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Thanks TNGuy!!!!! I never thought about that!
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Trial and error, and take your time, and you will do fine bud.
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I started getting the boat ready to flip. I removed that gigantic steel deck, and then cut the heads off of all the rivets that were holding the old piece of plywood that was under the front deck. It had to be the original decking because I had to cut it in half to remove it... And it was definitely rotten!!!
Here's my question: After removing the old plywood decking, all that was left is a thin hollow aluminum box. It's way too thin to stand on and there are no support beams inside....Is it okay to cut all this out? I wanna nice big front-deck, (NOT THIS ONE) but I also don't wanna take away from the structural integrity of the boat. Whatcha think?
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Also, check out how the PO attached the deck!!!! WTF?!!! This is gonna be a chore... Any ideas, other than capping and welding?
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