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  1. Watermann

    1965 Starcraft Holiday Restomod

    I did some windshield work on a friends 65 Holly and ended up putting a windshield support brace in the center after reinforcing the frame.
  2. Watermann

    Post a pic of your starcraft!

    Welcome aboard, always nice to see another unmolested Chief, seems people buy them now only to scalp the cabin and make a run of the mill open tub.
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    1972 Starcraft Nova

    Now this is very interesting, a 72 Nova smooth hull that doesn't have lap sides and has the spray rail braces with a different rivet pattern on the outside for the braces. That's a first for me to see after seeing at least a 1000 SC boats of all years, models and sizes, the braces were added on...
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    19?? Starcraft Jetstar

    The leap frog method works well for me when gutted and no motor. You just remove winch tower from old trailer with boat, drop tongue on the ground, back new trailer up over the old to where it contacts the boat, hook winch strap of new trailer to the boat and winch it onto the new trailer.
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    Shoestring Starcraft SS160 Resto-mod - let the long slow road begin

    Not that I can tell, here is a 1979 16' SS and here is a 1979 18' SS
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    1988 Starcraft Mariner MR 220 V rebuild

    Nice work, looks like some really good patches and rivet work! (y) Hey @classiccat you have a patch master challenger!
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    1975 StarCraft Mariner build "The Unicorn"

    The main thing with trailers are the bearings and seals. I recommend going through them all and if you see there is any grease on the inside of the wheels to replace the grease seals. They always seem to get blown out by guys over greasing the bearing buddy. Just went though this with my...
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    1974 Starcraft SS16 Restortation

    Very nice work, everything is looking top notch!
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    1965 Starcraft Holiday Motor Upgrades

    Welcome aboard, would be great to see pics of this garage find Holly. :) My suggestion would be to find a donor boat from the Alpha One series with a 3.0L and stay with the 4 cyl due to weight. The Hollys are very light in the bow and adding something like a V6 would be a weight issue to deal...
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    1978 22' V5 Super Sport CC

    It's tough practicing solo setting solid rivets and be sure you don't run your air hammer at full tilt pressure, mine likes to run at 40 psi, it hammers great and doesn't hop all over. Yeah those types of repairs are done by someone from the outside of boat which is never the proper way to go...
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    Shoestring Starcraft SS160 Resto-mod - let the long slow road begin

    The V5 models are 18 - 22' all have the spray rail chine braces under the rib ends. I have seen a 16'r with a cracked spray rail, believe it was a late 60's model. If it were my boat and I had any doubt then I would add the braces but that being said very few 16'rs have had any issues unless...
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    The novice build: 1968 Starcraft SuperSport V-16 "The Boat"

    Yeah polishing the cast AL end caps won't go so well, the grain of the material isn't suitable for polishing to a mirror finish.
  13. Watermann

    1965 Starcraft Holiday Restomod

    Looking good (y) and yeah smart move if not comfortable in doing the transom assembly work to have a mechanic do it.
  14. Watermann

    1987 ss16

    Welcome aboard and you'll need to pay up some dues to Starmada in the form of pics before you get the secret handshake instructions and ring. 😃
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    1978 22' V5 Super Sport CC

    I'd say 3/8 or 7/16 would be the longest needed, where are these 1/4 dia needing to go?
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    Garage Find 22 Starcraft Sport Center Console in real nice condition. Your thoughts

    What I like about the IOs is the no HP rating limiting it. There's something to be said about not hanging a motor outside off the back of your boat that's one thing for sure!
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    Garage Find 22 Starcraft Sport Center Console in real nice condition. Your thoughts

    Pretty sure it has to do with the transom cutout on an OB model and the weight capacity of an IO which has 800+ lbs of cast iron in the back with a full transom.
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    1974 Starcraft SS16 Restortation

    Very nice, looks like you're going to be out cutting a wake this spring. (y)
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    Garage Find 22 Starcraft Sport Center Console in real nice condition. Your thoughts

    Great attitude and it that's what it takes then that's what it will take to get it done. :D Post some pics of your splashwell area.
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    Garage Find 22 Starcraft Sport Center Console in real nice condition. Your thoughts

    If need a new plate and can't read the data on yours, here's what mine looks like. Your 22'r will be the same. Quite the boats to take a ton load.
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