Help I.D. older Alumacraft Boat

[berniesboss94]

Hello-

I am looking for help identifying a boat I believe to be a Alumacraft Deep C. I purchased it last summer after looking for many years for a Alumacraft FDR. It was listed locally as an 'aluminum boat' and the price was right-- $350 got me the boat and trailer.

I believe it to be a Deep C because of the way it looks, however the bow cover looks a lot different than the others I have seen photos of. Many of the Deep C's I have seen have a cover that is in set from the gunnels a bit while mine sits on top.

It needed some work-- There was probably 5 gallons of flex seal in the bottom in an attempt to stop leaks, the transom was cobbled together, and there was a pretty good leak in the bow.

I spent a couple weeks cleaning it out-- stripping out the old paint and flex seal, sealing all the rivits with gluvit and 3m 5200, buffing, and rebuilding the transom.

If it is in fact a Deep C, the next project will be creating factory replicas of the bimini top and seats.

 

[southkogs]

Do a little diggin' HERE. Maybe DeepCMark58A can chime in.

Welcome.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

Not a Deep C you have yourself a Queen Merrie.

 

[berniesboss94]

Not a Deep C you have yourself a Queen Merrie.

Thanks for the info guys. The web link is great-- It puts together the stuff I have seen scattered about in one spot.

DeepCMark58A whats tells you it's a Queen vs Deep C? I have not seen photos of a Queen with rolled gullenls like mine has.

Always learning... !

 

[berniesboss94]

Looking into this a bit further...

The Queen Merrie is said to have a plywood floor and appears to have the back-back type seats typical of a modern boat. The boat I have has neither, nor signs of either. Painted ribbed floor and three rows of fixed bench seats filled with foam.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

Get the number off the knee of the transom email to alumacraft they will tell you the year and model.

 

[Scott Danforth]

what did the paperwork (Bill of Sale, Title or Registration) say it is?

 

[berniesboss94]

Get the number off the knee of the transom email to alumacraft they will tell you the year and model.

Cool to know I can email that number to them. To confirm this is the number stamped into the transom support? If I remember correctly this is on the side of it and only a couple digits long?

The registration is clearly wrong "1980 Alumacraft Boat"

Does anyone know where repo windscreens are available? My brother in-law's father has a Flying C. During one of the last windstorms a tree branch came down and smashed it to bits.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

The one I have on my flying D is one off a donor boat. You can find them on craigs. And yes those numbers are a serial number. It will take up to a week to get a return e-mail. Unless they are closed.

 

[berniesboss94]

Just emailed Aluma Craft, hopefully I will hear in the next week or so. My number is: YF16 - 1335 for what it is worth.

Got to get another coat of polish on it, and then hit the water!

 

[berniesboss94]

I heard back from Alumacraft. The serial number came back as a 1968 YK-16, 1 of 292 produced.

Has anyone heard of the YK model?

 

[Texasmark]

Yukon, 16', like in Alaska would be my guess and it looks like something that would be used up there in their type of waters.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

I heard back from Alumacraft. The serial number came back as a 1968 YK-16, 1 of 292 produced.

Has anyone heard of the YK model?

No I have not. I should have asked the length of the boat. The boat looks older than a 1968