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    I NEED The MODEL NAME for a 1984 I/O STARCRAFT OPEN UTILITY

    Friends, I'm in the process of buying a 20 FOOT I/O OPEN UTILITY, OPEN BOW HULL (on a nice tandem trailer) from 1984 by STARCRAFT. from an estate sale - The HIN is: STRM02040184 . Our county's tax assessor/collector says that I MUST HAVE the MODEL NAME to title/register/buy the county...
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    RECOMMENDATION for OB to power a 1995 STARCRAFT 19 foot SUPERFISHERMAN 190

    Friends, I'm purchasing a 19 foot "tin" 1995 STARCRAFT bare hull on a decent trailer, that had its OB motor stolen some years ago while it was in storage & prior to the current owner buying the boat/trailer in a police auction.- The original owner is deceased. As best as I can tell, it is a...
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    ATTN: LONE STAR "TIN" BOAT EXPERTS

    Friends, I've found a "tin" Lone Star MEDALLION with SERIAL NUMBER 54610386. Can any of you identify the YEAR OF MANUFACTURE, so that the "bonded title", which I will have to purchase to register the boat, will reflect the correct year?? (The current title says that it was built over a decade...
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    1968 STERNCRAFT BAHAMAS 22 Ft with TWIN 470 MERCRUISERS??

    Friends, I've found a STERNCRAFT BAHAMAS 22 foot open runabout/utility which is still equipped with the original matched pair of MERCRUISER 470 engines & "Pre-Alpha" outdrives for sale (at a very low price) from a TX estate sale near Austin. - I'm considering buying the boat/trailer, doing the...
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    1964-65 LONE STAR RELIANT

    Friends, I've found a 1964 or perhaps 1965 LONE STAR RELIANT 18 foot cruisette, sitting out in a pasture (on a Shoreline trailer) looking UNLOVED. It's for sale for about what the aluminum is worth as scrap. The hull is in good shape, though the 2 lounge seats & the seat bases are missing...
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    LARSON OWNER'S CLUB??

    Friends, I'm "acquiring" a 1975 Larson Shark 1750, from the estate of the first owner. = The rig is "unmolested", has low hours, is equipped with a Volvo-Penta B20 engine/OD & is on a nice Sportsman trailer. (It was used last about 6 months ago.) The condition can be best described as: "all...
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    TEXAS MAID "FALCON" hull number: 1657

    Friends, I just today bought the above boat on a period trailer. - After a careful examination of the hull & of the photos on the www.fiberglassics.com website, I have determined that the boat is a FALCON, 14-foot Utility Runabout. The Texas certificate of title says that the hull was built in...
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    GLAS-TEX Boats????

    Friends, A gentleman here in San Antonio has an 18 foot, deep/wide tri-hull OPEN FISHERMAN, with 75HP OMC outboard, built by a company called "GLAS-TEX of Texas". I have searched www.fiberglassics.com, google & several other websites that deal with antique & classic boats AND the ONLY...
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    Maker of 1958 SEA KING Hulls???

    Friends, Do any of you know which of several boat-builders made the 14 & 15 foot finned runabout hulls of 1958 & sold by Montgomery Ward as SEA KING boats? (At various times, at least the following companies contracted to make Sea King boats for Montgomery Ward: CHRIS-CRAFT, FT. DODGE, SPAN...
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    1962 Lone Star MEDALLION Interior???

    Friends, I've yet again found a nice classic boat on a suitable Lone Star period trailer "sitting out in the weeds" BUT the entire interior & seating has been stripped out & thrown away by the previous (now deceased) owner. Does anyone have a factory brochure for 1962 Lone Star boats, which...
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    TEXAS MAID Boats Owner's Club???

    Friends, Does anyone know of an owner's club for TEXAS MAID Boats?? A "google search" shows NO such club, though I believe that there used to be such a group. - Perhaps it went out existence, changed its name or ???? The reason that I ask is that I've found a 14 foot runabout that is a...
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    SEEKING INFORMATION on CORSAIR BOATS of Ft Worth, Texas???

    Friends, I've found a 1959 fifteen foot red/white CORSAIR runabout (on a 1959 DALTEX trailer) that was built in Ft Worth, Texas by the Dewey family. = While the hull is sound, the interior has long ago been stripped out & trashed.- I have NO idea what the seats/accessories looked like...
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    ANYONE INTERESTED in a MFG Marque Club?

    Friends, I now have a "new to me" 1967 MFG CV-18 CORVAIR & discovered that there is evidently NO owner's club or registry for MOLDED FIBER GLASS BOATS. (MFG boats are, imVho, interesting/quality hulls & each day become less common in good original or restored condition.) Such a club/registry...
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    1959 - 1961 LONE STAR PAINT FORMULAS???

    Friends, I'm about to start restoring a 1959-61 LONE STAR 16 foot SKIPPER (they are essentially unchanged in that period) and need the paint formulas for LONE STAR WHITE & LONE STAR RED. THANKS, satx
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    1956 CADILLAC Aluminum Runabout???

    Friends, Just this afternoon I found a 14 foot CADILLAC aluminum runabout on a period trailer, which is titled as a 1956 model. The serial number is: CRM330165537. (The records of our TX P&WD are so riddled with obvious errors of fact that I take what is in the title/registration/ownership...
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    Recommendation for Powering 20 FOOT, TX-made, 1983 FALCON OB Striper-fishing Boat

    Friends, I have found a one-owner 20 foot open fisherman from an estate, on a great tandem trailer & in sound condition, for cheap and I am minded to re-power the boat to use it for fishing the TX Gulf Coast & its bays. Unfortunately there is NO outboard motor for the otherwise sound center...
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    HOLMES Boats of Houston??

    Friends, I've recently been given a molded plywood 1958 HOLMES BOATWORKS 18 foot GULF FISHERMAN (a deep/wide runabout, that was specifically designed for game-fishing in the Gulf of Mexico) on a heavy-duty trailer, to restore. (The large open fisherman will be repaired, refinished...
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    1956-1959 GLASTRON Serial Number List?

    Friends, Do any of you, who are reading this post, have a serial number list, by month & year, of the first three years of Glastron production? (All of the lists that I've found on the "worldwidewierd" are for 1960 or later.) Also, do production lists by model exist for 1957-59? (Glastron...
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    NEED Starboard Side 1958 Gale 35HP Cowl EMBLEM

    Friends, I've found a 1958 GALE 35HP Outboard that is in pretty fair shape except for needing the usual "replacables" (coils/points/plugs/condensors/wires/impeller) and re-painting BUT it is missing the starboard (right) side plastic emblem. Does anyone know where I can find the missing piece...
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    BUCCANEER Aluminum Boat?

    Friends, I have found a 14 foot aluminum "open fisherman", which sides back by the stern read BUCCANEER III. - After trying several internet search engines, I find ZILCH on this boat. (The current owner thinks that the hull is a 1958 model. The OB is a 1958 twelve HP GALE 12D17B and it's on a...
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