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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Nope just gotta finish the grueling process of drilling the old ones out. Its a pain. I have a tool that makes it easy and centers the drill for you but it requires them to still have heads to work and most if the ones I am replacing do not have heads anymore.
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    The idiot Po drilled a second set which is half the problem. But a backer should fix it. I have rivits with up to a 1 inch tail so it's no biggie to use longer ones. I needed 1 inch ones for a few spots in the front where it had to go through that thick bow brace then throw 2 layers of hull and...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    This is my knee brace. Rather then bending I think I am gonna see if I can get .100 aluminum angle or maybe.125 and add bracing on all the bends so the rivets go through the hull the knee brace than camp onto fresh aluminum and kind of sandwich it. I am running technically 5 more hp's then the...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Wait did you make a new one from scratch or just make the wings and rivet them to the original brace
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Not much to show this weekend. Here's the transom just coated the second side with UV resistant epoxy. Once it dried and the now I bolts I ordered get here I'll put it in install those and get the other holes drilled. The z brace is currently pop rivited on. I just want it to stiffen up the...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Awesome Idea I didn't think about that. I might go that route. Looks awesome
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Gotta get some pics. Installed water\meth injection on my car yesterday. Got some more rivets done. Man this things are a pain got the epoxy on one side of the transom too
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    There's not much on these you want to weld. The hull skin for example doesn't like to be welded. I have no choice with the knee brace I can't find another one. And the tops of the gunwales aren't really structural so being a little more brittle is no biggie. What you weld will be more brittle...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Been sick most of this week on top of my mother still being in the hospital. There will be more updates this weekend. Hoping to get the transom mounted and weld up the knee brace where its cracked and get it back in along with hopefully a large chunk of the rivits I want to replace. I didnt have...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Yeah finally feels like it since it's slowly going back together. Still got a bunch of rivets to do but got a few dozen done
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Didn't take many pics today getting the transom cut and sanded and fit took way longer than it should have. I remember why I prefer to work with metal than wood now
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Working on the transom today got the first peice cut out letting my compressor cool down she's been a busy girl today. Got some rivets replaced last night. I need some longer ones for the thick front brace. Finally feel like I am almost over the hump even though the second side of the hump with...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Dude it leaks everywhere right now. I have a fair amount of bad rivits to replace then the inside is getting gluvit and that outside is getting gator glide. I garuntee itll make it through a leak test dry after that. I wonder if aluminum can be magnafluxed like an engine block. All it takes is a...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I still cant be %100 sure but I am leaning towards scratch now. I cant find any sign of it on the inside at all. From the inside I can see the edge of that piece and I am seeing nothing there either so it would seem I am getting lucky.
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I will have to look again tonight. One side runs to the seam. I will have to see if it catches any rivits there. Yall may have just made me a very happy camper. I got a dozen or so tiny pinholes to deal with which really shouldnt be hard with my plan. That crack well possible crack had me quite...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Anyone got any ideas on how to make it show better. I though about the dye for checking cracks but I dont want to put anything on that might mess up paint adhession since the paint I am using is over $250 for 8 pounds or roughly a gallon. I dont know if it does or not but I know crack or scratch...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    There's scratches everywhere they don't bother me. The paint will hide them no issue. There's a few dents I'll be popping out. I take kids on this boat in the Chesapeake bay so I can't take chances with cracks. Once I go over the bottom with some 120 grit for the primer that might show it better
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I just took another good look at it and tried to get better pictures but they just aren't turning out any better. It very well may be a scratch but I figure I have nothing to lose treating it as a crack but if I don't and it is that could be very bad. When I stop drill it I am gonna use a 3\16...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    It's continuous it's very fine and just doesn't show well. Though I won't rule out a scratch I don't know a way to really tell for sure so I'll probably treat it as a crack. You couldn't see it till I removed the paint so I don't think it's new. Unless I can for sure call it a scratch though I...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Pics of all the freaking silicone. I know I am gonna find some pinholes so I am taking a shower of aluminum cut to the samw shape and buttered in 5200 and rivited in place. Found a deep gouge on the bow to the other side from the crack so I am gonna stop drill that and patch it too. Since I am...
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