a few pics of the chief-tin

[jetstreakdave]

Here are a couple more pics of my new to me money pit. Take note of the lovely interior colour, hmmm 70's for sure .It will have to go .

 

[jetstreakdave]

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a few more pics, colour co-oridnating toilet , it doesn't get any better than this.I think it is slab foam floatation, not poured.

 

[Bwana Don]

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My mom had a fridge that color. I don't miss it. Funky, funky Brady Bunch green for sure.

Welcome to the best Starcraft "Bunch" on the planet. Your Tin Indian (I know total rip-off of Pontiac) is awesome.

 

[Pugetsound]

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PO must have been a Organic Farmer sur did like GREEN. However boat looks good.

 

[jetstreakdave]

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nice vent windows, I didn't notice them at first

 

[ezmobee]

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Awesome boat! Welcome to the Starmada!

 

[barato]

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now, wait a minute, gents.......if that same color was slathered all over a Holiday, you'd all be droolin, but here it's courtesy of a renegade organic farmer...?? suspect the very-green seats are aftermarket, tho.

nice boat, and good word play........

 

[jetstreakdave]

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I found a soft spot in the floor left of the engine cover if u face forward and the jungle wood sides have swelled up . It looks like it will be a bit of work, but oh well its only wood and time and stainless steel and time and flooring material and time . In the end I think it will be a sweet ride.As for the seats being aftermarket, I think they are original as I saw white ones in a picture ad . This is the previous owner , I told him he can come on the maiden voyage. The first change will be to remove the name from the hull , I can't believe anyone would call a boat that.

 

[Deadwood]

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Regarding removing the decals I purchased one of these to get the old ones off of my boat.

http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/...tions_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/output_htmll

Probably old news to most of you guys but it was new to me and worked like a charm. There's some youtube video's of people using it also.

 

[barato]

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oh well its only MONEY and wood and MONEY and time and stainless steel and MONEY and time and flooring material and time .


I can't believe anyone would call a boat that.
hey, at least he put the A's in the name

 

[fshngho]

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oh well its only MONEY and wood and MONEY and time and stainless steel and MONEY and time and flooring material and time .


But the cost of a completely restored Starcraft = Priceless

I can't believe anyone would call a boat that.
hey, at least he put the A's in the name

I think I would remove that too...........squirt
(sorry, couldn't pass that up)

 

[badkins50]

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I think what barato meant to say was cruising the lake in the freshly restore Starcraft = priceless. Well at least to me, cruising any boat any time = priceless. Good luck.

 

[chrisp929]

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call me crazy . i say keep the hideous color .. it will be back soon enough . if it were me .. i would do a complete restore with the exact colors .

 

[barato]

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OK, what am i missing? isn't the "hideous color" the exact same green used on many 70s Holidays?

we joke, but in the grand scheme of things, it ain't really all that much money to have an offshore or GreatLks capable cabin cruiser...not some cuddy cabin hobbithole-on-the-water, but a real cabin you could camp in for a long weekend. you couldn't buy one of the ubiquitous disposaskiboats...Bayliner Capri or some such...for what most of us have in our Chiefs & islanders. did i mention that "barato" is Spanish for "cheap"....?

 

[Bwana Don]

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Green's ok, so is Robins Egg Blue. I also like Plum Crazy on a mopar. Very cool to look at, I'm not sure I could live with it day to day though.

Anyone that wants to go with the old original colors I say do it.

I stand by my original statement that I could live without my mom's avocado kitchen, she also had harvest gold, now that was cool,..... not.

 

[barato]

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i'm wit ya on livin with it day to day, esp on the inside of a cabin boat. the period colors are great for an occasional lake toy. glad mine came in mostly off-white and cream, which appears factory. i'm less enamored of the dingy brown interior on cabin, but that's turning to matching cream as the elves work on it at night.

 

[Todd157k]

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Nice... but my gawd man.. clean up that wiring!!!

 

[jetstreakdave]

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yes I will clean it up, and the colour is being changed to something a little more modern possibly from avacado to mashed pea . Joke

 

[jetstreakdave]

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can any of you guys tell me what model outdrive this is? I can't find a serial # on it.

 

[ezmobee]

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throw a picture of it up in the I/O repair forum and they'll tell you in like 5 minutes