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im not going to use any in mine, but it is basically up to you. its just in case you sink to keep you afloat. so if you dont use any you just have to make sure you have life jackets etc. i think the best flotation to use is some type of sealed containers. the foam is so heavy when waterlogged...

nice build, wheres the redfish? they must have been hiding on you that day...

Your guess is good as mine, just found it online...

are you referring to the tilt tube? post a pic of what your talking about.

nice job on the trailer, the tdi's are definitely cheap on fuel

Just an idea. I have a pond on the property so I figured Id make use of it. I was hoping there wouldn't be many. Ive never had it in the water at all so Not sure of its prior leaky history.

ggoldy heres you another rare redfish

I went ahead and ditched the original transom. It was thin, floppy, contaminated and corroded, wasn't worth messing with. I fabbed up a new piece of 1/8" sheet and got it welded in. Now im working on some framing for inside the transom to beef it up, Not going to put any wood back in it. I need...

Yeah they are definitely a mess. Only built to please the eye on the outside for so many years, lol...

I would rip out the whole interior and start from the bottom, unless you just want to get on the water asap. These boats have a lot of foam in them that gets water logged and heavy...

thanks for the input johnny, good info

Thanks for all the input guys. It looks like for the heavy duty rivets you need solid rivets. Looks like you could use an air hammer with this kit ...

What type of rivets are most of you guys using in aluminum boat hulls that are for 1/4" holes? Ive looked for 1/4" closed end rivets but don't see a whole lot of options. Seems like there are a lot of 3/16 sized rivets. I was thinking of getting a hf rivet gun. I have a 83 tracker and need to...

I heard this gun is pretty decent, https://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-quarter-inch-air-hydraulic-riveter-98898.html Im still looking for a place to buy some 1/4" rivets

Thanks, its ok. I definately got a lot of demo work done. Just got the inside of the hull and rear of the transom brightened up this evening. I have a lot of tig work to do. I still need to find some 1/4 aluminum rivets and buy a gun from hf.

Just starting to rebuild this old tin boat. Im not in a big hurry, so It might take me while to finish it. Plans are to build it into a aluminum flats boat for the saltwater. I am planning to make it a center console boat with a mud motor, poling platform and walk around gunnels. Im not putting...

I have the same boat just starting to rebuild it, but i gutted mine out completely. The foam in these boats gets very heavy when it starts soaking up the water so I did away with all of it.

104 another good idea

104 i am going to tig weld a lot of the frame work. i dont want any foam back in my boat, just pulled out all of the guts out and the soaked foam was very heavy. will keep that in mind

104 thanks for the reply... definitely would like to keep it light as possible...