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I've spent the last 5 months converting a custom aluminum bass boat into a levee jumping, trail making, duck slaying machine. I picked the boat, motor, and trailer for $2,500 in May and have worked on it almost daily ever since. I just finished it this weekend and couldn't be happier with it. It's a 17x48 all 1/8th with with a hopped up 36 PD. Here's the pictures of the build. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1349711961.631508.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1349711974.063860.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1349711995.138580.jpg


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How heavy is that thing? Plenty of bracing!

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I took it out to Lake Martin yesterday and ran the trails around the perimeter of the lake. Everything ran great and that Gator Glide makes a big difference on logs, cypress knees, and thick vegetation. I had my girlfriend, a full tank of gas, and th second battery under the deck, plus nearly every tool I own for back up and ran 32mph across the lake. I'm interested to see if the gator glide will give me some top end with an empty boat.

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A lot of work you did on it. Nice job be careful that bottom gonna look like a wash board in no time

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Thanks DDM. It is dented already, but none of the cross braces are tied into the floor, so I'm not expecting it to hook too much.

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Looks really good man you did a fine job. I didn't know that gatorglide came with other colors or did u mix it to get that color?


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No, I ordered the marsh brown color. You can get it in all sorts of obnoxious colors though, Red, yellow, green, etc. You just have to specify which one you want when you check out. The only ones I'd use are the black, grey, marsh brown and default graphite. This was a half gallon and I got 4 good coats out of it. Its so slippery stuff. I pushed my boat off with 2 fingers yesterday at the launch.

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Did you use that base coat first


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No, I scuffed it up really well and washed it twice with Alumabright. It stuck fine.

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Good deal yeah I figured if you took your time an prepped it well enuff you wouldn't need the base coat they're proud of that shit lol


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Looks really good!

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Thanks Brother.

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What kinda bass rig was it originally?


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It was just a custom made side console rig. The first few pictures show how it was set up. They didn't know it at the time, but they were actually building a perfect duck boat hull. It was made by Toledo Marine in Shreveport, LA in 1996. Had a 75 Mercury on it originally with a perfectly flat bottom.

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Nice job, man. Def. something to be proud of.

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Wow. Great job!


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Looks really good!! If you dont mind me askin how much did that diamond plate run you price wise?

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Looks like u spent some time on it! Turned out great!!

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I paid $100 per 4x6 sheet. It came in 16'x4' sheets and this was drop off from an order where the guy only needed 10' lengths. I bought 4 sheets and used two for the floor, one for the deck and one crimped into the gas tank.

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Alright man i appriciate that. I wanna do my floor but wanted to diamond plate so its not so plain. That gas tank is badass! Good job on all of it.

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Looks good, nice work.

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nice transformation! looks good man!

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CLEAN WORK! nice job.

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After this season if i keep my boat ima put some gator glide on it, heard to many good things about it


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Nice job man.


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Thanks guys.

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Awesome job on the boat!

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