I'm ready to update MY end of this thread...
remember my post #1256???...well, we've now got our starting point...
Look familiar Mr. Fisherman???
I was really looking for a 12 footer...but after driving 5 hours to check this one out, and realizing that it was only 10', and it
WAS a pretty decient price...I grabbed it.
(It wouldda been nicer with that extra 2'.....but it just felt right.)

Thanx OregonCoast!!
So once I finish up my hot-rod project this spring...the work begins. Until then, I'm already using it as it is.