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<blockquote data-quote="DanOStarcraft" data-source="post: 514207" data-attributes="member: 35670">Hi guys.&nbsp; Thanks for the replies.&nbsp; Yeah, I think this will be a fun one.&nbsp; Rare to find one this old that isn&#039;t trashed and that has titles.&nbsp; Inside the boat, under the leaves and gunk were the old mahogany seat frames.&nbsp; So, I have some templates to use and some aluminum trim pieces that just need some clean up and paint.&nbsp; I was surprised too that the windshield was in such good shape.&nbsp; There is one little crack down low that I might be able to fill and patch but overall it&#039;s in very good shape for a 65 year old boat.&nbsp; The guy I bought it from bought it from the estate of a gentleman that passed a few years ago.&nbsp; He said he took it out and to his shock it didn&#039;t leak at all.&nbsp; Wow.A little more research and from what I can find this was the 1959 Starcraft Super Constellation.&nbsp; I think the &quot;super&quot; part was that it was 16&#039; instead of 14&#039;.&nbsp; Seems to be a lot more rare as I can&#039;t find any pictures of this model.&nbsp; Even with it being the 2&#039; longer one it&#039;s still pretty light at around 300 pounds.&nbsp; So much easier to move around than the &#039;67 Glastron in the last photo.Anyhow, looking forward to the project and refit.&nbsp; My additional plans are to have it be electric.&nbsp; I rebuilt the Glastron to be electric and have had fun working with that.&nbsp; The electric motor builds I have are a 6kw and a 10kw.&nbsp; The 6kw would push the heavy Glastron to almost 8mph and that&#039;s with a deep V hull and around 700+ pounds of just boat, so this one should move out a bit quicker.&nbsp; We&#039;ll see.Always appreciate comments.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DanOStarcraft, post: 514207, member: 35670"] Hi guys. Thanks for the replies. Yeah, I think this will be a fun one. Rare to find one this old that isn't trashed and that has titles. Inside the boat, under the leaves and gunk were the old mahogany seat frames. So, I have some templates to use and some aluminum trim pieces that just need some clean up and paint. I was surprised too that the windshield was in such good shape. There is one little crack down low that I might be able to fill and patch but overall it's in very good shape for a 65 year old boat. The guy I bought it from bought it from the estate of a gentleman that passed a few years ago. He said he took it out and to his shock it didn't leak at all. Wow. A little more research and from what I can find this was the 1959 Starcraft Super Constellation. I think the "super" part was that it was 16' instead of 14'. Seems to be a lot more rare as I can't find any pictures of this model. Even with it being the 2' longer one it's still pretty light at around 300 pounds. So much easier to move around than the '67 Glastron in the last photo. Anyhow, looking forward to the project and refit. My additional plans are to have it be electric. I rebuilt the Glastron to be electric and have had fun working with that. The electric motor builds I have are a 6kw and a 10kw. The 6kw would push the heavy Glastron to almost 8mph and that's with a deep V hull and around 700+ pounds of just boat, so this one should move out a bit quicker. We'll see. Always appreciate comments. [/QUOTE]

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