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    sons boat

    picked up a fiberglass jon boat last sat. as his first boat . it is a 1960 cub craft we are the 3rd owners of it. it is in pretty good shape. the man who had it , crashed it last year while driving to the lake. it has small hole in bow and on right side, but it can be repaired. we making this a father/son project to rebuilded it. will post pics as we get going on it.

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    Re: sons boat (Big Bill)

    Sounds like a good project for father and son. Ya'll will enjoy what you have done, when it is finished, and you will be able to look back on it for years to come. Good luck, looking forward to pics as you progress.

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    Re: sons boat (Emmett)

    Sounds like a great opportunity to spend some quality time with your son and do something constructive at the same time. Great choice!!



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    Re: sons boat (ProcraftMike)

    Sounds like a great Father /Son Project...Both will learn something and be rewarded in the end when you take it on its maiden voyage together....
    Can't wait for some pics...

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    update- we are getting ready to do the glass work, picked up the supplys today. still hoping to float it in march

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    i hope you got epoxy resin and not polyester [boat resin]. the polyester will not give the needed bond strength on old glass.

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    update, trailer almost done( need to mount fenders , install runners, redo wheel bearings) We started doing the glass repairs today, installed and glassed the front floor panels and installed the wood backing to fix the hole in the right side. we both had to put this on the back burner for awhile, but I think it on the way to be done now

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    Keep us posted and show us some pics .



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    we are going to try to get on the post soon. joe has been working late and have not had time to down load dig. cam. into the computer

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    Re: sons boat (Big Bill)

    here is the finished boat





    it took awhile but it is in the water and already caughting fish too!

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    Looks great! Now go spend some quality time together fishing.



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    the only problem i have seen with older boats is the are not mirror friendly kinda pain towing them and not being able to see the boat in mirrors aint it??..

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    <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by zooker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the only problem i have seen with older boats is the are not mirror friendly kinda pain towing them and not being able to see the boat in mirrors aint it??..

    zooker</TD></TR></TABLE>
    he wont have a problem, they use a tracker to pull it. the van is mine.

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    Re: sons boat (Big Bill)

    AWESOME pics and looks like all came out well

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    Re: sons boat (usmc_sniper_1974)

    Great looking boat! You guys really did the details.

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