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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Got the motor off and started tearing the back apart. There was corrosion and putting behind the wood StarCraft had on the outside. I am going to epoxy a peice of sheet aluminum on the outside. Thete are a ton of rivits the need replaced but so far just the rivit corroded the skin seems in...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Thanks I got 1,000 solid rivits to start with.the ones below the water line are bad. 200 or so the heads have popped off. I am laying 0lastic down for the pour foam basically making custom blocks for each section so I canify them out if need be. I am also replacing all rivits below the water...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Hoping to start on this project in 2-3 weeks. Gotta make room in the garage and I think I am gonna take it out another time or 2 before tearing it apart.
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Oh she leaks I have done the test but with the exception of one behind the keel which I don't know if it's a rivit or what all the others are rivits that the heads popped of and there 3 with heads that seep. I think it'll be worth while as long as I don't find a ton of bad pitting when I gut...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    Since everyone likes pics here some of mounting the Merc and removing the dead Evinrude. Well it will start and run on neutral if you keep it over 1500. Don't try to put it in gear or idle it though
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I'm a little nervous about it. This boat spent it's life in the Chesapeake bay. There's even some barnacle growth. The guy flat out lied about the boat. I have found probably 100 rivits that are missing and he smeared JB weld on them. When I take it out the bildge runs about every 10-15 minutes...
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    1978 SS 16 restoration

    I am about start my first restoration. I have a 1978 StarCraft that I put a 75hp 93 merc on the original Evinrude 70hp was ran without oil. Lots of rivit heads popping off so my first step will be to gut it and replace most of all the rivits below the waterline. Then she's will get gluvit inside...
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