64 18ft starcraft holiday

[fishmonster13]

well guess i'm a tin head again sold the old bayliner and picked up this 1964 18ft holiday with a 1976 135hp johnson on a shorelander trailer. towed it home and it was still full of water. the floor and transom are completely rotten and will be replaced , she'll get a new paint job a new walk thru windshield. got most of the junk out of it when i got home before the rain statred in again
pics are here
http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z114/fishmonster13/boat III/

 

[CheapboatKev]

Re: 64 18ft starcraft holiday

Welcome back! lol

ummm did ya vote in the poll? Need to make sure us guys out on Holidays are represented!

 

[fshngho]

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Nice boat FM, everyone knows, once you go Tin, you can never go back Thanks for the pics and keep them coming. good Luck, Dale

 

[Huron Angler]

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Welcom aboard fishmonster, love the old starcrafts. That thing will flat-out fly with the 135

 

[fishmonster13]

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i did vote in the poll and will keep the pics comeing , this boat should be a piece of cake compared to the fiberglass one i did.

 

[CheapboatKev]

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i did vote in the poll and will keep the pics comeing , this boat should be a piece of cake compared to the fiberglass one i did.

yep..cake that dont itch going down!

 

[jasoutside]

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Dude nice rig! Congrats!

 

[ezmobee]

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DROOLing over that 135 with the much desired power tilt 'n trim....

Welcome to the club fishmonster!

 

[fishmonster13]

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DROOLing over that 135 with the much desired power tilt 'n trim....

Welcome to the club fishmonster!

yep that is a nice motor i just hope she run checked the compression before i bought all were around 110psi so i should be good to go and i kinda have a parts motor its 72 85hp Johnson.
well i did manage a little work on it tonight got all the junk out of it and started working on removing the floor unfortunately its mostly mush , hoping i can at least get the bow pieces out with out to much destruction to them to use as a pattern. should have some good weathe till next monday so things should move along well on the boat.

 

[HopeSheFloats]

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Sweet, if you happen to find the horsepower/weight tag, I'd appreciate reading what it sez...at least it looks as though I won't have to worry about my 115 being too much lol....looking forward to watching your progress!

 

[fishmonster13]

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haven't seen a tag on it, but im not worried about.
well have another night in working on the tear down and i have the motor off and the floor out. lots of wet foam to remove tomorrow.
is there any chance the foam will dry out?
have a lot of stuff ordered already, gluvit , carb kits, water pump, pick up screen and some epoxy for the floor.

 

[bananaboater]

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Foam may dry out in a few years!

Go new.

 

[fishmonster13]

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been busy on the boat shes just about all stripped down, and ready to start sanding. aslo got into the motor last night started with the tnt and found the motor is shot but the pump and valve are good. parts are starting to arrive got my gluvit and the waterpump waiting on a few other things. still looking for another windshield. anyone know where to find the seal for the hatch? i also updated my photobucket this is the link http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z114/fishmonster13/boat III/

 

[fishmonster13]

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also what size rivets do i need. and does anyone have any they don't need

 

[ezmobee]

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Throw a post up in the J/E section about your TnT. I think there's a place that can rebuild your existing motor for a semi-reasonble. One of the guys in there should know the details.

 

[bananaboater]

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also what size rivets do i need. and does anyone have any they don't need

Depends on what you are attaching. Hull rivets are different, they have to be bucked, not pop style. Pop are used to attach panels and other things like decks.

Need more info before we can help.

 

[fishmonster13]

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interior rivets , only had one rivet in the hull that was loose/leaking

 

[ezmobee]

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For interior stuff I've been using aluminum Arrow brand pop rivets from Lowes and a really nice (and cheap!) rivet tool from Harbor Freight.

 

[fishmonster13]

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For interior stuff I've been using aluminum Arrow brand pop rivets from Lowes and a really nice (and cheap!) rivet tool from Harbor Freight.

is that a pneumatic rivet tool.

well as of now , i have every thing stripped of the boat, the top half is sanded down and shes off the trailer, i even sanded the trailer down this afternoon as well. gonna flip the boat tomarrow and sand it and start painting. just have to figure out what color i'm going to paint it its ogin to be white and something as i already have some white paint just not enough to do the whole boat white.

 

[ezmobee]

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is that a pneumatic rivet tool.

Nope.