My Jon Boat conversion

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My Jon Boat conversion

Post by Ian. » Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:35 am

Heyho,

just finished the conversion of my 14ft jon.

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You can find some additional pictures here.

Cheers,

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by D.R. » Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:56 am

Nice job,

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by SPAZ » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:59 am

That looks incredible. Great job.

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by mhood » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:18 am

Really nice job! Dampeoples is gonna flip when he sees this. 8-)
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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by dampeoples » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:52 am

=D>

I can't find any of these little smiley guys that flip :)

Nice job!

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by Ian. » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:57 am

Thanx a lot guys! ;-)

You can find some more snapshots of the building process here


Tight lines,


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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by Want » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:29 pm

For sure I'm impressed. How could someone not be?.

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by dampeoples » Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:10 pm

You should post that up over at tinboats.net ;)

Oh, and if you think the boat is nice, you should see this guys worms :D

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by giesj » Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:09 pm

That's really sweet. Nice Defender 90 too!

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by Lucky1 » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:37 pm

hey Ian, where are you from? Did I see Yugoslaviasome where?

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by Ian. » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:11 am

well, its a defender oneten and no90. and no - i`m not from yugoslavia but from germany ;-)

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by giesj » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:21 am

woops! we see only a few 90s around here. Nice rig either way...

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by Rudder » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:36 am

I live on a "electric only" lake and am currently rigging my 16' jon boat. Do you know of any sites on the web that may help? I'm having dificulty locating a site that shows how to wire a 36v trolling motor and all the accesories I'll need.

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by saodma » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:35 am

http://WWW.BASSJONS.COM. They are a club that only uses jon boats. They have great tips on thier site. Hope this helps.

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Re: My Jon Boat conversion

Post by Rudder » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:20 am

Thanks,got it hooked up. She goes about 5mph now. Not the fastest on the lake (electric only) but close.

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