Cool story, To bad the original one got away..
would have been special to restored it and taken your dad out fishing in it...
Nice job on fixing this one up,, looks nice!
I remember when I was six or seven, my dad bought an old boat that should have taken a
40-60 hp motor, but he could only afford a used 25 hp that he found. But we went fishing !!
He named the boat "So Slo" ....and it was.
But things got better and he finally bought a bigger newer engine... it wasn't slow anymore !