Tjcolorado
Cadet
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2017
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Good evening all! My name is T.J. from Denver and this is my first rebuild. I currently have a 1971 16' Starcraft and a 1995 Bayliner 1850 (hoping to sell both after SS is finished). I will be picking up the new boat tomorrow from my uncle's house.
Backstory: He found the ad for it last year and the original owner was trying to give it away for scrap but my uncle thought it was a cool boat and worth saving so he grabbed it with the intention of restoring it. He brought it home changed the oil and since winter was approaching and he lives in the mountains went to winterize it, he put some oil in the cylinders, hooked up a battery, cranked the motor and the thing started with the old fuel residue (boat was last registered in 1985!). He pulled off the interior side panels, the dog house, the sliding seats and rear seats as well as some of the deck and let it sit for the winter where it has remained untouched since.
From what I saw the interior is pretty much completely toast but he did save everything but the sliding seats, carpet and one sheet of the deck so I should have everything I need to duplicate with new.
I'm going to split the introduction/details portion into multiple posts so I can hit my 3 posts to be able to upload pictures.
Backstory: He found the ad for it last year and the original owner was trying to give it away for scrap but my uncle thought it was a cool boat and worth saving so he grabbed it with the intention of restoring it. He brought it home changed the oil and since winter was approaching and he lives in the mountains went to winterize it, he put some oil in the cylinders, hooked up a battery, cranked the motor and the thing started with the old fuel residue (boat was last registered in 1985!). He pulled off the interior side panels, the dog house, the sliding seats and rear seats as well as some of the deck and let it sit for the winter where it has remained untouched since.
From what I saw the interior is pretty much completely toast but he did save everything but the sliding seats, carpet and one sheet of the deck so I should have everything I need to duplicate with new.
I'm going to split the introduction/details portion into multiple posts so I can hit my 3 posts to be able to upload pictures.