Recent content by who10

Nice catch. Still attempting to catch a lunker this year.

Nice catch! Always fun to fish with the kids.

I would've loved to reel that one in.

Haven't been back to this forum in a while. This little boat has been one heck of an investment. Once I got her on the water, I couldn't quit fishing. Spent most of the late summer and fall fishing my favorite fishing hole.

Bucked rivets, replaced 3 rivets with water tight pop rivets and 3M 5200, added the rest of the 3M 5200 along the seams inside the boat and performed leak test. With the exception of a few pinhole leaks, she's pretty tight. I think I'm going to coat the bottom next. I'm pretty sure that'll...

Ready to buck rivets, seal holes and seams.

A little bit of history. I guess these things were built from 1955 to 1958. As I was stripping this boat down, I found a serial number under all the silicon and paint the previous owner had put on the transom. Turns out there is a 58 in the number. Wonder if that means it's a 1958 model...

Slow Progress...

My boat didn't have a VIN. I'm definatley no expert. I had to do some research and make a "best guess". I found an old sales brochure photo online. It happened to be from 1957 and it is the only picture of a 12' Lonestar that I've been able to find that is configured like mine. Most of what...

I bet you would. :D Actually, I'm having some fun working on it. We'll see how it goes.

Guess there is some aluminum under all that silicon and caulk, as well as the tear/crack I was talking about earlier. :shock:

Sounds like you've got quite a collection. The wider Starcraft would be nice. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I've stripped all the silicon off the inside and now I've got the boat turned over so I can work on the bottom. There is a small tear and a crack in a couple of the stingers, but they...

Ok, I've done some research. Looks like I've got a 12' 1957 Lonestar Corvette. I'm going to have to put some work into this one... :wink: [/attachment]

I just purchased a similar boat, only mine is 12'. I'm interested to hear how well things go as you fix those leaks. I have the same problem with mine. Note - I believe there is a rubber seal sandwiched between the metal along the rivet lines.

Lonestar huh? Funny, I was wondering what kind of boat it might be. I hadn't seen anything like it. I fish the flat bottom on a river and an 85 acre "trolling motor only" lake. There are some larger lakes around here that I'd like to fish with the v hull. I think I'm going to remove all the...