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    1960 LONE STAR CRUISELINER on a NICE TANDEM TRAILER

    Friends, Just today, I found this 1960 "tin" 23 foot cabin cruiser that appears to be "all in one piece", all there but quite SAD & FORLORN due to disuse & lack of care. The Cruiseliner is powered by the original 120HP MERCRUISER engine/outdrive & I'm told that it ran fine just last Fall, when...
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    SEEKING Mercruiser 2.5 Liter/120HP SERVICE MANUAL

    Friends, As some members know, I have very recently purchased a 1974 STARCRAFT HOLIDAY 18 runabout with the "old-school" 2.5 Liter/120HP I/O engine/outdrive, that I plan to restore/refinish/return to "factory stock". (Everything is there except the seats, which were thrown away years ago &...
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    18 foot STARCRAFT Runabout

    Friends, I have purchased (as soon as my check clears the bank) a 1974 STARCRAFT 18 foot I/O runabout on the "period" factory trailer "for cheap" = 500.OO (with a bunch of extra parts/gear). =======> "Color me" PLEASED. YEP, I plan to restore the BIG tin runabout to "factory stock" The boat...
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    POWER for 1968 STARCRAFT SUPER SPORT V-16

    Friends, Well, I've done it again. = I've found the above deep/wide STARCRAFT tinny with a 55 hp JOHNSON (cheap) & am wondering if 55hp is ENOUGH MOTOR to push the runabout decently "out on the salt". (I'm told that the hull was rated by STARCRAFT to 80HP & the 55 Johnny is only 68% of the...
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    WHICH wiring Harness for a 1957 FDE-11 JOHNSON 18HP Electric Start??

    Friends, Do any of you have the correct parts number to order a complete OEM-style wiring harness & control box/cables to run an FDE-11 from "up front"?? (I've found a VERY EARLY 14.5 foot X 42" beam bass-boat, maybe 1955-58 & TEXAS-built in Three Rivers, TX, for 75 bucks, "looking UNLOVED &...
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    TUBCRAFT Aluminum Semi-V Bottom Boats

    Friends, I've found a "heavy-gauge" 14 foot semi-V aluminum "Jonboat" made by (according to TPWD's vintage records) TUBCRAFT, on a suitable/period "shop-built trailer". (NO, the company name is NOT "Tube Craft") I have searched all the usual Internet search engines & have found ZILCH, except...
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    ANYBODY Have a "DEAD" 40HP OMC Outboard from the LATE-1960s??

    Friends, I am in need of a complete transom clamp for a 1967 EVINRUDE 40HP outboard motor, Model 40753. (Don't ask. - OPERATOR ERROR.) IF you should happen to have a JUNK 40 OMC motor, I would be interested in getting the complete clamp mechanism. THANKS, tex Responses to...
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    ATTN: LONE STAR "TIN" BOAT EXPERTS

    Friends, I have found yet another BIG/DEEP-V "tin" Lone Star utility/runabout. The problem is that there is an OBVIOUS error on the TX registration, as LONE STAR & CHRYSLER MARINE were both out of business on the date that the registration certificate says.. Do any of our members have a...
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    HOMEBREW BOAT CONSOLE PLANS??

    Friends, Do any of our members, who may be reading this thread, have plans for a side -steering station/console, that they are willing to share with me?? (After more than 10 days of looking all over Texas, I've found NO suitable console that I can afford to purchase.) NOTE: One local man from...
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    STARCRAFT SuperSport16 to be CONVERTED to a SPORTSMAN

    Friends, As I said elsewhere this week, I bought a 16 foot STARCRAFT 1973 SUPERSPORT tin boat, "for peanuts" & on a good DILLY trailer. (Supposedly, the hull's seats & interior was removed & stored BUT I found out this PM that the seats, etc. have been "tossed out".) The PO offered to refund...
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    WHICH 1973 STARCRAFT "Tin" Runabout Did I Buy??

    Friends, I found a BIG, DEEP-V, 1973 STARCRAFT 16-foot runabout on a period DILLY trailer "for peanuts" here in The Alamo City, just this afternoon. = The hull is in excellent condition but essentially the entire interior was removed & stored away some years ago. (I'm told that the interior is...
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    EIGHTY-EIGHT POUND CATFISH CAUGHT in KY!!!

    Friends, Check out the video https://youtube.com/watch?v=p8-Sv4l7-fo yours, tex
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    NEED a SOURCE for 1930s SALTWATER BOAT-ROD GUIDES

    Friends, Here I go again asking for help finding something that's HARD to find: I need at least ONE double-footed NOS or "period correct" guide (though I would happily buy five guides.) for the circa 1930-35 Boat-Rod, that I was given last week by a NICE guy. (YES, I'm going to re-wrap the...
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    1994 Sea Ark 20 foot Pointed-nose Utility??

    Friends, I've been out prowling the south TX pastures again & found a 20ft Sea Ark on a Shoreline trailer, sitting in a pasture & looking "unloved", for cheap. - The hull looks like a DEEP/WIDE Jonboat with a pointed nose Everything has been stripped out of the hull except the console &...
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    SEEKING a 1961 JOHNSON 40HP

    Friends, I'm looking for a 1961 JOHNSON 40HP outboard to complete a TEXAS-BUILT 1961 runabout restoration project that I'm working upon. These 1961 Johnsons are "creamy-white" in color & have "40" in red numbers on the rear of the cowl. The model numbers for those OBs are : RD-23 & RDS-23...
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    SEEKING an OMC 4-lever shifter box

    Friends, My current restoration project will be powered with a PAIR of circa 1960 OMC 40HP outboards, so I'm looking for a serviceable FOUR-lever shifter box. IF any of you have such a part (or know of one for sale) that is USABLE, please PM me with photo & requested price. yours, tex
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    THE BIGGEST TIN RUNABOUT

    Friends, I've started looking for a LARGE (over 20 feet to 24 feet would be best) tin runabout to fix up & modify into a dedicated Gulf Cost fishing machine. Either OB-powered or an I/O open fisherman would be OK (especially if the I/O rig is Mercruiser or Volvo powered). Do any of you know...
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    MID-1950s LONE STAR BOATS

    Friends, Do any of you have any factory brochures from the years 1954-57 of the TIN boats made by Lone Star that you can scan & share?? (I've been out pasture prowling again & have found a dual cockpit runabout that I've not seen one like before. - It resembles a 16 foot ADMIRAL of 1955-56 but...
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    STARCRAFT SERIAL NUMBERS

    Friends, Do any of you KNOW if the 1st two digits in STARCRAFT boat serial numbers are the year model?? I found a STARCRAFT boat serial number: 7117728 & am wondering if it's a 1971 year model. (YEP, I've been out "pasture prowling" again.) yours, satx
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    ANYONE HERE DONE A 19FT TIN JONBOAT AS A FISHIN RIG??

    Friends, Just this afternoon, I found a 19 foot, shallow/70" beam, 1973 LOWE LINE JON-BOAT in decent shape for cheap. Have any of you actually modified a Jon that big as a fishing machine?? (I'd sooner not try to "reinvent the wheel", so I'm seeking ideas.) THANKS, tex
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