Thanks yeah that's one of the things that drew me to this boat was the old vintage look and parts to it. And it seems that classiccat was right my wire to cylinder 1 is not in good shape in the inside of the wire almost feels like a broken internal like you get with old aluminum wire but I...
Oh the other small issue I need to redo the seals on the main rivet lines down the keel the caulking is old and has shrunk some so let's in a lil water but nothing to be worried about the bilge pump only ran for maybe 5 sec each morning. I am upgrading that too, to a auto float since right now...
Well first big trip went better than expected trailered the boat 5.5 hours to lake Cumberland Kentucky and was on the lake for the whole week and almost no issues. The only real issues is lost top end speed due to what I assume is either carb floats or gummed up needle from some of the old gas...
I'm thinking now that I know the HP is rated to 75 I might upgrade at some point to a lil newer 2 stroke that won't cost as much in repairs and would have a power tilt and trim, that 73 Johnson 65 seems be a lil more rare lol
She's 16'10" around the gunwale but 15'9" stern to bow point. we have done 2 water test so far and her first big trip is coming up in 2 weeks going to lake Cumberland Kentucky for a houseboat vacation. I'm one of the last in my wife's family to get a boat but the only one with an vintage...
Hi there every one just purchased my first boat a 1961 StarCraft viking with a 1973 Johnson seahorse 65hp everything is running great so far didn't know the maintenance history as the guy I bought it from had it for less than a year and upgraded to quite a big pontoon for his family and dogs...
