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  1. jdvasher

    1968 StarCraft Holiday restoration

    Need to catch up on some things. Boat came out of the garage and went back onto the trailer a few weeks ago.
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    1968 StarCraft Holiday restoration

    Its been a while but I found some time to work on the boat the other day. Replaced the old points system with electronic ignition and fired the engine for the first time. Really getting excited for this summer. Definitely going to splash her this year.
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    1968 StarCraft Holiday restoration

    Man this year is a mess. have been slowing plugging away at the old girl. It looks like she will be ready for spring so only about 9 months behind my planned schedule.
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    2020 Starcraft Of The Year (SOTY) Nominations

    Covid slowed everything down for me, still going but it will be spring of 2021 for me.
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    TO FOAM OR NOT TO FOAM????? That is the question

    I am currently rebuilding a 1968 StarCraft Holiday and I am debating on foam or no foam. I ran some calculations on the volume and even if I filled the entire below deck cavity with closed cell foam it would not be enough to float the boat. This seems very odd to me because, whats the point? I...
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    Whats the difference between 3817 and 3817t connecting rods for a Mercruiser 181???

    I am rebuilding my engine and apparently the connecting rods I have and need to replace are thicker than the typical ones. Does anyone have specs on them. Did the thinner rods just use wider bearings or was the crank and block different all together? I have read a few places that they are all...
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    1968 StarCraft Holiday restoration

    Hi all, I'm new on here so still learning my way around. I just picked up this gem after several months of searching. It appears to be mostly all original (from what I can tell anyways). I pulled the motor to disassemble and do good check over. the #4 cylinder picked up some moisture while in...
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