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    I NEED The MODEL NAME for a 1984 I/O STARCRAFT OPEN UTILITY

    Friends, I'm in the process of buying a 20 FOOT I/O OPEN UTILITY, OPEN BOW HULL (on a nice tandem trailer) from 1984 by STARCRAFT. from an estate sale - The HIN is: STRM02040184 . Our county's tax assessor/collector says that I MUST HAVE the MODEL NAME to title/register/buy the county...
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    RECOMMENDATION for OB to power a 1995 STARCRAFT 19 foot SUPERFISHERMAN 190

    Friends, I'm purchasing a 19 foot "tin" 1995 STARCRAFT bare hull on a decent trailer, that had its OB motor stolen some years ago while it was in storage & prior to the current owner buying the boat/trailer in a police auction.- The original owner is deceased. As best as I can tell, it is a...
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    ATTN: LONE STAR "TIN" BOAT EXPERTS

    Friends, I've found a "tin" Lone Star MEDALLION with SERIAL NUMBER 54610386. Can any of you identify the YEAR OF MANUFACTURE, so that the "bonded title", which I will have to purchase to register the boat, will reflect the correct year?? (The current title says that it was built over a decade...
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    1968 STERNCRAFT BAHAMAS 22 Ft with TWIN 470 MERCRUISERS??

    Friends, I've found a STERNCRAFT BAHAMAS 22 foot open runabout/utility which is still equipped with the original matched pair of MERCRUISER 470 engines & "Pre-Alpha" outdrives for sale (at a very low price) from a TX estate sale near Austin. - I'm considering buying the boat/trailer, doing the...
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    1964-65 LONE STAR RELIANT

    Friends, I've found a 1964 or perhaps 1965 LONE STAR RELIANT 18 foot cruisette, sitting out in a pasture (on a Shoreline trailer) looking UNLOVED. It's for sale for about what the aluminum is worth as scrap. The hull is in good shape, though the 2 lounge seats & the seat bases are missing...
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    LARSON OWNER'S CLUB??

    Friends, I'm "acquiring" a 1975 Larson Shark 1750, from the estate of the first owner. = The rig is "unmolested", has low hours, is equipped with a Volvo-Penta B20 engine/OD & is on a nice Sportsman trailer. (It was used last about 6 months ago.) The condition can be best described as: "all...
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    TEXAS MAID "FALCON" hull number: 1657

    Friends, I just today bought the above boat on a period trailer. - After a careful examination of the hull & of the photos on the www.fiberglassics.com website, I have determined that the boat is a FALCON, 14-foot Utility Runabout. The Texas certificate of title says that the hull was built in...
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    GLAS-TEX Boats????

    Friends, A gentleman here in San Antonio has an 18 foot, deep/wide tri-hull OPEN FISHERMAN, with 75HP OMC outboard, built by a company called "GLAS-TEX of Texas". I have searched www.fiberglassics.com, google & several other websites that deal with antique & classic boats AND the ONLY...
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    Maker of 1958 SEA KING Hulls???

    Friends, Do any of you know which of several boat-builders made the 14 & 15 foot finned runabout hulls of 1958 & sold by Montgomery Ward as SEA KING boats? (At various times, at least the following companies contracted to make Sea King boats for Montgomery Ward: CHRIS-CRAFT, FT. DODGE, SPAN...
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    1962 Lone Star MEDALLION Interior???

    Friends, I've yet again found a nice classic boat on a suitable Lone Star period trailer "sitting out in the weeds" BUT the entire interior & seating has been stripped out & thrown away by the previous (now deceased) owner. Does anyone have a factory brochure for 1962 Lone Star boats, which...
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    TEXAS MAID Boats Owner's Club???

    Friends, Does anyone know of an owner's club for TEXAS MAID Boats?? A "google search" shows NO such club, though I believe that there used to be such a group. - Perhaps it went out existence, changed its name or ???? The reason that I ask is that I've found a 14 foot runabout that is a...
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    SEEKING INFORMATION on CORSAIR BOATS of Ft Worth, Texas???

    Friends, I've found a 1959 fifteen foot red/white CORSAIR runabout (on a 1959 DALTEX trailer) that was built in Ft Worth, Texas by the Dewey family. = While the hull is sound, the interior has long ago been stripped out & trashed.- I have NO idea what the seats/accessories looked like...
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    ANYONE INTERESTED in a MFG Marque Club?

    Friends, I now have a "new to me" 1967 MFG CV-18 CORVAIR & discovered that there is evidently NO owner's club or registry for MOLDED FIBER GLASS BOATS. (MFG boats are, imVho, interesting/quality hulls & each day become less common in good original or restored condition.) Such a club/registry...
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    1959 - 1961 LONE STAR PAINT FORMULAS???

    Friends, I'm about to start restoring a 1959-61 LONE STAR 16 foot SKIPPER (they are essentially unchanged in that period) and need the paint formulas for LONE STAR WHITE & LONE STAR RED. THANKS, satx
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    1956 CADILLAC Aluminum Runabout???

    Friends, Just this afternoon I found a 14 foot CADILLAC aluminum runabout on a period trailer, which is titled as a 1956 model. The serial number is: CRM330165537. (The records of our TX P&WD are so riddled with obvious errors of fact that I take what is in the title/registration/ownership...
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