Help Identifying Boat

Shaunds · Monday at 1:58 PM

Picking this boat up Thursday for a great deal, engine runs good but cannot find what model, it's 16ft open bow. Any info would help.

airshot · Monday at 4:15 PM

Any more pics? Paperwork should give a mfgr name or title....my guess from one Pic might be a "LoneStar....

jbcurt00 · Monday at 6:33 PM

Don't know what it is, but know its not a Starcraft, Sea Nymph or any of the rest of the Starcraft 'family'

jlh3rd · 2026-09-22T05:11:06-0600

chrysler motor, right?

redneck joe · 2026-09-22T05:57:02-0600

no HIN? What year is it purported to be?

Scott Danforth · 2026-09-22T10:17:02-0600

Reach out to your local Michigan registration office.

you will need either the title of the boat or the prior owners signed registration slip AND a bill of sale to get it registered in your name.

that information will have the HIN, and the first 3 letters of the HIN are the MIC code

redneck joe · 2026-09-22T11:54:02-0600

oh and welcome to the forum

The HIN was required after 1972, the MIC after '84

redneck joe · 2026-09-22T11:54:45-0600

Shaunds · 2026-09-22T18:23:30-0600

Could not find tag yet, owner claims 64 might not have tag

IslandExplorer · 2026-09-22T19:13:17-0600

Curious boat indeed.
What is that horizontal ridge on the transom?? Looks almost like a welded seam on a riveted boat!?
Very geometric/angular splashwell cut out. Definitely seems pretty unique.
If it's a pre 72 and assigned a HIN it could be anywhere (or nowhere) due to it often being the owners obligation to place it correctly.. I found one that wasn't in any of the normal locations behind the motor's control box. Couldn't see it at all without unbolting.

redneck joe · 2026-09-23T02:54:26-0600

could be a franken boat

Shaunds · 2026-09-23T16:19:20-0600

I went ahead and pulled trigger for 500 I know the engine runs at least lol. Will be stripping it over next few weeks

redneck joe · 2026-09-23T17:33:25-0600

cool. Start a rehab/rebuild/get it working thread we love to spend your money.

Start it at the below and if you discover the make a mod can move to another area.

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