boat. A little more than I would of put into my boat, but you definetely gave me a few ideas.. I appreciate you directing me to this thread. Did you ever put up a build thread on MMT?

 

[270Handiman]

Final Pics before the sale

 

[270Handiman]

So I take it your going to throw a mudbuddy 45 mag on the back of it sooner or later? with as mechanically inclined as you seem, why not buy the extra parts and make it a 5500 or 7000? Also, what will the little longtail be used for that you have in the garage?

You did an awesome job with the paint, and the entire boat. A little more than I would of put into my boat, but you definetely gave me a few ideas.. I appreciate you directing me to this thread. Did you ever put up a build thread on MMT?

It has been converted to a 5500, it was just a 45 block that we built up. The longtail was my first mud motor back in 1992. We ran that sucker for years! I used to have it on an old 14x36, but we finally gave up and trashed it a few years back and sold it for scrap. And no, I never did a build thread on MMT, figured they wouldn't be interested in a ribbed bottom boat.

I'm about to start my paint job on my new rig in a few weeks.

 

[brasso]

So I take it your going to throw a mudbuddy 45 mag on the back of it sooner or later? with as mechanically inclined as you seem, why not buy the extra parts and make it a 5500 or 7000? Also, what will the little longtail be used for that you have in the garage?

You did an awesome job with the paint, and the entire boat. A little more than I would of put into my boat, but you definetely gave me a few ideas.. I appreciate you directing me to this thread. Did you ever put up a build thread on MMT?

It has been converted to a 5500, it was just a 45 block that we built up. The longtail was my first mud motor back in 1992. We ran that sucker for years! I used to have it on an old 14x36, but we finally gave up and trashed it a few years back and sold it for scrap. And no, I never did a build thread on MMT, figured they wouldn't be interested in a ribbed bottom boat.

I'm about to start my paint job on my new rig in a few weeks.

Sweet! So you did all of this and now your selling the boat? :?

Whats your next boat gonna be? I take it your throwing the 5500 on it?