Appleo's 1985 Starcraft Supersport 18 foot - Restoration 2019/2020

[appleo]

Installed

 

[classiccat]

Man, you're rippin' through this build!

You're not the 1st person to salvage the original paint from these 80's starcrafts. Well done! :thumb:

Glen (Dozer) saved a similar-era 201SS a few years back.

 

[appleo]

Wanted a livewell for this boat. original had none
Found a few on craigslist and settled on a 30 gallon beauty
Had to patch prior owners holes with 3m 520 and aluminum scrap plates
Installed a used bilge pump as a pumpout pump
Found brass fittings in the form of rain barrel
connection hoses. Check out the photos

Livewell exterior singed with that Interlux 2 coats roll on

lid made from Advantec covered with matching floor vinyl Nautolex

Hatch Door was from ebay 44 bucks

Stainless lid bolts .

Ready to connect to boat via common garden hose fittings

Hope i can fill it with fish

Photos to follow below

 

[appleo]

Lovewell photos more

 

[oldrem]

Nice

 

[appleo]

Next task the bow fishing area

Keep the original layout. and pedestal mount in the floor? Cubbies holes for storage access

Or cover with a full bow deck and install pedestal mount on top the deck? Hatches for storage access....

Thoughts? Pros and cons?

 

[oldrem]

I opted for raised deck, but not up to bow level. Don't trust these old legs up that high lol. Still gave me decent storage underneath.

 

[appleo]

Livewell to be mounted rear of passenger chair. So I Needed something rear of captain chair

Decided on storage box

Leftover oak flooring, plywood, 6x8 poly carpet from home depot
Piano hinge, $2.00 soffit vent for air circulation , Antiskid strip on top

Sized similiar to livewell

 

[appleo]

Lol. was told piano hinges should be hidden. so i took apart the box and adjusted

 

[oldrem]

Looking good

 

[appleo]

Finished the rear glovebox. transom trim. Nautolex and Marine vinyl. Glovebox door cherry plywood scrap.

A little different than original.

 

[Watermann]

You've got your thread here in the general reso section, makes it a bit tougher for us SC tin heads to find.

Looking good so far :thumb:

 

[appleo]

Wanted to add some support to front center floor not much there originally with wrap around seats

Used some shower door aluminum channel and a few aluminum mudflaps

Same raw material at the local supply house would have been 35 dollars.

 

[Watermann]

Was the original SS bow center support missing?

 

[appleo]

Was a single center upright rib that fell short of the bow by about 3 feet.

Looking to beef that framework up in case i add a pedestal seat base

 

[appleo]

a see attached for original configuration.....l

 

[Watermann]

Was a single center upright rib that fell short of the bow by about 3 feet.

Looking to beef that framework up in case i add a pedestal seat base

Oh I see, you're talking about the very bottom most deck rather than the elevated next level where in the stock SS it's a bow rider seat.

 

[appleo]

Bow deck fabricated and laid in today. snow forecasted for upstate New York

 

[Watermann]

Bow deck fabricated and laid in today. snow forecasted for upstate New York

No hatches or seat mounts in the bow deck?

 

[appleo]

Hatches on order Similar to live well lid

Have Front Seat base

Will dry fit first before drilling

Bolts vs screws

trolling battery to reside under bow deck port side. helps balance the boat vs chubby captain