63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

[Huron Angler]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Glad to hear you have a cool boss Dale I wish I could say the same

 

[fshngho]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Okey dokey, over the past few weeks I was blessed with a few days I could work on the boat. I got the bottom sanded to bare metal. I bought primerless urethane that I used on the seams, and self etching ZC primer i got at NAPA. The urethane is what is used to install windshields, and never lets go yet stays pliable, great stuff.

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Then I primed with the ZC.

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[fshngho]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Sorry about that, ran out of room. Anyway, I had tried to spray the rustoleum primer but that didn't work out. I went to the tried and true....foam roller

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My daughter took the pics. Yea, thats me.

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So now I wait until another nice day so I can sand and repeat. Then its time to pain the bottom and roll her over. I plan on painting the sides when I get it back on the trailer.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Looking good! I'm glad to have most of my painting done but I have my topsides to do yet that I'll be starting soon. I love how the lapstrake continues down onto the bottom on those older hulls. Very cool.

 

[fshngho]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Thanks EZ. I've been keeping up with you project.Shame you can't have a nice wood floor since you got it looking so good. Your suggestions and experience are helping a lot. Thank God you and others like you keep such great threads. Dummies like me need all the help we can get.:redface:

 

[spellbound]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Thanks for posting the great pics of your restore progress, I am yet to begin mine but your pics are going to be very helpful to me once i start retoring my 1966 starchief pictured here. I am looking forward to getting started on mine

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[fshngho]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Thanks Spellbound. I have finally started painting her yesterday. I rolled the first coat of bottom paint and then the rain started again. If it stops today I'll get the second coat on and then will be able to put it on the trailer. Then the sides get painted and the interior fun begins. I haven't even started stripping the top yet. I am very anxious to work on it. Dale

 

[Andy in NY]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

we need some more pics!

 

[fshngho]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Hi Guys, (and Gals), well the weather looks like its going to be nice from now on and in a week or two it will probably be in the upper 90's, LOL. I have been preoccupied working on the bass boat, more specifically the engine I know, forgive me. Now its crunch time for the SC. I have painted the bottom with Rustoleum and have given it a second coat. It dosen't seem to be drying to a hard coat, does this take a while or whats going on? I am working on getting a different trailer with bunks to set the boat on, but naturally I don't want it to stick to the trailer. I primed it with ZC and then with rustoleum aluminum primer before I painted it, I hope I didn't mess up somewhere. Any advice/suggestions? I want to get it on trailer to paint the sides (I need slight metal straightening first) Will post pics soon. Thanks to all, Dale

 

[fshngho]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Well the bunk trailer didn't work out. It would take more work than it's worth. I guess the roller one will have to do. I have been working on the boat, a little at a time. I drove over 225 miles today to buy and rip apart a Bayliner. I got the windshield, front hatch cover, stove, swim platform for rear, and a bunch of assorted teak trim. Last week I finally finished painting the bottom hull with 3 coats. Then I put it on the trailer by myself on the day I was home with a hurt back. Wifey was not happy with me, but it was too late The next day I painted the sides. After she was back on the trailer I looked good at the transom yep, its bad too. Better safe than sorry, its next on the list of things to do. Then I will finish painting the boat, with exception of the hard top. I've decided to keep the top, with minor modifications for the new windshield and such. Here are a few pics.

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I am not painting the transom until I replace the wood.

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[fshngho]

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Another of the bottom painted.

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And a few with the upper half painted.

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Not enough Red? Actually I'm going to add a stripe or two.

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This was the first coat with red. What do yall think? I have been trying to post pics for a week but me and computers don't always get along. At least I will be easy to find on the water
Dale

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Lookin good fsh! If you like bunks could you modify that roller to have em? Cheers buddy!

 

[Broadcast]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Amazing what a little paint and tape can do isn't it? Your hard work is paying off big! Looks great!

 

[fshngho]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Thanks JA and BC. Been a long time coming. I need to ask help/advice from the group. I am thinking of installing an aluminum grid for the floor and raise it up about 4 1/2". I want to install a belly gas tank and a live well in the floor. Do ya'll think this is advisable and will I have a problem drawing suction for the OB if the tank is in the floor? I am aware many boats have tanks like this but I don't know if they have elect pumps or something. This is my next step after the transom rebuild. Thanks, Dale

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

Thanks JA and BC. Been a long time coming. I need to ask help/advice from the group. I am thinking of installing an aluminum grid for the floor and raise it up about 4 1/2". I want to install a belly gas tank and a live well in the floor. Do ya'll think this is advisable and will I have a problem drawing suction for the OB if the tank is in the floor? I am aware many boats have tanks like this but I don't know if they have elect pumps or something. This is my next step after the transom rebuild. Thanks, Dale

Well fshn, I don't think I have the answers for ya, but, I will be working on my fuel tank and adding a live well in the future so you can see how I struggle through that!!! (course I have the IO so that doesn't help ya much)

Cheers buddy!

 

[ezmobee]

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I don't think you'll have any suction issues. I had a tank all the way in the bow of my Jupiter plumbed by a copper line that ran under the full length of the deck. No issues. And that was just a portable tank with a fairly narrow line.

 

[Dougsmo]

Re: 63 Starchief Restore ( God help me )

How is this project going. I'm currently working on mine. Very cool job. give me a better idea on what my boat was supposed to look like.
the previous owner slopped paint on the boat so now I am stripping the paint off the top. They did a bunch of quick fixes and cheesy wiring job.