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    How much paint to buy?

    I was looking for paint for my 1970 16' starcraft. I was wondering if I strip the paint should I use Valspar Boat PRIMER 3094 Vinyl Wash Metal Primer, This is a special etching primer for use in a system designed for painting aluminum and steel. If I decided to just sand it and not strip down...
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    Bedliner and Aluminum

    I have read a bunch of posts about the pros and cons on bedliner. Here is something I can not find and answer to. If I apply bedliner to aluminum will it cause the aluminum to corrode under the bedliner and will I have to sand off and re do like gel coat every few years? I have an old...
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    Has anyone built a bracket for a kicker engine?

    I am rebuilding my transom on a 1970's starcraft and was thinking about making a bracket to hang a 5 hp kicker engine off as an emergency backup. I know its not gonna go very fast but my starcraft aluminum is light and if my main engine quits its better then nothing. I have seen some transom...
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    Rebuilding a 197? Starcraft Jupiter?

    Hi everyone this is my 1st post. However I have been reading along for about 1 year now getting an idea where to start on my 70's starcraft. I bid on the boat on ebay with an 65 hp Evinrude on it and lost the bid and someone else got the starcraft for 1200 with motor. I then decided to buy...
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