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  1. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks guys. I like what I'm seeing and can't wait to have the side panels done. It's going to look like an entirely different boat at that point, but there's still a few other things I'm going to do to get it cleaned up. To Do Yet: - Side Panels - marideck vinyl flooring down the gunnels and...
  2. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I got a couple pictures of the back of my boat this morning and I couldn't be happier with what I'm seeing! They're setting my boat aside to tackle a couple other projects before they do the sides. It's going to be beautiful when they get those sides done though! In the mean time I'm gonna...
  3. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    They called me today to come check out my new engine cover and seats. I'm pretty happy with how it's going. They're going to start upholstering it. I'm pretty pleased with my make-shift work bench I created. I needed something to attach bench top tools to so I bought a tool cart, made a framing...
  4. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    On the boat front: I had a pretty good conversation with the shop. They're currently building my jump seats and new engine cover. It should be complete in about another week. They're having me check it out before it gets upholstered. On my outdrive adventure: I built a cart for it and drained...
  5. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Here's an off topic question. Should I get a new tow vehicle? I'm kicking around the idea of upgrading and getting something newer. I might as well ask you guys, right??? Currently I have a 2008 Ram 1500 series with the 5.7 Hemi. It has 173k miles on it. When I bought it, it had 116k miles and...
  6. 66Holiday924

    1965 Starcraft Holiday Restomod

    Just catching up on your thread. You did great! It looks great!
  7. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Quick update: I picked my boat up from being winterized the other day and took it to an interior shop. I dropped it off with 12 yards of the white and 4 yards of the red vinyl, that exactly match my back to back seats I got from Deckmate. I asked them to rebuild my jump seats and engine cover...
  8. 66Holiday924

    2021 Starcraft Splash of the Year Nomination Thread

    I appreciate that but my project has a long way to go, and I'm having a lot of the work done by shops, It's not my craftsmanship, so I don't feel like it is in the spirit of this. Speaking of which, I just dropped it off to to have the back seats and engine cover rebuilt.
  9. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I got bored and decided I want to take apart an outdrive. I think it would be kind of fun to take one apart at my leisure, risk free, kind of like a puzzle. I have no idea what's going to come of this. I'm hoping to learn something. I'm not a mechanic. With YouTube and a little luck I did a...
  10. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Well, my boating season is over and my interior project can continue. It was a short season for us, but my 7 year old got up on the ski trainer, and my 4 year old caught her first fish, so it was one of the best and most important to me. Right now the boat's at the shop to be winterized. Once...
  11. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks! It's been kind of held up here the last few weeks. I've been trying to get some use out of the boat before the season is over (my 7 year old got up on the ski trainer), but I have plans for it to go back into the shop over the winter and have the interior work I wanted done, completed...
  12. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Hey, nice boat! I think it's the same hull as mine but the windshield is different. It's always nice to see somebody giving these old boats some love. My bimini was custom built at a boat canvas shop. They made the frame and built the canvas the way I asked them to. It can be hard to see out...
  13. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks. I don't think there will be any vibration. They really did a good job on the transom cap. It fits like a glove. The angle across the forward side is 90 degrees but across the back they bent the angle in, to match the angle of the transom, so it's folded in 10 degrees and it hugs it...
  14. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Man, I wasn't kidding when I said I didn't know when it will be splashed this year. I got the boat back from the shop, welding looks great and I'm going to take it for a test ride in the morning. They ended up making me a really nice cap out of C-channel that goes across the top of my transom...
  15. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks. I ordered the seats from Deckmate. The Canvas shop just installed them. They weren't very expensive, they use quality marine vinyl, all 316 stainless hardware, and the bases are composite (no rotting). It goes back to the canvas shop in November to have the rest of the interior done this...
  16. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    So they, did the canvas and I'm happy with that. They also replace my decking, carpeted my floor and side compartments, and they installed my new back-to-back seats. I put the rest of the interior work on hold so I can try to get some use out of it before the season is over. It will go back to...
  17. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, nothing looks more loved than a boat with new canvas!
  18. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I finally got the call I've been waiting for the other day. The shop that has my boat is going to complete about half of the work I needed done and get it back to me. I might get two or three months of use out of it this year after all. Some of their employees had bouts with COVID in the Spring...
  19. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks, but I can't take much credit other than what's been posted. It's at an upholstery shop and I'm kind of letting them do their thing with it. Do you have an active thread going for your build?
  20. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I'm going to have the entire interior of the boat redone. - New back-to-back seats - Side panels rebuilt and updated design - New jump seats - New engine cover - New decking w/carpet, I'm putting old school, soft pile, marine grade carpet back in it - Then I'm going to have them go down the...
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