Search results

  1. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    It has been pretty slow moving due to the weather but I got lucky with a day in the 50's about a week ago and got some demolition done. I've done everything that I'm going to do until the Spring, as far as the transom cap is concerned. I've removed the side panels, carpet, old decking, and...
  2. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Everything else is still going to move forward. A lot of it is going to be done at an upholstery shop though. I don't have cooperating weather, and I don't have a shop that I can create the right conditions in... So I'm going to finish up a few things that I can, and send it off to have the new...
  3. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Thanks! They did a great job punching the holes. It's nice and clean. It was just a test fit. I don't think I'm going to install it until the Spring. It's going to be wrapped in vinyl flooring, I don't have the weather conditions to do it right and I think I might have to be the one to do that.
  4. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    It's been slow, I've been mostly waiting on my sheet metal work. It didn't help that one of the measurements I gave them for a hole they stamped was a little small (the template was wrong), and I had to bring it back to have it stamped out even larger. They did an awesome job. I think it looks...
  5. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I used 5200 on basically all of the other screws in it. I did a lot of work rebuilding that transom and didn't want water from the bilge splashing up and getting into it. I know exactly what you're saying. These screws are all the way at the top, and there are only a few of them, so I didn't...
  6. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    No, not this time. I think it's good under there. It stays dry. They're the only screws I'm putting in the transom for this project. I'm not buying a tube of 5200 for that.
  7. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I've got three rivets (I added another rivet to each after the pictures) to the gunnel aluminum and 2, 316 stainless, 3/4, ~1/4 dia., into the transom wood.
  8. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I got the new transom cap Friday. It fit perfect. I'm excited about having the clean slate. I have some support framing to build (waiting on hardware). Once that's done I can put it in place, mark where my holes are going to go for the rod holders, access porthole that I'm adding for the battery...
  9. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Part of the problem is during the transom build. I had to cut the piece of my gunnels that rests on top of my transom, to slide the wood in and out. So, a lot of support was lost. I'm going to reinforce those corners and I think that's going to help out a lot.
  10. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I got a little bit of work done on the boat over the weekend. I cut a couple of pieces of 1/2" marine grade ply to fit under the last 30" of my gunnels. One of the problems I had after my transom rebuild was that aluminum seemed kind of flimsy back there. So I'm beefing it up a little bit, plus...
  11. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    As of now, my plan is to tuck the cap under the rub rails and then use the threaded inserts to bolt it down across the transom wood and forward support framing. My engine should be pretty accessible to do maintenance on, but for the occasions that more access is needed I'll have to unbolt it...
  12. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I was thinking about framing it with aluminum too. The only option to do that might be to weld it on though, because it needs to be able to lay flush.
  13. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I took the old transom cap in to a sheet metal shop yesterday. They're going to re-cut me a new one so I'll have fresh metal with no holes. I'm going wider. it's ~15" now and I'm going to go to ~30". Then, after I build a new support structure, lay out the new cap, and double check it, I'm going...
  14. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    A while ago I read somewhere not to fill my boat too much when I do the leak test, too much weight. Instead use a few inches of water, dye it red with food coloring so you can see it leaking, slosh it around, and circle the leaky rivets with a grease pen. Is that still the method people are...
  15. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Out with the old. I spent a few hours today unloading the boat, taking out the seats, engine cover, and I removed my transom cap. My first order of business is the transom cap. It has holes, some pretty good dents in it, and I think I've talked myself into going a little wider with it. It's...
  16. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    I'm going to add a stereo to the boat. I don't want anything that's super loud. Basically a good quality stereo with sound equivalent to a factory car stereo would be great. The speakers are going to be mounted in the side panels when they are re-built. Any recommendations are appreciated.
  17. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Interior Work

    Hi, I'm back, and I'm ready to finish up on a lot of the cosmetic work that's left on my boat. If everything goes well I'd like to spend the next couple of months getting it ready to go to the shop and have the side panels, engine cover, jump seats, and some of the other cosmetics rebuilt/fixed...
  18. 66Holiday924

    Help Identifying Trailer (see pictures)

    Hi, I just recently purchased a trailer and I'm trying to identify it. It is tube framing and it has long steps in front of, and behind the fenders. Other than that, I see a lot of VIP boats on them. I don't know if VIP made their own trailers though. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
  19. 66Holiday924

    1966 Starcraft Holiday Engine Repower

    Hi, I'm a new Starcraft owner, and I am new to iboats.com. I went through and read a lot of the forums here when I was researching my boat. I bought a 1966 Holiday I/O, 18 foot model. I like the boat and bought it with the intention of keeping it for at least 15 years. It had the original 110...
View older results
Top