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These are
photos of my starcraft,serial #1006.I found it engine and trans
less not to mention no wheels ,but my first ride in a swamp
buggy as we called them,was from OMAR CRUPE then president of
starcraft .He used to spin cats on our ice ponds in the winter
,MAN WHAT FUN! Well needless to say i found this one,I had to
have it.my first ride in the mud was hosted by Ron sweet up
in michigan ,well i found all the things i scrimped on failed
.So all sprockets and chain where replace with #50.2nd ride
was in attica things where better no major malfunctions,3rd
ride was humphry 2002,i made it but even with the 440 i was
struggling up
hills,so my next inprovment will be 4stroke engine.
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Well i
just had to have a wedge,they look neat,and being a teen in
the muscle car era,the kawasaki green,roll bar ,air scoops and
rear louvers just got the best of me,well i got one and it was
silver and red one busted axle,a split body from a impact on
something that didnt move,and i wasnt done with yhe starcraft
yet,what was i thinking! 1st thing i had to do get rid of the
insane color.it took 4 days of sanding to get the silver and
red off.i needed the original gel underneath so if i got a scratch
on the new paint i dosnt realy show,i had to do some extensive
body work on front of hull fight frnt corner was crushed and
the resine was u.v ed out of the glass and top and bottom seperated.so
we hoisted it up like a big dead
fish and did the body work.the seat and floor panel didnt need
much had to replace the front left axle with 1.187 stressproof
had the end machined to fit the new 3/4 bearing in the hull,had
to replace front chains i had left over from a scrambler-b7
amphicat adventures,i got some rims and tires in a trade but
the parts wedge i bought has much better tires on it for a 6x6.so
that coming as well as a 16hp 4 stroke,i also had to dig into
the transmission and do some machining there i have been working
on and off on wedge 3yrs now and havnt riden it yet but that
day is coming soon. mike abbey
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