FeatherCraft RESTORATION!

[klattu]

OMG !
I'm going to go feed the fish...
Don't want to let anyone see me cry.

[klattu]

$850 for finned Feathercraft !
I think is a gator trailer too.

eBay Motors: FEATHERCRAFT BOAT WITH FINS aluminum outboard vintage (item 370033769468 end time Mar-24-08 15:56:24 PDT)

[A-Merry-Can]

Originally Posted by klattu

$850 for finned Feathercraft !
I think is a gator trailer too.

eBay Motors: FEATHERCRAFT BOAT WITH FINS aluminum outboard vintage (item 370033769468 end time Mar-24-08 15:56:24 PDT)

What a deal! Someone NEEDS that boat! I've never seen a polished one of those. Anyone up to the challenge?

JP

[A-Merry-Can]

Originally Posted by klattu

OMG !
I'm going to go feed the fish...
Don't want to let anyone see me cry.

Doh! I'm sure you'll think of something. You could always use some sort of adhesive to bond it to a backing plate of aluminum, re-drill your holes, and rivet it back on.

jp

[utee94]

Where is that Feathercraft? I just found out my boat is leaking through the transom seal, intead of through the bellows like I thought it was. I might be in the market for a new boat in the very near future...

Now you need to get a Merc Mark 55 to go on that thing. They'r ered with a stainless band around them.

Or, you could just paint an Evinrude red...

[flyfshr]

Originally Posted by utee94

Where is that Feathercraft?

Looks like its in Wisconsin, judging by the letters on the side of the boat. Quite aways from Austin but may be worth it rather than fix your current boat's troubles.

This thread is a curse 'cause I have been checking all the classifieds around the Southwest for FeatherCraft's. Wife says I'm crazy.

Brad
FF

[utee94]

Same here, flyfshr. I love this thread, and I hate it too.


If you're just looking for ANY aluminum runabout-type boat and it doesn't have to be a Feathercraft, you could also search for the Lone Star boats that I mentioned above. There are often quite a few of them for sale in the Dallas area, since their factory wasn't too far from there. I see some on the Dallas Craigslist right now in fact.

[klattu]

Originally Posted by A-Merry-Can

Doh! I'm sure you'll think of something. You could always use some sort of adhesive to bond it to a backing plate of aluminum, re-drill your holes, and rivet it back on.

jp

You just gave me an idea...
Cut a round piece of left over red plexiglass a little larger, to encase it in.
Kinda like a protective cover.
Would be too kool if could make light up from behind...but is silver backed.
Will test for visabilty.

54 years it survived, and I bust it.

[klattu]

Feathercraft = Airstream
Lone Star = Avion

JUST KIDDING

[utee94]

Originally Posted by klattu

Feathercraft = Airstream
Lone Star = Avion

JUST KIDDING

You're probably right-- I certainly won't take any offense. I don't own either an Airstream OR a Feathercraft...

...yet!

[A-Merry-Can]

Originally Posted by flyfshr

Looks like its in Wisconsin, judging by the letters on the side of the boat. Quite aways from Austin but may be worth it rather than fix your current boat's troubles.

This thread is a curse 'cause I have been checking all the classifieds around the Southwest for FeatherCraft's. Wife says I'm crazy.

Brad
FF

Hey Brad! You're not crazy! Restoring these boats goes a lot quicker than restoring a trailer... and it's marginally cheaper, too! haha!

JP

[klattu]

Whew!
Did y'all see what this went for?
No motor even...$3063.00 !!!
Had no idea these were so pop.
That $800 finned one is really cheap.

[utee94]

Wow, no kidding.

flyfshr-- looks like you need to "Buy It Now" and get yourself up to Wiscy ASAP. $849 appears to be a bargain for these hulls...

[flyfshr]

Originally Posted by utee94

flyfshr-- looks like you need to "Buy It Now" and get yourself up to Wiscy ASAP. $849 appears to be a bargain for these hulls...

Don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. Have enough projects around here, so sayeth the one who will be heard.

Brad
FF