senseironl
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- Oct 31, 2014
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Well, here goes..I was at the dump about 2 years ago and they were about to crush an aluminum lapstrake closed hull boat so I asked if I could have it and, lo and behold, I brought home the boat. It sat in my yard until a week ago I trucked it to Florida to begin work on restoring it. I looked at the numbers and last two were 58, so I believe I acquired a StarCraft 1958 13 foot closed hull boat in surprisingly good shape. Minimum corrosion and minor dents that I have banged out and put less than a pint of bondo on to fix. I have sanded it to bare aluminum and have put gluv-it (2 coats) on all rivets and seams on hull. (it was watertight to start...Tomorrow I will do final sand and apply first coat of high end aluminum primer to outside, About 16 total hours so far. I have every type of sander /drill/tool you can imagine, So that helps. My question is does anyone know where I can locate a pic of any small 1958 starcraft boats that I can see to get ideas and figure out boat style.Ive been to starcraft website archives but no luck I want boat to be restored to as much original as possible. I need windshield/seats/ hardware/motor.. So in for the long haul..any help would be greatly appreciated...excited for this project with plenty of time!!!