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We picked up this beauty late last summer. We are getting ready to repaint the white hull and need some advice.
1) How much of the paint on the hill needs to be sanded/removed?
2) If it is not sanded down to bare aluminum do we need to prime it?
3) what paint (or paint and primer) do you...
Thanks for everyone’s input. I greatly appreciate it! I think DH is in over his head. I have convinced him to call in a professional.
But I do have another question. Would this 1961 75 Horse power Johnson (VA4L-13) have any parts value for our motor? He’s asking only $75. Here is what seller...
This is the control unit we have. The large lever (forward, neutral, and reverse) operates smoothly, and without difficulty. It’s the small red lever at the bottom (labeled START) that we can’t move.
I’m kind of a novice with outboard motors, but I assume that if that won’t move, the engine...
We recently bought a 1963 Starcraft runabout with the above mentioned outboard. We are having trouble waking her up. She has not been started in about 30 years. DH changed the lower unit oil (type c). Then decided to see if it would even start. So we put the engine in a large trash can of...
We just purchased this sweet little boat from out Lake association garage sale back in June. We bought it from the granddaughter of the original purchaser. She got the boat (and the cottage he built) after he passed about 5 years ago. From about 1983 to 2013 the boat was kept in a garage in...
