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  1. WolframM

    Just got a "new" old boat. I think it's a 16' Lone Star, but nothing really matches up.

    Nearly 18 years now. Before I became a high school teacher I did aluminum casting repair for about half my business in the machine shop. Fixed a few boat hulls, trying to treat them like regular sheetmetal always resulted in a comeback. Put a patch over the crack instead, and the repair lasts.
  2. WolframM

    Just got a "new" old boat. I think it's a 16' Lone Star, but nothing really matches up.

    Nope. The skin of the boat is too thin to grind that down, that's another layer welded over the crack. You could grind out the crack, drill both ends, and weld the (very thin) aluminum hull, but you'd be asking for problems. You could smooth it out with a sanding block and some elbow grease but...
  3. WolframM

    Just got a "new" old boat. I think it's a 16' Lone Star, but nothing really matches up.

    Stainless wire brush, make sure your patch is at least 3/8" longer than the crack you're patching, and wipe with acetone before welding. Same rules for using "alumi-weld" too, you could braze the patch on with a (admittedly large) propane torch, and it'd work just as good as long as your patch...
  4. WolframM

    Just got a "new" old boat. I think it's a 16' Lone Star, but nothing really matches up.

    Finding some more information. Got the holes patched up too. Here's the hole in the bottom of the boat, before I started scraping off the JB weld that was there. This was easy enough to fix once I got the boat up on the sawhorses and started cleaning off the old paint. You can kinda see...
  5. WolframM

    Brought this home last night. Was told it’s a Montgomery Ward but nothing matches and can’t find any type of ID on the boat. Boat is 14’ 5” thoughts?

    Construction appears typical of a Lone Star boat, but I've only been staring at lone star literature for three days trying to figure out what my boat is. My guess is that you've got a Lone Star King Commander, or something that started life as a King Commander.
  6. WolframM

    Just got a "new" old boat. I think it's a 16' Lone Star, but nothing really matches up.

    Measurement was straight down the centerline from the point of the bow to the top of the transom, 16 feet 7 inches. Beam was measured at the middle seat, 57 inches from outside of gunwale to outside of gunwale.
  7. WolframM

    Just got a "new" old boat. I think it's a 16' Lone Star, but nothing really matches up.

    Yeah, lots of strangeness. I spent some more time today looking through the internet for Lone Star brochures, and I am still confused with the boat lengths. The closest thing I found today is a 1963-1964 "Big Fisherman" but even that's listed at 14ft 7" length and 57" beam, BUT all the panels...
  8. WolframM

    Just got a "new" old boat. I think it's a 16' Lone Star, but nothing really matches up.

    Took some photos this morning. We got the boat on the trailer, but haven't adjusted anything on the trailer yet. I got a big sheet of stainless steel recovered from a countertop at the same time, so I gotta get that cut down and deliver it to my workshop today. That's what's laying in the...
  9. WolframM

    Just got a "new" old boat. I think it's a 16' Lone Star, but nothing really matches up.

    Sale is still contingent on getting the title for the boat, but it's on our trailer, in our yard now. Seller said "If we can't get the title transferred, I'll give you the money back and meet you at the scrap yard." He's a good friend of mine so I'm not worried about it. The boat was only 50$...
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