To the best of my knowledge, this is the boat that I have! As I said in my introduction, I purchased it and it had been gutted to bare metal inside. It had been sprayed with primer and had been collecting leaves and debris for years. I have really just been doing my own thing with it. I purchased a used 1985 Johnson 70 hp Seahorse motor and I have used the Johnson colors for the boat. Red band just below the gunwale, about 10” wide from bow to stern. Then a White band, again about 10” wide from bow to stern and the entire bottom of the boat is black. I used commercial metal studs for the bottom supports as needed and to build a bow deck platform. I wish I could have been able to purchase the specially made floor panels but had to buy a very good quality untreated plywood for my floor. I used the foam rubber floor covering. In my bow platform, I installed 2 deck hatches and inside is my battery bank, I have 4 batteries, house, spare, start and trolling motor. I have a Blue Sea Systems, SI-ACR Automatic Charging Relay, that will keep my batteries charged while under way. I have a 2006 Minn Kota Riptide Maxium 55 trolling motor. I put a center console in my boat and a Vevor Steering system and a Vevor single engine remote control system. I have been working on the boat again now for about 2 weeks and hoping to get it in the water very soon. Trying to get all the wiring wrapped up and the cables connected to the controller. Just need more hours in a day! And here lately, we have been getting fast moving thunderstorms in the late afternoon which really dampen my work, no pun intended. I believe I should have it ready by next weekend but with the 4th of July weekend, I will probably just wait until the next week to get in the water. I will post some pics in a day or so. Happy Boating!
1979 StarCraft Fishmaster 160
- Thread starter Gbakman
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Hey I really appreciate your feedback. I will try to get some pictures posted later today. I have been working on it for so long that I don’t think about the pictures. The console I believe turned out great. The wiring, well I would give it a 25 out of 100! All the gauges and other stuff on the console just made a big mess of wires. I will take a picture of it but I sure hope not to get a bunch of crap about it! Thanks again
I have 2 different decals coming that will finish up my rehab of my boat. Had I known that the boat when it was built in the 70s was just solid white. I would have done it that way. I am torn between leaving it the way I have it painted or sanding it and repainting it all white. The reason is that I have these decals coming and I will have to redo them if I repaint it white! Because the decals are white so they would be seen on my current color scheme. So I will go with it my colors for now and maybe in a couple of years I will repaint it and have new decals made! I will post the decals . The lazy days is my boats name and the other one is the original decals that were on my boat at time of build. I have a guy that has made decals for me before when I rehabbed a 1968 Woods Finish mower. Really did turn out very nice. I will attach a picture of it!
