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 1966 Starcraft Restore project
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06/29/09 04:32 PM
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Odwraca
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Wheee, after 2 months me and my fishing buddy have finally gotten our project finished! It was a lot of fun and took a lot of work. The boat itself was sitting in a mans yard and he just wanted it gone. We drug it off put some new tires on the trailer and started to tear into it! The total cost was roughly $650 with the motor, 1958 Johnson 18HP Super Sea Horse with the conversion to a non-pressurized fuel tank. I have all the pics of the project on my Myspace page, here is the direct link to the Myspace photo album if you want to see all the pics. We took a lot of tips from this forum and really appreciate all the help! Before:  After: 
![[Linked Image]](http://i.imgur.com/TZKXN.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i.imgur.com/CYwsG.jpg) PB Carp 32LB PB Blue 28LB PB Largemouth Bass 10.2lb
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 Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Odwraca]
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06/29/09 04:43 PM
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Jlabtwo
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Great J O B !!!
Nice to see both of you work hard to get something nice. Many of us could learn from this.
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Jlabtwo]
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06/29/09 04:45 PM
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Odwraca
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Ultimately we were looking at buying a boat. But with my wife still in college and he is finishing up his degree we did not have the extra cash. This was really a fun and great way to get ready for the lake!
PB Carp 32LB PB Blue 28LB PB Largemouth Bass 10.2lb
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Odwraca]
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06/29/09 04:52 PM
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TX0084
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It's too clean. Go catch some fish in it and dirty it up some.
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: TX0084]
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06/29/09 04:57 PM
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Odwraca
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Lol, yah we took it out this weekend and dirtied it up a lil bit. I can not wait until we pull the first big cat into this thing and get the carpet slimy lol.
PB Carp 32LB PB Blue 28LB PB Largemouth Bass 10.2lb
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Odwraca]
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06/29/09 05:07 PM
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mev002
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
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06/29/09 05:25 PM
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Gambit
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WOW, that's one heck of a transformation! where did you find the info on how to restore the flooring and fiberglass?
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Gambit]
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06/29/09 05:44 PM
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Jacob
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 Awesome work!
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Jacob]
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06/29/09 06:18 PM
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Odwraca
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Most of it I found on misc forums all over the internet. It was much simpler than I first thought it would be. After a bit of research we discovered we could have done it and had it last another 50 years but we did not coat every piece of wood with resin and skirted on a few things that were just not truly necessary. We used 3/4 inch plywood for the floors, stuff you get from Lowes, the marine grade plywood was god awful expensive ($120+ a sheet)compared to 20 buck a sheet. We treated it and let it dry then carpeted it.
PB Carp 32LB PB Blue 28LB PB Largemouth Bass 10.2lb
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Odwraca]
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06/29/09 06:20 PM
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Gambit
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Care to share these links, I'm bout to do an overhaul on the ol skeeter
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Odwraca]
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06/29/09 07:48 PM
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Brandon82
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Nice Work! 
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Odwraca]
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06/29/09 08:02 PM
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Odwraca
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I will post some links in a bit after I hunt them all down. Thanks!
PB Carp 32LB PB Blue 28LB PB Largemouth Bass 10.2lb
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Odwraca]
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06/29/09 09:47 PM
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NoMinners
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Very nice work. Now you just need some blood stains on the carpet.
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: NoMinners]
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06/29/09 09:54 PM
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Mexicajun1
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WOW Amazing transformation. You fellas did one heck of a good job.
Rob
One of these days I'm going to Land the BIG ONE!!
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Re: 1966 Starcraft Restore project
[Re: Mexicajun1]
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06/30/09 03:33 AM
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Gambit
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WOW Amazing transformation. You fellas did one heck of a good job.
Rob -Drooling at the picture of the classic car-
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