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Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 10 months ago #82208
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58 model with Mark 58 and Teenee trailer Paid $100 boat trailer and motor
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Re: Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 10 months ago #82209
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wilsonrlw,
WELCOME ABOARD! I've never even heard of that maker. - There were HUNDREDS of "small & independent boat-builders" in the 1950-1970 era. yours, satx |
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 10 months ago #82214
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Welcome aboard, glad to have you here. Here's the only info in the Library.
www.fiberglassics.com/library/Duraplane Maybe Thompsonboat (Andreas) has some info on them. Bob |
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 9 months ago #82545
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I picked this up from North Carolina. It's a 58 Duraplane with a Mark 58E and supposed to be on it's original trailer. Thanks for the info.
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 9 months ago #82546
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1958 Duraplane with Mark 58E
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 9 months ago #82552
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Neat original boat. Thanks for sharing. I don't believe we have ever had a Durplane posted on the board before. Can you post a photo of the Duraplane logo, if the boat has one?
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 9 months ago #82562
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Good looking rig Wilsonrlw, and welcome aboard.
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 9 months ago #82587
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Here is the Emblem on the sides of the boat
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 9 months ago #82634
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I posted the Logo HandyAndy
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 9 months ago #82640
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looks more like a gator trailer to me. just my 2 cents. frog
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 9 months ago #82642
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Nice looking little boat you picked up there. Can't beat the price. Enjoy it, Skip.
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 11 years 9 months ago #82852
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Thanks Skip! Frog the trailer is a Peterson Brother Inc. Portager trailer but Peterson Brothers did make the Gator so they are identical except the name. I still have to research it a little
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 8 years 8 months ago #128136
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The company was started in the mid 1950s by T.I. Weston a WW2 army air corps pilot. His sister Irene Weston is credited for the duraplane logo. To my knowledge he was the first fiberglass boat builder in the southeast. I have also been told that he would go to boat shows with a hammer and let people strike the boat to show how durable it was.
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Re:Any one have any info on Duraplane boats? 8 years 8 months ago #128137
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Also the original motor was a Scott Atwater
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