by rev.ronnie » Apr 08, 2012 2:08 am
I had a 1983 V-King back in like 1993. It had an aluminum tag with the HIN stamped on it, riveted in place where the HIN would normally be. I never took it off to see what was under there. The boat was junk, I killed it. The bottom flexed and leaked so bad you had to run the bilge constantly. I had a body shop then and my guy fixed it every other week...
My Venus has a full wrap around aluminum transom that goes over the splashwell. It covers the HIN. Ones like this I've seen in the past have had a cutout for it. I don't even know if mine has gel coat under it, as it looks like its set into, not on top of the transom. It is sealed in on the sides. It is brutally strong looking. I still have the HIN on the Coast Guard plate though, and the title, of course.
I had a 1983 V-King back in like 1993. It had an aluminum tag with the HIN stamped on it, riveted in place where the HIN would normally be. I never took it off to see what was under there. The boat was junk, I killed it. The bottom flexed and leaked so bad you had to run the bilge constantly. I had a body shop then and my guy fixed it every other week...
My Venus has a full wrap around aluminum transom that goes over the splashwell. It covers the HIN. Ones like this I've seen in the past have had a cutout for it. I don't even know if mine has gel coat under it, as it looks like its set into, not on top of the transom. It is sealed in on the sides. It is brutally strong looking. I still have the HIN on the Coast Guard plate though, and the title, of course.