1965 Starcraft Jet Star restoration

[kia052005]

New to forum here... my husband has bought himself a 1965 StarCraft Jet Star and is in the process of restoring it. This forum has been a wealth of information for us! So far we have stripped the boat down (seats, floor, transom which were all pretty rotten) Also the windshield has a major crack in it. It came with the original 1966 (?) Mercury 550 outboard. Any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[1973Chieftain]

Re: 1965 Starcraft Jet Star restoration

Welcome aboard! This site has been invaluable to me in my restos too! Any pics of your Jet Star?

 

[kia052005]

Re: 1965 Starcraft Jet Star restoration

Here's some pics of what we have to work with.....

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: 1965 Starcraft Jet Star restoration

Looks like a great platform to start with. You can tell your husband he did well buying the Jet :watermelon:

I think the Merc is a 500, but I'm not a Merc expert.

Look thru BGC's windshield thread, he's working on a new DIY windshield (frame too I think) for his Jet:
1963 Jet Star Windshield Replacement

And there are a couple other DIY windshield threads floating around, when the time comes.

 

[barato2]

Re: 1965 Starcraft Jet Star restoration

welcome to the delirious horde. don't forget that the simplest and often the cheapest windshield answer is just retrofitting one from a newer boat, unless you're going for the 100% period-correct look