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[Tunnaman88]

nice looking ride..... baby steps.... it becomes an obsession that takes over.I got a great deal on an 86 last year $600!! 1 year later I am in $4k! lol

its fun though

[bradford]

I remember that one posted for sale a while back. I have a supposedly rebuilt OMC stringer drive that will fill up that hole lol.

Not many with the factory blue gel coat.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but don't forget that boat will need an actual transom put in it. The OMC stringer drives didn't actually mount to the transom, but instead the stringers, so the transom in them is very weak. So plan on stripping the transom down to bare glass, and building it up from scratch.

[Kevin]

I have no idea what a stringer drive is.....time for me to do some research! but i had planned on completely rebuilding the transom and stringers and probably gusseting the stringers about a foot in front of the transom to the stringers at a 45* angle to support the extra leverage and weight of the bracket.

[bradford]

The OMC stringer drive is also known as "The White Anchor". I'm surprised it wasn't made by Chrysler.

One good thing is you can usually get used parts for very cheap to even free.

http://www.glmmarine.com/30yearsomc.html

http://www.boatservicehaarlem.nl/omc_tilt_system_b.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2Ag

[THEFERMANATOR]

It atatched completely to the stringers of the boat, and only used a heavy rubber boot to seal it to the transom. It really wasnt a bad idea, but that rubber boot posed a SERIOUS safety hazard. One tear in a rubber, and you lost everything(I'll let others catch onto the "other" meaning).

[Kevin]

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?