What model is my Arkansas Traveler

[Gitterdone]

My aluminum Arkansas Traveler is a 1960. My Florida title and registration doesn't state the model and I'd like to know what it is. I was able to find a 1961 AK brochure but the models may have changed. It's 13' 9" long with a 61" beam and it has the factory steering console in it. The bench seats have had an extra board installed on their tops and 4 swivel seats added.

http://members.localnet.com/~apowen/boat/boat.jpg

As near as I can determine from the brochure that I found, the boat a year later in 1961 was called the Tarpon model UT-14.

Any information pertaining to it's identification, reliability, dependabilty or anything I should be aware of would be greatly appreciated. The fiberglassed transom board(s) have a few cracks in the fiberglass around the motor but I expect some flaws since it's 50 years old.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: What model is my Arkansas Traveler

No idea but it sure is a neat boat! Good luck with it!

 

[Gitterdone]

Re: What model is my Arkansas Traveler

No idea but it sure is a neat boat! Good luck with it!

Thank you, I'll be taking it out to test in a few weeks. While cleaning it all out I tested the scupper valve and it lets water both in and out so I'm thinking of plugging it off. It has a hole and plug in the transom plus a 500 G.P.H. bilge pump and I'm hoping that the leaking scupper valve isn't really necessary.

 

[floatingwoody2006]

Re: What model is my Arkansas Traveler

would still love to see the inside of it and how that is setup..I have a 57 tinny just like it, and i am trying to figure out how i want to set the inside up this year. As it sits, there are a couple of brackets leading nowhere, and i want to see what they were for initially..

 

[Gitterdone]

Re: What model is my Arkansas Traveler

would still love to see the inside of it and how that is setup..I have a 57 tinny just like it, and i am trying to figure out how i want to set the inside up this year. As it sits, there are a couple of brackets leading nowhere, and i want to see what they were for initially..

I have no more room to post them on my website and the PM isn't working here so email me and I'll be happy to email the photos to you. Let me know if you want them in a .zip file.