Atom Skier

Did they have a HIN number way back then?

interesting, Ill check of that today. Thanks Pete

Good question on what engine is in there. Do you think the dog house is original and if so I'll never worry again about having a bump up for a down draft carb. Our 1950 junior has no pylon. Wondering also what the length is. By the looks of the steering wheel it is from the 50's. Looks like the hull plywood may be sound. Is the top deck 1/4 in ply or 3/8? Seems to be devoid of a routed detail on the top deck as well.

juniorwoody wrote: Good question on what engine is in there. Do you think the dog house is original and if so I'll never worry again about having a bump up for a down draft carb. Our 1950 junior has no pylon. Wondering also what the length is. By the looks of the steering wheel it is from the 50's. Looks like the hull plywood may be sound. Is the top deck 1/4 in ply or 3/8? Seems to be devoid of a routed detail on the top deck as well.

Jack,
Pylons back then were all optional on the small CC hulls. Here's the price sheet that shows the 4-90 available in the Jr. So, the bump out on the top of the dog house would be original. Yours no!

That's her Pete. Same as our Jr Utility engine except with the downdraft carb setups. Guess that's how they gained the HP. I believe ours is 15ft 6in also. I am surprised to see the stem area looks a s good as it does. Alan can attest to there being not much integrity there usually. Down along the chine specially near the drivers seat there may likely be problems also. Ours led to a pretty complete rebuild of many areas and new hull material. I think the deck on ours may be original and it is 3/8 ply. Still in reasonable shape. It becomes a labor of love and can stretch over many years LOL. I think many camps in the New Hampshire and Maine area had a few of these boats for campers use and they seem to show up with some frequency. Ours came from West Ossipee, NH.

Brian,
That's the Gray Fireball 4-90 and I'd say is the original.

Sounds like they use to overrev them and a few blew up. The 4 75 will be just fine thankyou. Brian the boat is sweet. We were pleased to get ours and I think it will be more fun to operate than many of our others when it's more about the ride then water sports. We saw a little flathead 4 where we were yesterday and I was cool to hear just zipping through the water.

Brian,
Any luck finding the ID/serial # plate? It would confirm the model but it's a CC Jr.

I just noticed the ballast resistor indicating the PO was running on a 12 volt battery. Is there a battery in it? Have you tried cranking the engine over?

Brian82683 wrote: the only plate I could find was on the tranny Ill post a pic soon. Other then that I couldn't find one.

Brian,
That's not the ID plate for the boat.

Brian82683 wrote: where are they generally located, Maybe I'm not looking hard enough

8122pbrainard wrote: Brian, No HIN's back then. Look for a serial # plate. On a stringer next to the engine, inside the dog house or on a forward port side hull side frame.

A few more from when I started to dismantle

good to know thanks! thoughts on that stringer?

Hey Brian,

Do you have any back story on the boat? What town/lake did you find it?

No story at all, Im looking in to that though. I found it in a wooded lot and brought it home. Got stung by wasps and had to deal with my wife lol

skutsch wrote: Anybody familiar with the Atom enough to know if that sole (floor) is original, I always thought they were plywood...

Steve,
Yes, plywood is original. The PO of Brian's Jr. did some back yard work on the forward end with looks like T&G Fir porch flooring!!!!