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The rivits came in today. As soon as the oil finish drys to touch I can start the reassembly. It has been in the low 30s at night ond only mid 50 this week so drying has been slow.
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nice looking stuff sir!  I hope it lasts!
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Originally posted by 3_tens 3_tens wrote:



 I can't imagine putting a 40 HP on the boat. Even though it is rated up to a 40 hp. Loco



Just read this thread. And looking good.

And just an FYI. Since your boat is from the 70s I would not put a motor from the mid 80s on that is rated at 40HP. That is too much HP. Back in the 70s motors were rated at the crank and sometime in the 80s they changed and were rated at the prop. I found out the hard way since I had a 76 Starcraft Super Sport rated at 150HP. And in 85 I upgraded my motor to a new Yamaha 150HP and after awhile I had issues with the transom coming apart. I then found out that the new 150HP that was rated at the prop was like a 175HP at the time the boat was rated in 76 at the crank.
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My Dad had the same boat with the 1970 20 HP Johnson. I had it by stopwatch doing 20 MPH between 1 mile bouys. The Suzuki will do 26 on GPS at the rev-limiter. I feel no need to go faster. If there is only one person and not much weight in the front of the boat, it wants to porpoise after 23mph.
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Finally got the little Alumacraft put back together after rebuilding the transom last weekend.
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New back brace



Built a swing mount for the depth finder.


Hooked it up for a test run on the pond.


Take off at full throttle.

 I can go 4 seconds before having to shut it down.


 Put it on the pond yesterday for a test run. I can go 4 seconds before having to shut it down. 
Then it was time to put the toys away and go to the Grand kids and Great grand kids birthday party.


At the end of the day drove home into the setting sun.

 
It has been a great weekend.

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I was going to ask how you faired in the "target Rich" environment....
 
Sounds like it wasn't as bad as you had feared...
 
Good job on hte Alumaraft.  After seeing pictures of it I see why you rebuild whaty you did.  The boat looks to be in excellent shape otherwise!!!!
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Nice work, Lile!
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Very nice! And the swing mount was a nice touch as well. I will have to keep that in mind. Great idea.
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