j_bailey
New member
Hi, my name is Jesse and I live in a small town in southwest Iowa. I bought my first boat about three weeks ago, it's a 1968 15 foot flat bottom. The registration says it's a "GM", but I can't really find any info on it through my Google searches lol. The guy I bought it from said his grandpa bought it new in '68 and he hadn't used it in the last 8 years so he was going to scrap it. He had already used the trailer for a log splitter. So we struck an agreement on the price for just the boat and a 1971 evinrude fisherman 6hp for $150, I already had the way overkill trailer that's in this pic lol.
2015-07-16_01-13-43 by ratrodfanbobcat, on Flickr
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/47866073@N02/19751957245/in/dateposted-public/" title="1971 evinrude fisherman 6hp"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/501/19751957245_34638f4f3b.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="1971 evinrude fisherman 6hp"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Not sure the video will work and if it does its very pixelie. The old evinrude started on the first pull after priming and seemed to run great.
I plan to do some mods here in the near future. I have a Motorguide 30lb thrust bow mount trolling motor and I'd like to install a small deck/floor much like the thread that lead me to sign up here...
https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9912
Anyways, that's my little intro. I've already learned much from cruising around this site and hopefully I can be of some help to someone at some point. Thanks for looking!
2015-07-16_01-13-43 by ratrodfanbobcat, on Flickr
<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/47866073@N02/19751957245/in/dateposted-public/" title="1971 evinrude fisherman 6hp"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/501/19751957245_34638f4f3b.jpg" width="240" height="320" alt="1971 evinrude fisherman 6hp"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Not sure the video will work and if it does its very pixelie. The old evinrude started on the first pull after priming and seemed to run great.
I plan to do some mods here in the near future. I have a Motorguide 30lb thrust bow mount trolling motor and I'd like to install a small deck/floor much like the thread that lead me to sign up here...
https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9912
Anyways, that's my little intro. I've already learned much from cruising around this site and hopefully I can be of some help to someone at some point. Thanks for looking!