TOPIC: 1958 Lone Star Brochure and/or Photos?

Friends,

I've found a 1958 (I think?) FINNED Aluminum Lone Star 16FT runabout, which has NO interior and NO windshield, out in a pasture near here. - It hasn't been ever registered in TX as far as I can tell.
(The hull serial number is: 4310409)

Does anyone have the 1958 "big brochure" and/or GOOD quality photos of what this runabout looked like when new?
AND/OR
For SURE which 16ft it is & whether it is actually a 1958 or not?

yours, satx

Hi Satx--Go to the Lone Star forum site (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), and check out the archives. I think they have just about every brochure in there somewhere, plus lots and lots of restored boats in the albums section. It sounds to me like a Malibu, which started in '58 with fins (before that, they did not). Or, it could be a Nassau.

The hull number is a puzzle, however. The general consensus is that the first digit of the hull number is the last digit of the year, but that would make your boat a '54, which doesn't jibe with the fins. I know there have been some exceptions noted to the serial numbering system, so yours may just be an anomaly.

Shannon in Crystal River

labloverdc,

THANKS. - Will go look at that site.

yours, satx