Proud Dad!!

You are right, Raindog. It is a vertical shaft with a rubber type isolator and dowels that connect the motor to the lower drive unit. Like a "dockbuster" Merc without the reverse option. Once the motor starts, you are moving forward. It does have a kill switch on the dash that grounds the motor and kills it. We got the motor running this weekend, but the float is sticking so I need to pull the incredibly complex carb apart.

I would have thought it was a home made type job as well until I found the pictures of a second one with the exact same stickers and hardware. The previous owner is still looking for some of the documentation that her Dad had found on the numbers made and the makers history.

SeattleFordFan wrote: Whats the controls in this little rig? Can you put a FCT n it, with Big Stereo, and lights??

shhh...watch it trav...you'll get Pete comin' after you saying stuff like that

Nate

Haha the picture of you in it is classic. Thats so cool its even actually an inboard. Now it needs a 4 stroke big h/p motor with an acme 540......... hahaa

Well maybe not an I-4 but you can bet I would be looking for a 5 to 6 horse west bend to replace that little one lunger when I was feeling frisky

Pete- I just was not smart enough to figure out how to make them smaller. I think I got it now. You can teach an old dog new tricks! Cole is so excited to take his boat to his first ACBS show. We sent in the paperwork to sign him up for a junior membership. If all goes well at the Sandpoint, ID. show, we may take it to the International show in Cour de Lane this year. I can just picture Cole driving next to a Hacker triple!

Thanks for the other pictures M3Fan. That is the only other ones that I have found. It has enough of the same equipment that I do believe it was a production boat. The sticker on the dash says "Mold-craft" and made in Wisconsin. I have looked a little, but not found any more.

The motor is a single cylinder two stroke with a vertical shaft that goes through the bottom of the boat and connects to a tiny little 90 degree drive unit. The motor is a Westbend also made in Wisconsin and started after the third pull!

It is hard to get a perspective of how small this boat is, but here is a picture with my fat butt in it.

8122pbrainard wrote: Brian, Love the boat and the fact that you have your son involved. I started as soon as the folks would let me put my hand on the tiller of a 5HP O/B! Now I have the same problem that every boat owner has: A boat is nothing more than a hole in the water surrounded by wood, fiberglass or metal into which you pour money! Still love it!!

Agreed!...probably would have been better off getting his son hooked on crack...woulda been cheaper in the long run... & not nearly as addictive as Sweet Boats! haha

Nate

Very cool boat . I wish I could come across a find like that .

backfoot100 wrote: I can see it now. By the time he's 16, he'll be able to suck a blonde off a dock at 100 yds. with whatever he's driving by that time!!!!! Very cool little boat.

Love that line..........Boat dr

What a way to start him out Dad.Karen and I are beaming for Both of you....
That is what this sport is all about , thank you for sharing with your "SUN" That was not a typo.........Billy/Karen

I found pics of another one of these on the web, FWIW for reference: Skeeto Kiddie Boat

I can see it now. By the time he's 16, he'll be able to suck a blonde off a dock at 100 yds. with whatever he's driving by that time!!!!! Very cool little boat.

Well that thing is certainly bad arse, I second the questions of phatsat67 whats that bad boy got in the way of propulsion.

Thats the coolest thing ive ever seen. I would have given my right nut when I was his age to have something like that. What kind of drive a standard inboard? what kinda motor? He wont know what to do now that he has that haha.

He looks like a proud new boat owner. If he only knew how many papers he will have to deliver to keep it going! Looks like plenty of projects for dad & son in that first picture. I am sure you both will enjoy the time spent restoring them. Congrats!

Looks like a chip off the 'ol FINSter.

Nothing like a boat project to bring a dad & son closer together.

Very cool fins. Where the heck do you find these things? BKH