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    1973 Mercury 650 fuel issues.

    Mercury 650 3cyl, serial number 3549871 The motor starts and idles just fine, on the muffs and in Neutral it's perfect. My problem comes when I give some throttle while in gear. If I slowly apply throttle it picks up to a high idle and starts to just bog down, eventually dying if I keep...
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    Is my boat rare?

    Re: Is my boat rare? Figuring out seat spacing and arrangement. With this set up I'll have 4ft of deck behind the cooler seats. The last couple evenings have been more stripping. glue, and paint up in the bow. Called it an early day at work yesterday, and I got the transom out. I'll put some...
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    Is my boat rare?

    Re: Is my boat rare? After everything was removed, and a nice hose down. Some stripper to the old glue, scraped with a plastic scraper. After drilling out a couple rivets, I've gained some deck space!
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    Is my boat rare?

    Re: Is my boat rare? And the tear down begins! The rear 4' of the deck was paper. A previous owner put ice and water across the whole deck, and metal flashing along all the seams. A couple critters had made the foam a nice home at some point.
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    Is my boat rare?

    Re: Is my boat rare? The next morning.
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    Is my boat rare?

    Re: Is my boat rare? Here's some from the night we picked her up, and the tags from the next morning.
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    Is my boat rare?

    I just picked up a 1974 Starcraft Sprint 15, according to the title, and plate on the hull. I've searched around this forum, and the internet, and haven't found much info on it (hardly any). I've just finished the tear down of the floors, transom, etc.. and would like to know if I should restore...
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