Starcraft Ski-Champ

This is a vintage 1957 14 StarCraft Ski-Champ. StarCraft confirmed for me it is a very rare model with less than 100 built in that year. Most regrettably I must sell it halfway through my restoration. I found it in Maine in the fall of 2015. I purchased a new Road King trailer (included). The trailer alone cost me over $800 and it has never been in the water, the trailer is in pristine like new condition and road ready. I towed it to Chattanooga, Tennessee where its been stored indoors and out of the weather ever since. I was on again off again several times with the restoration, but I am in a situation today that has me selling it for personal reasons, basically clearing out and moving on. Financially it will eat my shorts letting it go at $1600 but I must cut my losses and not look back. Do not come at me with a lower offer, if your some low balling bottom feeder move on and find somebody else's good nature to take advantage of. This is not about a sale for me, it is about getting this boat into the hands of someone that will restore it properly. I am hopeful to find it a new home with someone who understands and appreciates these little tin boats, someone who is passionate in their restoration work and is skilled in wood working and finishing. All the parts are with me and on hand, I even have the rare and often broken original drain plug intact which I bead blasted and powder coated red. The original manufacturers label is intact as well. Mind you I did remove the windshield and it is in a landfill somewhere, it was not original and was dry rotted. The first three pictures are as I found it in Maine when I purchased it. The following pictures are of it in its current condition which is halfway through my restoration. Im selling it as is, but I will spend as much quality time with you as needed to show you everything in detail. I have spent a small fortune on all new, very good quality mahogany and marine plywood, I have new mahogany cut for everything, there is no old wood on this boat. I also cut a new transom out of a beautiful piece of oak. My plan was to continue fitting out the boat with all of my new wood getting everything cut to size, fit up and assembled unfinished. Then I was going to strip all of the wood back off of the boat to sand, prep and varnish while the aluminum hull got grit blasted, there are some very small dings in the aluminum I was going to knock out flat again but there are no big dents or tears in this hull, it is in remarkably good condition for its age. Once I was finished with the grit blasting I was going to paint the aluminum hull and top cap skins while varnishing the wood on a parallel path. Then I was going to perform the final detailed assembly keeping a "Best in Class" blue ribbon trophy in mind. You will no doubt have questions and I will have the answers so do not hesitate to reach out to me. I can and will also send additional pictures of anything you need. This little boat is going to make someone a very good winter project this year so ladies if youre looking for that special gift for your Beau then bust out your checkbook and surprise him. Would also make for an excellent Father & Son or Father & Daughter restoration. I always saw this boat being a showstopper and thats where I was headed with it. I priced this boat and trailer to sell. You can pick it up here in Chattanooga or I can personally deliver it anywhere in the lower 48. For our Canadian neighbors to the North I would consider bringing it to you as well, I just can't see me driving up near the Artic Circle so if its a reasonable destination no worries. My delivery charge would be 45 cents per mile using the Rand McNally mileage calculator which you can find in a simple Google search. As an example, I punched in Chattanooga, TN as my starting point and Lake George, NY as my ending point and the Rand McNally mileage calculator spit out 1014 miles, 16 hours driving time. 1014 x .45 = $456.30 delivery fee. This example would take me two days to get to you in Lake George, NY. You can use this calculator to realize how much extra it would cost you to have me deliver it to your driveway. Consider it a fair fee as I'm only charging this delivery fee one way, I'll get myself back to Chattanooga on my own dime, also consider the driving time involved for me away from home, the cost of fuel, possible tolls, hotels, meals and the wear and tear on my truck, I'm not making any money at .45 cents a mile, this is simply a courtesy service I am offering to help you with the transport if you need it. If your a StarCraft enthusiast and a capable restorer of these older boats then please don't pass this one up as it has great potential. Its all here and its all original just needs to be handed over to a person with a warm Winter workshop willing to burn some midnight oil paying attention to the details. I have lots more to share at turnover.