No. when they built them back the the front area was open with just a little side seat on each side. The guy built a homemade deck to fit over all that so he had a platform to fish from. So no rod storage on it.
A handy guy could do that I guess.
The thing has almost all wiring replaced and the engie has all the carbs and seals redone.
Runs nice. Of course being older, it takes a while to warm up, but then don't we all