Looked on Craigslist last night or rather very early this morning and the cheapest here was a slug of a canoe for $140 that we were assured would be worth $400-$600 in the spring with a little work.
Yes sir it sure would be if you taped 6 $100 bills to the side of it.
Average price was $400 for a decent 16 footer.
Bird if you can get a fiberglass canoe cheap I'd use it. Silverbears is 5 feet long and that is as big as you would want it to be.
I'd go for 4 feet if I was building one since you have the whole thing open so someone can get in and out without a lot of effort.
Plywood across the back and skin the outside with fiberglass so it looks right.
Silverbears thoughts about a velo car is a great idea to use the rest and have some fun with. I was drawing up an idea to make a velo out of the middle piece that is left over.
I have a love affair with boat tailed cars. It would be possible to cut a pie shaped slice out of the bottom the canoe and pull it together to form the front of the velo car.
I'd stop at the area where you would cut out the cockpit area for the driver. The rear area could be pinched in as well if you want a boat tail or just to give the car some shape.
Here is a group that makes cyclekarts. A velo car has to have 3 wheels to be considered a bicycle and used on the road with out any problems if you add a motor.
cyclekart : CycleKart
My thoughts anyway.
Steve.