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I would use the same thickness sheet for the tunnel as the hull skin.

Nice classic boat there… Ranger III. You remind me of me…lol. Everything gets “Hot Rodded”. I like the idea of swapping the engine cowl to retain the classic look.

Good question. In the item description it says “This air rivet bits suitable for hollow, solid, and half-hollow rivet”. The two rivet sets on the right are for universal head solid rivets. The four on the left must be for “hollow & half hollow”

You remind me of me…lol Reminds me of the time I took my little lake boat out in the Puget Sound chasing a halibut hot spot. All was good until the WX went south and we had to run back to the boat ramp as the seas & wind tried to sink us.

This is an interesting topic, ever since I picked up a used console for the steering parts. It had a head unit in it, and that got me thinking about a sound system for my boat. If I had music in my boat, I’m sure a little Lynyrd Skynyrd would be played…taking me back to the seventies when I...

I’ve had a 1648 for almost 20 years now. It gets pressure washed occasionally, otherwise it’s a maintenance free boat. I use it for fishing & crabbing mostly. WhenI bought it, it had a couple seats bolted on, but I took them off. I’d rather sit on a boat cushion (throwable life preserver), it...

My fist thought on painting an aluminum boat, is no don’t paint it if it’s bare aluminum, and has never been painted before. Once an aluminum boat has been painted, it is too work intensive to strip it back to bare aluminum again. Having said that, once an aluminum boat has been painted, it will...

Try a left hand drill bit. Sometimes it will catch and run the broken bolt out…like hitting pay dirt.

Aye Capt’n … Steady as she goes I’m sure Thill has read this thread, because he has commented along the way. After studying the pic I posted more, I believe I can simply raise the assembly until the roller sits under the eye fitting. That will raise the winch making a straighter pull. It’s...

I flipped the boat over and put it on the trailer. I mounted the winch post, for the hand winch. The whole setup looks out of whack. I’m thinking about moving the hand winch, over to the back side of the vertical post, this will raise the winch, allowing more of a straight pull, as the boat hits...

I lowered the front of the bunks on the trailer today. I left the rear brackets at the height I had them. I cut a couple inches off the front brackets. I loosened the middle brackets and readjusted the middle brackets. It still has a tilt but the boat should sit on the trailer closer to being...

Nice looking little boat, is that from the sixties?

It looks like you could install remote steering and set it up with a couple seats like a runabout. If I ever found one in restorable condition I would snatch it up in a heartbeat.

My MVT-1751 (Metal, V-hull, Tunnel) is rated for less weight and power, despite being 3’ longer with a 20” transom and remote steering. I wonder if the tunnel hull has something to do with the rating, or maybe the rules changed between 1985 and 1992? I have a 1992 1648 with a 15” transom that...

Nice boat, it has the same bloodlines as my 1992 Polar Craft MVT-1751. Both are very similar in appearance. A boats length and width is often a factor when max HP rating is determined. There are two other factors that allow for a higher HP rating to be assigned from the factory, when comparing...

The paint is dry, to the touch after running the heater for a few more hours.

After running the heater for about an hour, the paint is dry to the touch. It turned flat as it dried, no more gloss like in my picture above. I’m happy with how it turned out.

It was supposed to be warm today, perfect boat painting weather I thought, because earlier in the week, it was forecast to be 70 this weekend. I think it hit about 60 today, at the most, with a wet dreary overcast sky. I final sanded the hull with 120 grit on my electric orbital sander and...

After looking at the link you posted for the TM bracket, I suggest .125” thick 5 series aluminum would work fine, as long as it is attached to the boat sufficiently. The bracket itself, with flanges on three sides will be very rigid preventing flex. The method used to attach this bracket to the...

Check out tricked tins on YouTube. Matt just got a boat in his shop with a TM bracket from tiny boat nation that might help.