Man, Dave, what a project!! I love it! Makes mine seem piddling for sure, but inspires me to try more. I have been reading your posts, and just got to the rivet discussion when I had to take a break from reading! Well, suffice it to say, now I really want to get 'er done. If I were home in GA, I would want to come on up to Jefferson to be your gofer. You are about hour and half from my house. Ok, as I get time, I'll go back to reading your project; all I know now is that motor has good compression, boat is cleaned up good, and you were just starting to discuss rivets; that's where I stopped. Like a mystery novel!