Any ideas who made this boat ?

[retiredoz]

It may not be a ’56, the motor certainly isn’t..

https://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/boa/5555103948.html

[dave-bernard]

Reynolds ????

[Casey Lynn]

I think that was a Feathercraft.

[scoots]

It looks like it may be one of the older (and lower end ribbed and riveted) boats made by Gregor (?) or Valco.
I’ve used a ribbed Valco when I used to do duck banding on Sauvie Island. It was an old and worn out boat and there were some leaks around some of the rivets. There was also an old and worn out Gregor as well, but I can’t remember if it was ribbed and riveted.

Both the Valco and Gregor were west coast boats. Gregor is still made in California and Klamath, also of California, bought all of the plans for Valco boats.

[scoots]

quote Pappy:

I think that was a Feathercraft.

Here’s a link to the 1956 catalog of Feather Craft boats. You can access the other catalog years and the rest of the web site from this link: http://feathercraft.net/index.php/catalogs/1956-catalog

[retiredoz]

The ribbed construction just doesn’t look familiar to me. And i thought if it’s really a ’56, it probably predates Valco ?

[westwind]

Well, the motor isn’t 1956 so who knows about the age of the boat.

[jerry-ahrens]

Looks like a Studeabaker [may not have spelled that right] I don’t know if that was the manufacturers name or not, but I’ve seen a few of those here around Lake of the Ozarks.

[melugin]

Vio Hulda and/ or Studebaker boat, built in Kansas. Not related to the car company. I’ve got a brochure somewhere. I started out with one in the early sixties powered by a 12hp Sea King. It is a welded hull and I managed to break most of the welds. Rough water didn’t slow me down.
I had a friend with a similar boat with a 12hp Buccaneer which was just barely faster. Depending on our funds, we would go in one boat or the other, or sometimes just take both of them. His boat was not painted and of a textured metal. Ours were built in the mid fifties.

[dave-bernard]

if you are looking at the feather craft camper it has 2 braces on the transom not boxed in like this boat. JMO

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