Recent content by enginerd

Beautiful boat and will be interested to see your progress as it goes. As has been noted, it looks like it is "Newport Green" and I would guess that would make it a mid-50's boat. Good luck and please post your progress.

I have a 1962 Lone Star Malibu In 1965, Lone Star was acquired by Chrysler and became the Chrysler Boat Corporation, which continued production until 1979 when they closed the doors on their marine division. They chose to focus on their fiberglass boats (Lone star made both), but Chrysler did...

I've been stalking Craig's List for a Lone Star Cruisemaster and have happened across a few Cruiseliners (or similar): https://spokane.craigslist.org/boa/6142993816.html https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/boa/6136257960.html https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/boa/6107414004.html

If it's a 50s Lone Star, I think it would be a 1958. In that era the leading digit of the HID was supposedly the last digit of the year. The next three numbers were specific to the model and the last 4 numbers were the number in the production run. The B leading the serial number is...

It will work on polystyrene with no reaction and holds well; I did several test runs before using it to glue in some foam blocks along my transom. It's a water activated expanding polyurethane foam, it's completely waterproof when dry, and bonds exceptionally well.

Thanks, that's the original graphics, but I substituted the teal (they did offer it in a smilar color) for the original red.

Thanks Johnny; it look longer than I was hoping, but I can't wait to get it out on the water. How is your Malibu coming along?

It's been a while, but over the old wet winter we've had here in the Pacific Northwest I've managed to just about get everything finished up on the boat. I got my wiring finished up and installed a new battery. The new LED bulbs in the navigation lights look goo and the horn I jury rigged with...

With 12-ga wire and that short a run you can safely use a 20-amp fuse.

I was going to suggest the same thing; I have similar lights in my gun safe and ammunition cabinet that run on a few AA batteries, which just needed replacement after 2-years. Mine are motion activated and as soon as you open the door they come on and provide good light. Otherwise, one of...

Impressive work; makes me wish I had the equipment and skill.

What size wire are you running to it and how long is the run? Does the 12-V outlet have an amp rating? What do you plan to use it for? Of hand, I'd probably use a 15-amp fuse, but that would depend on the answers to the above questions. That assumes a relatively short run with 14-ga wire and...

Looks good to me, though you're missing the stern light in your diagram. I'd think one battery would be enough, but having the back-up isn't a bad thing and leaves room for expansion in the future.

You wouldn't by chance have taken any pictures or gotten the specs on that foam? Sounds like a good solution to me, as long as it's closed cell foam and held in place well. As I said in another recent post, I think the trick is to keep your foam from sitting in water over a long period of time...

Does your outboard charge the battery when it's running? I think most engines with electric ignition will. Either way, I think the load you plan to put on it should be light enough that one 12-V battery should be fine. LED navigation lights and deck lights shouldn't be much of a draw at all...