1967 Starline Deville - Extreme Makeover

**JohnHenry** · 11-30-2009, 09:37 PM

Unbelievable job, Mike! I'm lovin' the Flex rotary.

(BTW, I'm a veteran FL boat rebuilder from Anna Maria. You've reached the point at which I typically discover that the plywood core transom is rotten! lol!)

**mchess1** · 07-03-2010, 10:24 AM

Hey Mike, I know you've been a little busy in the Show Car Garage

but any updates on the Starline?

It was really coming along great there for a while.

Mike Phillips · 07-03-2010, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by mchess1

Hey Mike, I know you've been a little busy in the Show Car Garage

but any updates on the Starline?

It was really coming along great there for a while.

I getting ready to head over to Jupiter for a Car Show, I was going to take my Jimmy which is a 1975 but their cut-off is 1973 so I'm going to take the 1964 Ford Falcon Futura instead and that way I can park in the show. But tomorrow if it's not raining I'm going to bring it out of storage and get it ready to do some fishing.

I have a Pertronix Electronic Ignition to install so that's the next upgrade and then it's time for some fishing... you want to go?

**howejt** · 07-03-2010, 11:40 AM

Mike, if it is the car show at Abacoa, you probably won't have a problem with the Jimmy. Unless things have changed and they are more forceful in limiting the cars by year, there used to be a lot of people that would show up with later model Corvettes, Mustangs, etc along with 1980s vehicles of no particular significance besides being a GM or Ford product with an emissions strangled V8. I don't see there being an problem with your truck, but maybe things have changed because of there being too many newer cars in the past. Have not been to one since the fall of last year.

**mchess1** · 07-03-2010, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

But tomorrow if it's not raining I'm going to bring it out of storage and get it ready to do some fishing.

I have a Pertronix Electronic Ignition to install so that's the next upgrade and then it's time for some fishing... you want to go?

I am always looking for an excuse to go fishing. Usually it's just me and my kayak.

Mike Phillips · 09-14-2011, 10:50 AM

***Update***

Thought I would culminate this thread with a few pictures 2 years after the initial buff-out of this classic family ski boat I had shipped all the way from the Mojave Desert to Stuart, Florida.

I sold the boat to a new owner about one week ago as I wanted to find the boat a good home as I move onto a new project. The new owner already owns 2-3 other classic ski boats and completely understands how special this boat is to have survived intact for all these years.

Here's some pictures I took July 4th weekend, for the recored this was on Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

All shined up, ready to go and flying her colors!

This was taken at Manatee Cove boat launch after a day at the Stuart Sandbar... (busy and crowded)

A lot of great memories were created in the 3 years I owned this boat... these were the best though...

New Sea Captain of the SS Shark Bait!

Thought I would share a few vacation pictures...

This is a view out the back of the boat as we're leaving a small boat launch behind one of our local restaurants called Finz which is a seafood restaurant just down the road from Autogeek.

This is my son Rand manning the helm... his favorite thing to do so far is get past the speed limit buoys and then shove the throttle down as far as it will go...

And this is the Stuart Inlet which opens up into the Atlantic Ocean...

Hard to know how many young men and ladies have learned to drive a boat over the 44 years in this 1967 Starline Deville but my guess is more than a few and besides being a lot of fun to take out fishing or snorkeling everywhere we take it we get nice compliments about the condition of the boat.