I'm not only new to this forum, I'm new to boating! Well, I've done a little boating, but have never owned a boat! My wife and I went "looking" at boats today thinking it would be fun to have one to use on our nearby chain-of-lakes. We found 4 Starcraft in the Orlando area ranging from $2500 - $7500. One was a 1967 that was being sold by the original owner and it was in excellent, unrestored condition...but $7500. We drove to Daytona and saw a 1964 Starcraft that was 16' and fiberglass (I haven't figured out the exact model yet.) It was beautifully restored with new Corvette red paint, newly reupholstered seats, new carpet, battery, gas tank, fuel lines, throttle & cable lines, wiring, lights, cover, etc. It had a 1967 Johnson 60HP "Super SeaHorse" motor all (great compression, new fuel lines, fuel pump, rebuilt carbs) and all of this sitting on a like-new 2009 Karavan trailer. The guy selling it worked at a local boat sales & repair shop and did all the work himself over the past two years. After explaining all the work he had done and seeing the quality of his workmanship, we both immediately fell in love with it. It was listed for $3300 and when asked what his best cash price, he answered, "$2800." SOLD!! Now I have to find a truck or SUV that I can use to haul it around (and I've been looking all night long on the internet!) We EXTREMELY pleased and can't wait to take possession & get it on the water! It even looked much nicer in person that I thought it would!
Here are a few pics we took at the sales lot after a rain storm:
Now I need to identify the model of Starcraft's 1964 16' fiberglass boat...I think it's a Bahama!
