Any Starcraft Owners Out there?

JoeW

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I'm trying to restore life to a 1998 Starcraft Fishmaster that was a theft recovery. I bought it from a local marine wrecking yard. The hull is in excellent condition. It's just missing a lot of stuff. I'm looking for anyone who might have one of these boats (or close to it) so that I can get some ideas of what this boat came with originally. It's missing the guage panel, and there's a hole on the bow side of the control panel. There was either an access door there, or maybe a built in tackle box. I can't find anything that fits the deminsions (9.75" wide x 8.5" high). Manufacturer has been little help. Boat's too old.<br />I've added a 100 hp Mercury O/B that was on my old SeaRay.<br />Any help in form of pictures or descriptions would be appreciated.
 

walleyehed

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Re: Any Starcraft Owners Out there?

I've rebuilt 2 18ft Starcrafts, and the factory has been SUPER help in locating parts that were needed. Did you call Topeka, Indiana????<br />Phone#-1-219-593-2500<br />BTW, these boats were 1975, and 1979.
 

JoeW

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Re: Any Starcraft Owners Out there?

Walleyehed,<br />I contacted Startcraft twice. I wanted information about the guage panel, the seats and pedestal hardware used, wiring harness etc. The first time was through my local dealer. The reply I got through the dealer was basically "everything has changed and we don't stock any these items. Sorry" <br /> :( The second time I sent them an e-mail. About a week later I received a reply stating that the pedestal hardware was made by Springlift (I checked with Springlift, they said it was probably Springfield). They also told me that I might be able to use one of their new wiring harnesses, but it would be a little different. <br />I finally bought a wiring harness on e-bay.<br /><br />I'm going to try the e-mail thing one more time, but I figured I'd get more info (and more reliable info) from a picture of a similar boat.
 

walleyehed

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Re: Any Starcraft Owners Out there?

Well GoodLuck! I wish I had a boat of that vintage to send pictures of, but I can't help ya there, Someone out there has one I'm sure....just a matter of finding them.... :)
 
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