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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bman2895" data-source="post: 519202" data-attributes="member: 36535">I picked up a 91 Alumacraft SuperHawk CS.  It's a 15ft single console. "Crappie boat" as Alumacraft calls it. But my intentions are primarily bass fishing.  It's was cheap. Like 200$ cheap.  But it is pretty much completely stripped. No decks on it. No carpet. No seats. And the transom wood is rotten.  So primarily I'm digging into the transom area now.  But I do have some questions about when everything goes back in.It has a 40hp Evinrude. And its in great shape. Runs good. No Tilt and trim. But looks easy enough to add.My biggest questions are this. I've been taking the rivets out slowly to get into the transom. Seems the only way in is from the inside.  How do I determine what size rivets and length I need to go back in? If I go off a drill bit a 9/32 is snug in the holes.  I've done something similar before on a smaller aluminum boat and just went back with bolts and rubber washers and it was fine, but id like to do this one back with rivets.  And what tools are recommended to do it right.Most of the foam has been removed from this boat. I did get the 2 part marine foam from the seller when I bought it. But I've also heard of people removing the foam and not replacing it on aluminum boats? I figure it necessary in the back on each side.</blockquote>