1977 15' StarCraft Holiday Restomod

No-AH

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Nice sledding weather this winter. We enjoyed many outings too. I cant wait for boating season! You're SO close to splashing your Holi now. Awesome makeover! Your hard work will be rewarded real soon Chris!
 

coostv

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Thanks NO-AH, was a great winter! Rolled the dang thing a few weeks back and cut the season short! I got a little banged up, but nothing serious. The sled fared way worse than me, I now have something to paint this summer, LOL.

Soft water will be here soon so I have been planning and working on the final details to get it ready to splash. I ordered some aluminum tubing at work and since I have never welded aluminum and am only set up for steel, I had one of the guys at work tig it up for me. The legs are 1" square 1/8" wall and the top is 1-1/2" x 1" x 1/8" wall. I stood on it, 250# doesn't flex it much if at all. I am just waiting for my stainless hardware to come from boltdepot to finish out the lid on the platform. I also plan to trim out the perimeter of the lid with aluminum angle, but wanted to wait to order it so I could see where the slam latches needed to be placed.

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I have some 1/8" flat stock attached to the bottoms of the leg hoops so I can screw it down to the deck as seen below.

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Fitting the lid and the aluminum hinge, I did not plan on using such a stout hinge, but it was a left over piece hanging around work and was told I could have it. Free is good!

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The front panel is attached via aluminum rivnuts. I will probably cover the front panel with vinyl later, I didn't have enough left over from my side panels at this time.

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Here's a couple shots of the rivnuts.

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I still have a bunch left to do, but the majority of the actual work is out of the way. A little more drilling on the lid and another couple coats of polyurethane and I can get the carpet glued on and instal the thing in the boat for good.

This little project has me thinking I may redo the seat box I made from wood. Probably a next winter project.
 

coostv

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Well, the rear platform is complete. Time to finish some wiring and tie up a couple other odds and ends.

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MNhunter1

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Love the rear casting deck! I go back and forth about adding one, but I'm having a hard enough time finishing what I've already got started. Nice work!
 

coostv

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Thanks guys!

I finally dipped this thing in the water! Ran great and best of all, I pulled the plug both days and nothing came out!

It was great running around a lake in it. What a rush to ride in something that so much thought, time, and energy was spent on!

Next on the agenda is wheels and painting the engine cowl.

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The campsite was great too!!!

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And the campground was empty so we were able to borrow the site across the way for Starcraft parking.

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A video I took while my buddy was "captaining" the craft, LOL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_3aI1SSwkY
 

classiccat

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Congrats Chris! Cheers to the dry bilge!! The boat turned out awesome! If it weren't for the thread title, I wouldn't have guessed that the bow went under the knife!
 

Watermann

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Oh yeah, awesome to see another fine Starmada craft hit the waves once again! :clap2:
 

coostv

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Thanks guys, considering what it was and what it is, I'll take this boat over it's former self. I am planning to get a few things tidied up after the next holiday weekend and call it "complete". A few things will evolve over time, but that happens with every project!

Quite literally the only thing I miss from my last boat is power tilt. I may start looking for a plate for that. It planes and runs out just fine, but it's kind of a bear to pull up by hand to get into the shallows. I'm going to grease the tube again to see if that helps, but it seemed like a rough go pulling it up.
 

coostv

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Came to update the status of this thread and see that Tinypic has ceased operations. I do not recall an email on the subject, that sucks for the first 2/3's of this thread...

Onward and upward! Had a good summer with the boat!

First casualty was one of the wheels. My mother in law was towing it for us up to our camp spot and was flagged down by a guy. Must have been tracking pretty well, she and my sister in law said they didn't feel anything different.

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So, I measured the trailer and upped the tires to 13" with new aluminum wheels and radials.

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While I was at it, I added a little more flair to the sides of the boat.

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I also added a couple more rod holders for trolling. Pairing these with my Ipilot made for a great relaxing time of fishing. Actually boated fish too, lol.

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Watermann

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Yeah man, those wheels and tires look great! I'm glad to hear that the wheel with no tire didn't case a serious mishap. Nice pike, we have those invading the upper Columbia river system now so it shouldn't be long before I find one, they're unstoppable.
 

coostv

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Thanks! They are fun to catch! For that trip we were after Walleye but kept pulling Pike and Catfish, I didn't realize until now that they are considered an invasive species in some parts, common and as natural as Bass and Panfish around here.

Been working on getting my little Honda 5hp set up as a kicker for next year. I did a quick model in Solidworks and gave a print and a couple pieces of aluminum to one of the machinists at work and got a block and the pinch plate for the bottom about a half hour later. Works great, could probably trim a little off as it bends the rod a tad of you tilt the big motor first. I had a supplier of mine bend the cap for over the transom, I will post pics of that closer when I get it all finalized.

Still have more on the agenda for the winter like getting the cover painted, but wanted to get something going now.

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coostv

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If you see my last post, you will see I never completed the cowl for the motor. I finally took the time to get it done.

All of the studs that held the front and rear trim covers on were broken off, so I drilled holes and added 10-24 rivnuts to the cowl and used SS button heads to attach them. Even though the engine is a '73, I had to go with decals from a '75 and fill the trim holes in the hood since my emblems were brittle and came off in several pieces. I had planned on doing the cowl cover in blue/white, but when I mocked up the decals in primer, I liked the single color better.

The cowl gasket is as good as it will get, I cannot find a reasonably priced alternative right now... I may just mask the rest off and spray it trim black.

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