Car Hood Boats

[dwco5051]

Got talking with a young fellow (I don't think he was a day over 50) about homemade boats. I mentioned the metal boats constructed of two pre1949 car hoods welded together and he never heard of such a thing. There used to be quite a few around and there was a guy who used one on a regular basis even in the early 80's on our local lake. How many of the old timers on here remember them.?
Another use for an old hood was to fasten a rope to the front for balance and go down snow covered hills standing on one like a bronco rider. Dislocated my thumb bad doing this when I was in my twenties.

 

[Scott Danforth]

That AD truck hood would be worth a few hundred today

 

[stresspoint]

ahhhh the memory's of using car bonnets for stuff other than closing engine compartment's ,
dirt roads and paddock bombs brings back memory's of some scuffed elbows and shoulders.

OP sorry for off track , the boat bonnet seems like it would kick on now days whack a big assed motor on and go , kind of like a bass boat .

 

[dwco5051]

the boat bonnet seems like it would kick on now days whack a big assed motor on and go , kind of like a bass boat .

They were made of two welded together so both ends were pointy, hard to attach a motor. Mostly welded together by farmers and auto mechanics with no idea about marine design but they still worked.

 

[tphoyt]

Never saw boat made from a hood but we had some good times in the pasture. Lasso a cow and jump on for the ride. Really fun in the snow.

 

[Renken2000Classic]

I was expecting hood ornaments when I opened this, lol.

 

[Renken2000Classic]

That AD truck hood would be worth a few hundred today

Pickers'd be cringing...

 

[Scott Danforth]

anyone else use the big 7' satellite dishes from the 70's and pull them behind a snowmobile?

 

[Water logged]

Never saw boat made from a hood but we had some good times in the pasture. Lasso a cow and jump on for the ride. Really fun in the snow.

anyone else use the big 7' satellite dishes from the 70's and pull them behind a snowmobile?

 

[Water logged]

We never welded 2 hoods together to make a boat. We did have a 39 Dodge hood that we pulled around the pond with another boat. That left the back open, so it wouldn't float on it's own.

 

[tphoyt]

anyone else use the big 7' satellite dishes from the 70's and pull them behind a snowmobile?

No but it sounds like a lot fun.
There was a guy in my neighborhood that had one in his yard for skateboarding.
Never tried it myself I’m lucky to skate on a flat surface with out killing myself.

 

[sangerwaker]

anyone else use the big 7' satellite dishes from the 70's and pull them behind a snowmobile?

LOL. We used to pull water toy type tubes behind the snowmobiles. Pile 4-6 kids on one tube, and the last one on was the winner. Looking back, I'm amazed none of us got hurt.

 

[stresspoint]

kids today will never understand the challenge of not being killed by their best mates .
we once used a Holden EH bonnet tied behind a YZ 465 Yamaha full speed through/ across a wheat field.
no one killed that day "" surprisingly "