Re: Help with aluminum boat, transom replacement
It appears to me that you can just drill the rivets , and , remove the bottom angle piece and any other rivets that hold the wood .
After this you can slide the old piece down and out , use it as a template , and , slide the new piece up and in .
Once the new wood is in , simply rivet everything back in place .
No grinding or re-welding required .
You can get the rivets through many sources , Grainger sells them in boxes of 100 .
Search Ebay for solid rivets , you want the aluminum ones , aircraft type , Brazierheads , an470 , or Universal head .
Avoid the 100/110 degree flush heads , unless you have to rivet some fairly thick stock ( .100 or thicker..) .
You can pick up a single rivet set new for ~$5 + shipping , or , search Ebay again for " rivet sets " , and you can pick up a nice assortment of sets , and , bucking bars , for reasonable .
They will probably outlive your grandchildren .
That Landau looks eerily similiar to my Appleby , BTW .