Well heres an update on the wreck
I got most everything stripped out of it and the floor cut out. Every bulkhead and stringer is rotted, imagine that look at the 3rd picture and you will see a compartment completely full of water. I was amazed with what I saw when I took the floor out. No drainage at all and where any fuel lines pass thru a stringer the cap was just cut and exposing raw wood. I guess the saying "they don't build em' like they used to" doesn't apply to this thing. Maybe someone can enlighten me as to why the build quality of this boat is so bad? Maybe its a year thing or the fact its a stringer drive? I dont know I thaught these things were pretty sound. But I do know one thing, once I'm done it will be better than factory new! Anyhow my next step is to build some kind of a cradle to support the hull before I cut the stringers out. It's sitting on a roller trailer now. And tomorrow the engine goes back together, because I scored a slightly used crank for it.
One more thing:
What are yalls opinion of building the outboard bracket before I rebuild the transom so I can utilize the mounting holes for thru bolting the laminated ply to get the clamping pressure needed and only have to fill a few bolt clamp holes after everything is cured?
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