Just an old Starcraft

[chamm63]

my boats a 1961 0r 1962 starcraft Jupiter with a 1964 40 hp Johnson long shaft that i put on it..that some one was going to scrap for the aluminum. the transom was replaced on it and man what a hack job the person did on it !!! for some stupid reason they cut the transom height to 18 inches so i had to put a new transom in it to bring it up to 21 inches and i had to put a floor in it plus some seats making it into a fishing boat.
i have been using it like this for the past few years and this year im cleaning it up .its not a restore by any means im just trying to make the boat more presentable and usable for me

http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af110/chamm63/0529091849-00.jpg

im starting to get some work done on it now

 

[ezmobee]

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Looks good. I enjoyed my Jupiter. If you have any interest in adding a windshield to it, check out my Jupiter thread to see how I added a standard 3 piece bowrider windshield to mine.

 

[Huron Angler]

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Welcome to iboats and the starcraft armada

Nice little rig, looks like you get some good use out of the old girl. If she's got any leaky rivets look into using gluvit, available on iboats. Great stuff to prevent leaks and good to do if you are replacing the deck at some point.

 

[CBGale2]

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Welcome to the club, nice looking project you've got. How does that 40hp push your boat along? Ive got a '62 40hp that Im putting on my 14ft.

 

[chamm63]

Just an old Starcraft

i did some more work on it this morning and took a few more pictures used white primer on the bottom last week and did the two sides today

Ezmobee already thought of that 3 piece bowrider windshield
i stripped an old fiberglass bowrider over the winter and took this off of it .its a little short but im going to lengthen the center piece to make up the differences
oh yeah and this is the hacked transom i was talking about.ill clean it up the best i can keeping the squared shape for now
it works

 

[Bwana Don]

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I love white boats. They always look so clean and classic.

It's not "Just an old Starcraft". It's a vintage piece of American Marine History coveted by many.

 

[Andy in NY]

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I love white boats. They always look so clean and classic.

It's not "Just an old Starcraft". It's a vintage piece of American Marine History coveted by many.

if this was facebook, I would "like" this!

 

[chamm63]

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Hi Guys
with the bad weather that i have been having here in ct
i have not been able to do any work on my boat .
four days of rain really slows things down ..
i had nice 70 degree weather for Friday and today so
i finished wet sanding the white paint on the sides and taped
it off and gave her some color today

this is where the old gal calls home port . this is looking off my back deck the lake is about a mile around and is a private lake in ct

 

[jasoutside]

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Wow, super nice! Boat and the view!

 

[Huron Angler]

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What a nice lake for the old Jupiter to call home...she looks great with that red stripe too