Re: 1979 22' Starcraft SuperSport V5 Restoration
Just an update, I seem so close to getting it painted, but yet so far. I'm trying to do everything I can now so I don't have to later after it's painted. It's the little mundane things that seem to be taking forever, then throw in a weekend away for a funeral, another for a wedding, another for a surprise birthday party, then anniversary, wife's birthday, and now my daily driver has a seriously rusted out strut mount rendering a nice reliable car useless. Frustrating!......
Things to do yet...finish new rear seat structure, this is going to hold my batteries & switch, fuel filter/seperator, and provide storage, the seat bottom is going to slide forward and allow the seat back to lay down making a larger "pad", the transom panel behind the seatback will be easily removeable to kind of make a walk thru transom. I am also working on a switch panel out of aluminum for 5 carling rocker switches and it will also have 2 power outlets, I also need to fab a panel below the dash for VHF & stereo and a small storage cubby, and also add a 2" hole in the dash for another gauge so that the dash "looks right". The rubrail and gunnel trim needs to be installed as well and i'd like to get the top of the deck epoxied.
I would like to send the main OB along for paint as well, so it needs a good cleaning, and I need to find someone who can reproduce the decals. I want to keep it original looking. A couple good weekends would get me a long way.
