Hello, thought I would show my new to me boat I have been working on over the past 2 months.
I posted a couple of picts back when I joined the forum in early October.
The day I bought the boat and trailer and brought it home.
The image quality is rather poor but I was using my cell on all these pictures.
I redid the trailer first by replacing the hub bearings and installing new wheels and tires. I then sanded down and repainted the trailer after removing the old lights and bunks. I installed new LED lights and wiring harness. I also installed new wood bunks and carpet.
I put the boat back on the trailer and after cleaning up, I did a water leak test and found a couple of slow leaks around a couple of rivets in the vee of the bow. I sealed them with 3M 5200 and retested after 7 days of curing. no leaks now. I removed all the wood seats and also the bottom support for the rear middle seat to open up the floor space.
I cleaned up the bottom, sanded , self etched primed and painted the hull. I used tractor implement paint. New Holland red for the sides and MF grey for the bottom.
Bought a can of Parkers Bay Grey duck boat paint and some sharkskin non-slip additive to do the interior. Self -etch primed the interior before I painted on the Parkers. The floor has 3 coats of paint with the sharkskin added. It worked out great.
I bought a sheet of oak plywood and cut and fitted the new bench seats and added in a couple of drink holders and a work bench/ fish measuring board where the removed bench was located. I figure I could sit my tackle bag on the workbench if needed to keep the floor area clear when I'm standing.
I stained the wood and spar vanished with 3 coats on each side before reinstalling the new seating.
here are picts of the interior now.
I fish rivers a lot and like to use a drag chain so I rigged a bow anchor roller and jam cleat to raise/lower the chain and lock it into position.
I bought a new Minn Kota 50 lb thrust transom mount motor to use and I've been looking for a 10-15hp outboard over the past several weeks. Looked at a used Johnson 10hp on friday but have about decided to buy a new motor sometime before spring. Kmart was having a clearance on all their boat supplies and I got two new seats for $4.99 each and the seat clamps were only a dollar each. great deal!
The boat is pretty much done for now except for adding my numbers and the reg. sticker.
I'm going to fish it for awhile and then make any changes if needed.
1967 Starcraft Super Star 14 ft v-hull
I posted a couple of picts back when I joined the forum in early October.
The day I bought the boat and trailer and brought it home.
The image quality is rather poor but I was using my cell on all these pictures.
I redid the trailer first by replacing the hub bearings and installing new wheels and tires. I then sanded down and repainted the trailer after removing the old lights and bunks. I installed new LED lights and wiring harness. I also installed new wood bunks and carpet.
I put the boat back on the trailer and after cleaning up, I did a water leak test and found a couple of slow leaks around a couple of rivets in the vee of the bow. I sealed them with 3M 5200 and retested after 7 days of curing. no leaks now. I removed all the wood seats and also the bottom support for the rear middle seat to open up the floor space.
I cleaned up the bottom, sanded , self etched primed and painted the hull. I used tractor implement paint. New Holland red for the sides and MF grey for the bottom.
Bought a can of Parkers Bay Grey duck boat paint and some sharkskin non-slip additive to do the interior. Self -etch primed the interior before I painted on the Parkers. The floor has 3 coats of paint with the sharkskin added. It worked out great.
I bought a sheet of oak plywood and cut and fitted the new bench seats and added in a couple of drink holders and a work bench/ fish measuring board where the removed bench was located. I figure I could sit my tackle bag on the workbench if needed to keep the floor area clear when I'm standing.
I stained the wood and spar vanished with 3 coats on each side before reinstalling the new seating.
here are picts of the interior now.
I fish rivers a lot and like to use a drag chain so I rigged a bow anchor roller and jam cleat to raise/lower the chain and lock it into position.
I bought a new Minn Kota 50 lb thrust transom mount motor to use and I've been looking for a 10-15hp outboard over the past several weeks. Looked at a used Johnson 10hp on friday but have about decided to buy a new motor sometime before spring. Kmart was having a clearance on all their boat supplies and I got two new seats for $4.99 each and the seat clamps were only a dollar each. great deal!
The boat is pretty much done for now except for adding my numbers and the reg. sticker.
I'm going to fish it for awhile and then make any changes if needed.
1967 Starcraft Super Star 14 ft v-hull