1959 Starcraft Aluminum 14 ft. boat.

[pallwoodcrafts]

I have owned a 1959 StarCraft 14 ft. aluminum boat that originally had the front deck on top (so it was a two bench speedboat style) with oak gunnels and an oak transom for approx. 15 yrs now. I have removed the deck in order to open up the bow and put a seat in. The bow is a deep "V" but drops lower underneath than the remainder of the bottom. I was told that this style of boat was used for racing. It did have a 1958 or so 22 hp Kiekahfer motor. My question is what style of emblem was on the boat? Were they the cast metal or plastic. I have obtained a set of plastic reproduction STARCRAFT emblems with the arrow through the word. Just was wondering if this is what was on the boat? Thanks for any info on this.

 

[steelespike]

If you go to fiberglassics.com there is an extensive library of aluminum and glass boats.

 

[jbcurt00]

Hate to hear you cut up a nearly 50 yr survivor, but at least its still in use.....

No need to go to FG, the Starcraft section here at iboats is a wealth of info:

http://forums.iboats.com/forum/owner...tarcraft-boats

And it has a lot of brochure links:


http://forums.iboats.com/forum/owner...raft-brochures

The arrow logo is correct for 1959:


And were some type of plastic orginailly, not metal

Welcome to iboats

Lets see some pix of your 1959

 

[Watermann]

Welcome aboard,

I don't think I want to see pics of a 59 Ski Champ dismembered with a seat in the front.