1986 Trophy Questar Carpet Restoration

(Sorry for poor quality photos, they are with a camera phone.)

Well guys, I am still alittle new to the forum here, I was able to get a real bass boat (fished out of a 14' 1969 Larson until now). I needed to do alittle to it.

Replaced all carpet. Which is a real job for anyone wanting to attack that position. Working on it about 4-6 hours a week it took me roughly 6 to 7 weeks.

Built a new center seat, the old was completely gone.

Installed new aerator, water lines, converted front livewell to ice box and installed a water pressure gauge.

The motor is having some idling issues, which ChampioNman has been helping me out on tremendously.

Just thought I would share a few photos. (as you can see I know I have an oxidation problem...any good remedies from anyone would be greatly appreciated.)

Johnny

First day I got it...
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...31-08_1852.jpg

Floor was rotted under console...so I went to fiberglassin it up.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...14-08_2013.jpg

Stripped down front deck
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...16-08_2206.jpg

Removed Fuel tank and accessories, undercoated bileage area and cleaned it up
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...14-08_2012.jpg

more stripping
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...14-08_2016.jpg

Finally Done
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...31-08_0929.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...31-08_0928.jpg

Back together and Ready for fishing...
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...31-08_0926.jpg

Nice job on the carpet http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif hope you get the motor problem figured out....and good luck with your new boat http://www.bassboatcentral.com/boardstuff2/beers.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/boardstuff2/beers.gif

Great job and welcome to the BBC

Nice work http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif

Good work http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif
That hull looks almost exactly like the old Skeeter Starfire's. Nice boat.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by perfect-storm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Good work http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif
That hull looks almost exactly like the old Skeeter Starfire's. Nice boat.</TD></TR></TABLE>

My dad had a Questar back in the day. When he bought the boat, the story he got was that a family member, partner,??? at Skeeter split and built the Questar from the blueprints the starfire was built from. Dont know how much truth there was to the story, but from what I remember they were nearly identical.


Trophy, Nice work! http://xs-s.com/zf/images/smile/emthup.gif

I was told the same from the gentleman I bought it from. He bought the boat new. But he did tell me that the mold for the starfire was the exact mold for the questar's. I don't know if its true or not either.