1979 Starcraft 22' v5 center console rebuild

[rowdy85]

In the spring I picked up a 79 Starcraft 22 foot center console on the cheap to rebuild into a do all fish, layout tender and bigger water sea duck boat. A couple months before I bought a 19' bluefin but when I found the Starcraft I had to snatch it up. It needs new foam, a new floor, new transom, and a new battleship camp paint job. I'm also repowering it.

I'll post some pics from my phone in a few

 

[rowdy85]

From when I rescued it from the alley it sat in for 7 years

 

[rowdy85]

Bringing her home

 

[rowdy85]

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[jbcurt00]

If you'd use a different method for posting pix, you can post more then 1 per post......

Pix posting help:
http://forums.iboats.com/forum/forum-rules-and-guidelines/9938375-photo-upload-tutorial

I prefer option #3 and use Photobucket w very few problems in nearly 5yrs

 

[BWR1953]

Nice find!

Can't wait to see this project under way. :thumb:

 

[rowdy85]

I've posted pix before from my Google photo not sure why it's doing them like this I'll look into it

 

[rowdy85]

When I bought it

 

[rowdy85]

I think I found the last boat made with styrofoam they switched to pour in with about 5' left



I'm soda blasting the seams and rivets and just sanding the rest

 

[rowdy85]

The transom wasn't in to terrible shape but I figured while I was rebuilding it might as well replace it. plus im going to need a strong transom for the beast I'm hanging off the back.

 

[64osby]

Never seen a 22' V5 center console.

Do you have a title or a plate that states the model you have?

I think you might have an SS that was rebuilt as a CC. That would explain why there are 2 types of foam.

Great project, have fun and look forward to the build.

 

[rowdy85]

Never seen a 22' V5 center console.

Do you have a title or a plate that states the model you have?

I think you might have an SS that was rebuilt as a CC. That would explain why there are 2 types of foam.

Great project, have fun and look forward to the build.

I'm almost positive it came as a cc if it didn't it was done very well. It had 2 big live wells up front that didn't look added on. And I'm pretty sure I've seen a couple in all the searching I've done.

 

[GA_Boater]

She's gonna make a great fishin' machine, rowdy. Good find! Looking in the back alleys can pay off.

What power is going on the back to replace the 140HP Dorm Fridge?

 

[rowdy85]

She's gonna make a great fishin' machine, rowdy. Good find! Looking in the back alleys can pay off.

What power is going on the back to replace the 140HP Dorm Fridge?

I have a 1995 mercury 3.0l 225. more horsepower then I was looking for but $1800 for a good running 225 with like new controls I couldn't say no. The plate says it rated for up to a 240hp. But I'm pretty sure this thing is going to fly!

 

[rowdy85]

Never seen a 22' V5 center console.

Do you have a title or a plate that states the model you have?

I think you might have an SS that was rebuilt as a CC. That would explain why there are 2 types of foam.

Great project, have fun and look forward to the build.

Ok 64osby. You got me wondering now. This is the plate it's hard to read but I see a SUP might of been a SS. My title says model "unknown"



Are these rob holders factory



If this was a SS somebody spent some $ on the conversion back in the day. The live wells were a perfect molded plastic to the shape of the nose on both sides up front I'll see if I can find pics

 

[jbcurt00]

Pix didnt post ^^^

 

[GA_Boater]

I see them, JB. Might have taken a few extra minutes to it make over the hump.

I think I see the SUP, too. Whoever put her together did a heck of a job to look like a factory Mariner.

 

[64osby]

It is the elusive Super Mariner.

Only made on February 29th of leap years.

 

[64osby]

In '79 they made a Super Sport 22 V-5. In 80 they made a Mariner V220.

What is your HIN. Should help define the year it was made. Your blue stripe looks like a 79 SS 22 V-5.

Maybe it was a prototype built in 79 using the SS hull to model the 80 Mariner V220.

None of this matters of course, you have an awesome CC to rebuild.

 

[TruckDrivingFool]

Posting mainly so I remember to watch,

Find it funny about that era - I can't remember the year but a local guy I met through iboats posted up a mariner that had a single side console and everyone said it should of been a CC originally and had been converted. Every time I looked at it I said man this must of been a factory conversion because it was done so well. Perhaps SC was trying to figure out which they way were going to go with it.