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Revision as of 18:39, 10 November 2017
In the beginning....
In 1903 Star Tank Corporation of Goshen, Indiana, a maker of farm feeders and tanks, decided that their process for making tanks would work well for
making metal boats. In 1920 the Star Tank and Boat company was making metal boats. The first aluminum model was introduced in 1952. By 1957 they were making 10 models of aluminum and 6 models of galvanized steel boats under the Starcraft Boat Company name.
It is shortly after this time that they started to also make fiberglass boats. In 1958, three fiberglass models were introduced. By 1962 Starcraft was making 7 models of fiberglass boats, and continue to make aluminum and fiberglass boats to this day.
Note: Starcraft Marine of Topeka, Indiana is the current maker of Starcraft boats, and shares the Starcraft name with 3 other divisions using the
Starcraft name in the recreation industry. The Starcraft name seems to be all that has survived many corporate sales and I have not received any information directly from Starcraft Marine about their fiberglass boat history.
Model Information
Contents
1950
1950 Information
1953
1953 Information
1956
1956 Information
1957
1957 Information
1958
1958 Brochure
1958 Miscellaneous Information
1959
1959 Information
1960
1960 Brochure & Ads
1961
1961 Information
1963
1963 Information
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1963 Brochure p4
1963 Miscellaneous Information
1963 Starcraft Suncruiser MerCruiser 140 Test
1963 Starcraft Pram Mercury 39 Test
1964
1964 Brochure & Ads
1965
1965 Brochure
1965 Miscellaneous
1967
1967 Brochure
1969
1969 Information
1969 Starcraft Mariner-V Mercury 350SL test