yooperangler
Senior Chief Petty Officer
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- Sep 17, 2010
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I guess its time to say hello and start this thread (although that means I will have to start the work soon as well 
) I've been stalking this forum over the last few months as I searched for my project boat and have learned a great deal from watching the other Starcraft restorations in progress. Last month I took the plunge and bought a 1975 mariner c.c. with a 73 65 horse Johnson. The floor is shot,Center console falling apart,control cables and steering frozen, wiring is a nightmare (even a strand of romex running under there for something) po decided to just throw another layer of plywood over the old floor and had been running shift and throttle by hand She might have ran last 4 years ago but not sure. The motor turns over though so not all is bad I also discovered my dads old boat has a 1972 65 horse Johnson on it (only about 2 years since it ran) so things are looking up All in all She is old and ugly but so am I
I bought the boat and a reasonably solid shorelander trailer for $700.00 and plan on restoring it for bay fishing on Lake Superior on the nicer days and it is still small enough for some of the larger inland lakes near here. I also got 4 decent aluminum downriggers with it and a large assortment of misc. junk in the boat. I am now in the process of cleaning out my garage and hope to post pics soon but not the most computer literate person so we will see. Anyway just wanted to say HI and thank everyone for all the great info already here in the ongoing threads keep it up! I would appreciate any and all advice and input as I progress and am sure I will have lots of questions thanks in advance.
) I've been stalking this forum over the last few months as I searched for my project boat and have learned a great deal from watching the other Starcraft restorations in progress. Last month I took the plunge and bought a 1975 mariner c.c. with a 73 65 horse Johnson. The floor is shot,Center console falling apart,control cables and steering frozen, wiring is a nightmare (even a strand of romex running under there for something) po decided to just throw another layer of plywood over the old floor and had been running shift and throttle by hand She might have ran last 4 years ago but not sure. The motor turns over though so not all is bad I also discovered my dads old boat has a 1972 65 horse Johnson on it (only about 2 years since it ran) so things are looking up All in all She is old and ugly but so am II bought the boat and a reasonably solid shorelander trailer for $700.00 and plan on restoring it for bay fishing on Lake Superior on the nicer days and it is still small enough for some of the larger inland lakes near here. I also got 4 decent aluminum downriggers with it and a large assortment of misc. junk in the boat. I am now in the process of cleaning out my garage and hope to post pics soon but not the most computer literate person so we will see. Anyway just wanted to say HI and thank everyone for all the great info already here in the ongoing threads keep it up! I would appreciate any and all advice and input as I progress and am sure I will have lots of questions thanks in advance.
