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The engine should have a plug for a wiring harness. I got mine from Michigan Motorz. The color of the wires is standard. You might give them a call and tell them if you are using analog guages.
Jim

Jim, Re your question about trailer tie downs. I don't know if they tied the boat down in the back on classic runabouts. You could probably attach straps to the rear lift ring. If I use them at all, that's what I will do. I have seen rear tie down straps on many outboards, but not so many on inboard...

I am using some of my boat building materials to be safe. Masks and epoxy gloves.
Jim

Look at your plans to determine the width of the boards that you will need for each frame. Watch grain direction, and the curves involved.. I made mine out of 4,4 sapele. No need to plane down to 3/4" thickness.
Jim

A few more pics.
Jim

I really like the white/turquoise combination like on the riva boats. Compliments the mahogany.
Pic of a Riva from an event I attended.
Jim

Re: silicon bronze stripped heads. Get a fearson driver like Neal said. Drive a drywall screw first, remove, and then drive the silicon bronze screw. Drywall screws don't strip. When driving the silicon bronze screw, make sure you are squarely on the screw and use lots of downward force on the drive...

You said you couldn't find the color of caulk that you wanted. I would find a caulk that is close to the color you are looking for, varnish over it, and then paint it the color you want. On classic boats they use white caulk. The color turns amber when varnish goes on top, so they paint the caulk li...

When you are shopping for wood, I would highly recommend joubert marine plywood, and sapele african mahogany.
The joubert plywood is pretty pricey, but it's of the highest quality.
Jim

I used boatlife polysulfide life-caulk. It can be sanded, painted over, and varnished over. Great stuff easy to work with, cleans up with mineral spirits. I sprayed varnish over the deck before applying, and then varnish on top of the caulk once it set up. See page 12 of my build on the link below. ...

Here's what I did. I played around with different fonts, made up a pattern, and then took it to signs now. I picked out gold metallic which looks like gold leaf. The letters are outlined in black. See the spec sheet in the picture below, It has the color they used. I approved, and they cut the lette...

I used poxygrip for structural stuff and silver tip epoxy for everything else. poxygrip is ready to go with a 1:1 ratio. I always mixed by volume with no problems. Don't trust the pumps for the silver tip epoxy. Squirt into measuring cups individually. I used disposable bathroom cups for measuring. ...

Looks fantastic!
Jim

I got my cutwater from cutwaters by mike. I had a hump at the chine at the transposition point on my barrelback. Mike said that the cutwaters are somewhat flexible, but you don't want the "hump" to be too pronounced at the chine. Mine was pretty noticeable, so I faired the plywood down before puttin...

If your sand paper is clogging. Try one of these "erasers". They work great for cleaning sandpaper, whether on a machine or hand sanding paper. You can get them at rockler.
Jim