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Glad you like the writeup. I don't check back here terribly often, but let me know if you have any questions. Boat has done everything I've asked of it, the complete teardown was 100% worth it.

I did something a little different on mine. I purchased new through hull fittings and installed them. I then made my own expanding plugs using scientific stoppers and putting a bolt/nut/washer assembly through the middle. When I cranked down on the bolt, it would expand the rubber plug creating...

Fishing weekend was a success!

I went with marine grade plywood when menards had it on sale. Since I don't plan on selling my boat (it's my primary one right now, when I eventually upgrade it will go to one of the family cabins) I wanted to put some of the "best" materials in it. In my research, the general consensus was that...

Was finally able to take it out for the first time last night, and it seemed to run pretty well! I still have some little things to finish on it (waiting for the battery's to arrive, need to cut bows for a cover, get the trolling motor wired with the right plug, etc) but all that should be...

I removed my livewell for the rebuild that I'm finishing up. For the overflow (above waterline) drain, I took a rubber stopper (for science lab use, you can find them in the "hard to find" hardware drawers at fleet farm/home depot/menards, etc) and drilled a hole in the center enough for me to...

Well, I didn't finish it like I was hoping, but I know that I will be done this week. Got the floor in, all the metal pieces are riveted/screwed back in, the front bench is completely finished, seats are back in, new tires are on the trailer, and transom is essentially good to go. All that's...

Get a pneumatic rivet gun. They aren't much more than a manual one and was one of the best decisions I made so far on my rebuild. I'd also recommend the cheap pneumatic stapler from Northern Tool when it comes time to install your vinyl/carpet. For me, lining up the existing holes on the new...

Vinyl is finished and drying, have a few other things to work on tonight with the transom and trailer before I start installing all of the internal pieces. Putting on a new winch, new tires, and some composite guide bunks to replace the rotting wood ones, and will hopefully get all of the...

Wood is sealed, foam is in, vinyl has been rough cut and will be getting glued tonight. Transom is also in place, but I still need to pick up some extra washers before I finish bolting it in.

I'm almost finished with cutting wood, just have to cut the inserts for my additional hatches and finish cutting the transom. Tried to dry fit the transom last night and it kept binding on something, so I'll have to do some sanding to make it slip in. Otherwise I just need to sand the edges of...

That's part of my continuously ongoing debate with myself. At first I was leaning towards not having anything, but now I'm leaning the other way again. At least I have a little while before a decision is necessary, since I still have to finish cutting and sealing all the wood and applying vinyl.

One more piece to cut for the floor and then I can start on all the hatch/trim pieces.

Flooring supports are in and I'm finally starting to cut the new decking pieces. Floors are 1/2" while all the compartment lids/tops will be 3/4" (just copying what it was originally). I've also ordered some hatches that I can install to gain more storage space, which will allow me to utilize...

It just has the one. The original floor rested on the stringers at the edges and on the single center support.

The work continues. Boat is sealed with no leaks and I started adding in my extra supports. Manual riveter decided to stop working after 6 rivets so that's going back to amazon and I've already replaced it with a pneumatic one. Should have done this initially, as it makes riveting a breeze.

Well, after doing some cleaning and filling it with water, I have discovered that the supposedly not-leaky boat has leaks! So now I get to seal. DaleH, I'll look into G-flex, but I think I will start with the Gluvit since I already have it on hand.

Next steps are to scrub out the rest of the boat, check for leaks, seal with gluvit since the floor is out, rivet in some additional aluminum framing to increase floor support (I'm a big guy and wanted some extra support for the 1/2" floor), get marine plywood and start cutting new pieces for...

As I read more in these forums, I began to get concerned about the transom. Upon further investigation, I decided that I needed to pull that too. Good thing I did, as the lower corners literally fell off as I picked it up to make a template.

After getting the floor pieces up, I began the process of removing the nasty water-and-who-knows-what-else logged foam.