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  1. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Hull cleaning progress as of yesterday morning. Tomorrow and the day after I should be able to get some more done. (I hope.) 🤪 Tonight I bought this remote control. It's not the exact same one as I had originally with the 70(s), but I got it dirt cheap and it should work well enough to...
  2. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Yesterday I did about 2 hours of hull cleaning inside the boat. I combined using the power sander and the drill with wire wheels/brushes, etc. Worked well. :cool: The boy did a little more when he got home. Then we got sidetracked by tractor stuff for several hours, right up until dark. I'm...
  3. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    While looking for rivet prices, I found this. Not sure what to make of it. 🤷‍♂️ http://avstop.com/ac/apgeneral/rivets.html Certain aluminum alloys react to each other and, therefore, must be thought of as dissimilar metals. The commonly used aluminum alloys may be divided into the two...
  4. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Hmmm... maybe I'll get a little of each. :unsure:
  5. BWR1953

    1977 StarCraft 18' SS restore

    Hi Decker, good to hear from you. Best wishes to you and your wife. :)
  6. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Yes, we'll do another water test to confirm that it's watertight before a splash. In addition to patching, I'll use Coat-it to seal everything up. On the Kingfisher I used Gluvit and it ran everywhere! I hope the Coat-it isn't as messy. 🤪 Okay, I'll replace any rivets that are not in...
  7. BWR1953

    198x SS-150 rebuild

    I feel your pain! BTDT. 😏 It was absolute murder for me to get the paint off my Kingfisher. It took many attempts and easily $400 in tools and expendable supplies, if not more. Just for the stripping. And it took weeks and weeks and multiple attempts. I ran into even more troubles...
  8. BWR1953

    1973 Starcraft SuperSport 16ft. restoration questions

    Ya mean I have to buy a belt sander now too? 🤪 :ROFLMAO:
  9. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    More progress today. (We also did a little something on the KF.) I finished up fabricating and installing the temporary lift points. I had to drill a couple more holes in the stern to solidly mount the 2x4s. It was weird to find that the upper factory bolts were drilled at different...
  10. BWR1953

    1973 Starcraft SuperSport 16ft. restoration questions

    For my Kingfisher, I made a single chamfer cut using my jig saw and a circular saw for the straight cuts. I plan to do the same thing with my Chieftain. :)
  11. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Should I re-buck or replace leaking rivets near the dent? We're making progress out here again. 🙂
  12. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Ah. So I should treat the dent as cosmetic and not structural? My concern was that I'd be 15 miles out in the Gulf and have a catastrophic failure while pounding waves running to shore from a storm. :oops:😬
  13. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    And while I was in the garage, I contacted a guy who might be able to help me with this dent in the hull. That's a worrisome item right there. 😬
  14. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    I've lost a week of progress and I was also gone most of yesterday and busy once I got home. Felt like I'd lost the great mojo which had been really rolling at the beginning of the month. 😒 But this morning I got out to the garage and got about 90 minutes of work done before it started...
  15. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Yes, I had them installed last month.
  16. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    It got down to 85 degrees, so I went out to the garage and did a little work. Just came in. Can anybody guess what I'm up to now? :unsure: :D
  17. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Uhoh. We already have 3 out. 😬 I really like having the Chief in the garage; easier to work on. Chief in the garage and the Kingfisher connected up to go fishing the next morning. No, I don't tow with that tarp on there.
  18. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Whether or not to remove all of the ribs is a very good question. I absolutely don't want to do that if it really isn't necessary. It adds expense, significant time delays and serious stress. I pulled the #1 rib (closest to the stern) and it had a pinhole and some corrosion under the center...
  19. BWR1953

    1976 Starcraft Chieftain 18' OB - restomod

    Any help? I've been busy with other stuff over the last several days and haven't done any work lately. We only have 3 ribs removed thus far and I'd really like get some feedback on whether or not I can safely remove all the ribs simultaneously. :) And before I order 1,000 rivets, I'd like...
  20. BWR1953

    1987 Starcraft islander 190v?

    Congrats on the splash; looks great! :cool: (y)
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