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I saw that last article I posted while looking at a little ice shanty in the Feb, 1960 issue. It reminded me of this thread. I have a popular mechanics encyclopedia set from the 70's. All the articles in it came out of the magazine. There is one particular pontoon boat article that I was telling...

https://books.google.com/books?id=8OUDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=popular+mechanics+december+1959&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Hbf0VPm8NO3isATbx4GYDg&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

This one ? http://books.google.com/books?id=3NgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA96&dq=popular+mechanics+cabin+boat&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AE2uU-ORJcup8QG2wICYBw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

I was just looking at this freighter canoe thread the other day. http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-design/freighter-canoe-performance-34329.html

That’s an aluminum jon boat. I believe the brand is Sylvan and they are either out of business or only making pontoons now. Those Jeeps are about 12’ x 5’ so I’m guessing that boat is about a 1648 (16 - length in feet, 48 - width of bottom in inches).I am just guessing, but… Probably weighs...

I stumbled across these pictures on a random woman's blog some time ago while doing a jeep Cherokee roof rack photo search. She saw it in a race track parking lot and took the pictures in order to make a red neck joke, but dang, I'd like to see that in person and in action. Somebody has one heck...

You might find an idea or two in this old popular mechanics article on scribd Travelpod Popular Mechanics February 1970

http://www.mcmaster.com/#

Another thing that never seems to get mentioned is alcohol fuels lack of cold starting ability. Being stranded out in the cold might turn out to be more than just an inconvenience.