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Google "Sheet metal guage size" to learn what's what ! ( Its too much to type ;> )

NO !!! Not unless you know the history of that old metal. Same story as my 1948 Starlight Coupe. There was no BONDO In 1948, no resins, no exotic sealers, primers, clear coats, etc, etc. They used LEAD as metal fillers, ACID-primers, OIL-enamels, lots of elbow-grease ! Any bodyman will tell...

Two people required - one using a cutting-disc on small hand grinder, the other hold a wet sponge against the rivet heads (to protect the painted surface). From the old-school book..... That old tub had 1000 coats of painted graphics which was NOT to be re-painted. The old transom board(s) had...

So would I ! (I own a 1955 Studie 'Conestoga' wagon !)

Yeah - I'm sorry - maybe next week... when SHE goes to her card-club ! You might not think, what your wife thinks, when she discovers a motor boat in her pool !

That's the first advice from an old Ohio river boat builder. The history: I have a good/old 14' alum jon boat. and a Kawasaki 440cc Jet Ski which had a small fire. I trimmed the fire-burned-out parts down to the hull flanges, where the deck meets the hull. Its factory-glued together...