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I know the feeling about the Al work, it's one of these toughest metals there are to work with but makes for a great boat!

Nice looking wood you found and the transom wood looks really solid with lots of layers.

Motor troubles on the older boats usually comes down to 2 things, fuel supply or ignition parts breakdown. Sounds like you lost a cylinder either because of fuel leaned out which is worse case scenario or the switch box dropped off a cylinder.

Yeap exactly what I've been seeing too.

Lookin real good out in the summer sun, super clean lines. Those old V4 Johnnys are good motors albeit a little thirsty for the expensive juice.

Sounds like a solid plan. Before the deck make sure you leak test, replace rivets and seal up the seams. The SC FB group is full of some really bad advice with only a few guys there that actually know what their doing. I pretty much stopped giving advice there because the guys with the easy...

It would be a 120 HP MC drive with a 1.98 gear ratio. I would recommend a 14 1/2" diameter x 19 pitch spline tooth count 20 - 24. Due to the age and wear on the motor trying to spin a 21p prop even in a light 18' Al boat can cause lugging issues not being able to reach max RPM at WOT. Props are...

Well I guess there's more than one way to skin a boat 😆 I can't imagine the pain of trying to strip and then the painting process with the interior work nearly done. My hats off to you for getting it done without being committed to an asylum!

Just remember the ends of the transom that go under the end caps has to have a 15 degree angle cut at the top.

Dreary day but it's great to get out there (y)

Welcome aboard, Yeah nothing that floats, rolls of flies are without cost but sweat equity makes for a much less expensive boat. Very cool boats indeed and worthy of some love. Takes some money yes but mostly dedication and drive to get one of these boats from trash to treasure.

Welcome to the Starcraft club! You have one of the most popular and prolific aluminum boats ever, the 16' Super Sport. You may find the old twin cylinder 55 horse Johnny a bit under powered for that size boat but they are a nice little motor. I had one on a 16' Sea Nymph that took a bit or...

Welcome aboard and thanks for the nice pics of your sweet little Jet run about. They always need lots of work but it's very rewarding in the end.

My SS has the bare bottom and it looks great.

Need some pics of what you're working on to give the best advice. I'd be leaning towards cutting a hole in the deck and adding either a hatch or a spin out deck plate over the sender. Removing the decking would require a serious amount of work that normally requires replacement of both the...

Oh man, there's more proof positive that anyone can own a drill but that some shouldn't. :rolleyes:

A super nice job on the old Holly, you should be set up nice for some great times on the water this summer! (y)

With a standard set up 18'r and a 75 hp motor it should remain very light being under the Ranger's towing capacity. My 18'r is a different story with a 115 hp, double decking, 4 batteries, livewell, 24 gal belly tank and a 24v TM that weighs 90 Lbs.

For sure clean and skin pitting on the transom skin with MT, I always prime and paint it for that added protection, great plan. (y)

I have both, bare bottom and painted above the waterline. You could do any combination and have the best of both worlds.