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Well, Boys and Girls, I told a fib earlier.....there's Not 11 Storage compartments.....there are going to be 12...{I forgot about the Live Well}....Ooooops...Just more fun with fabrication....Yay ME...
well....through the engine mounting holes, the transom wood "looks" ok.....but the "factory installed" aluminum seems a little thin [to Me]....we would rather have it overkill than have "issues" later on....Besides, I don't see an "easy" way to replace that wood....thus, the added alumynum....
foam and "most" boards were gone when it got to me....bare aluminum hull..{I put foam sheeting in between the ribs, in the floor and up both sides, before I fastened .090 aluminum in the floor, then .040 up each side...then fabbing "storage" areas out of that same .090....there are to be 11...
I viewed numerous photos and images of "similar" boats...[this one was brought to me with all identifying decals, etc. removed....]....all had the consol about "mid-way" of the length....located 2 matching holes and stuck it there...fingers crossed...
Oh this thing has Plenty of "Holes", but nothing seems to "fit" any of them....and the two that DO fit, "I" think are too far forward...sadly, the steering cable is over 50 miles away from me....
A friend's Ex-Son-in-law brought a 1983 Fisher Marine Bass Boat to me to make some "modifications" to....when it arrived, "most" of the parts and pieces were "There" but not mounted where they go.....I need to know where the steering console goes [distance from rear of transom] so that existing...
