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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
"A Diamond in the Rough" 1963 StarCraft StarChief 18'
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<blockquote data-quote="detchen95" data-source="post: 365516" data-attributes="member: 15133"><p>It's plexiglass. After I removed it, they took my cracked windshield and glued the two halves together by glueing a couple small pieces of plexiglass on the inside which they used for a mold. Then they heated up a sheet of plexiglass, put it over mold (the two halves of the windshield) in a large vacuum form machine. After it cooled they cut off the excess. The side windows of the cabin are tempered glass.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of windshields. Mine came with an upper windshield with snaps that my bimini top attaches to with a curved mirror (not pictured) that screws in a socket in the top middle of it and a dash where my compass sits. This is a picture of the StarChief and Chieftain made in 1963 from the StarCraft archives. If you look close you can just make out the upper windshield on the StarChief. Where I fish I have seen one other 63 StarChief. She's completely restored and painted all white rather than the baby blue. She's a 22 footer and is beautiful. The owner said he bought from a guy that told him it was always kept covered in his pole barn. He was also told it was a StarChief not a Chieftain even though it was 22 feet. It was an OB rather than an IO like other Chieftains I've seen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="detchen95, post: 365516, member: 15133"] It's plexiglass. After I removed it, they took my cracked windshield and glued the two halves together by glueing a couple small pieces of plexiglass on the inside which they used for a mold. Then they heated up a sheet of plexiglass, put it over mold (the two halves of the windshield) in a large vacuum form machine. After it cooled they cut off the excess. The side windows of the cabin are tempered glass. Speaking of windshields. Mine came with an upper windshield with snaps that my bimini top attaches to with a curved mirror (not pictured) that screws in a socket in the top middle of it and a dash where my compass sits. This is a picture of the StarChief and Chieftain made in 1963 from the StarCraft archives. If you look close you can just make out the upper windshield on the StarChief. Where I fish I have seen one other 63 StarChief. She's completely restored and painted all white rather than the baby blue. She's a 22 footer and is beautiful. The owner said he bought from a guy that told him it was always kept covered in his pole barn. He was also told it was a StarChief not a Chieftain even though it was 22 feet. It was an OB rather than an IO like other Chieftains I've seen. [/QUOTE]
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