TOPIC: HELP!!! = Period "Stick Steering System" NEEDED.

Friends,

I need a complete "side-stick steering" system for a long/narrow Ft Worth-built "creek boat" from 1970 that I've found (in good shape) "semi-abandoned" in a barn near Austin, except that the "stick steering" was STOLEN off the boat, while it was at a storage lot in Buda.
(The hull is far too narrow for a steering wheel.)

IF anyone reading this post has a COMPLETE & FUNCTIONAL stick-steer "set up" & that's surplus to your needs, PLEASE email me with photos & your price.

THANKS for reading this.

yours, satx

They are still available brand new. I special ordered one last fall for a customer.

EZ Glide, 8 to 15 length kits, $430

jimandros,

IF that is the system that I recently saw at a local marine store, it's NOTHING like the systems of the late 60s & early 70s.
(For starters it seemed to have been made in Red China & had lots of plastic. = The system on my 1969 "Cajun" was ALL stainless steel, pulleys & cables, except the wooden ball on the handle.)

I'd REALLY like one of an early boat, if possible. - Nonetheless, THANKS for the response.

yours, satx

Satx, You're showing your age here. I'll probably get in trouble for this but I haven't heard it called "Red China" since the 50's

63 Sabre,

For those of us who are RVN-era vets, buying from the Chinese ARMY (Or WORSE from the Chinese Secret Police agency that sells a lot of "stuff" made in their prison/slave labor camps.) isn't something that we GIs aren't "real fond of" and, truthfully, I'm an "EOF", these days.

yours, satx
USA, Retired

Satx.
USN Mustered out 1968

63 Sabre,

WELCOME HOME, my brother-in-arms.

yours, satx

Good to see a shipmate on board.
AMH2 USN 1991993-1999

Will

whoo hoo, we have a hydraulics expert on board, Help Satx repair/design an innovative hydraulic one arm bandit for his steering. What a project that would be.

All I need us a pump and a ram. I can rebuild or fab the rest.

Will

Willdiver,

WOW. I'm IMPRESSED.
(We have more REAL experts here than any place that I know of.)

Nonetheless, I'm still SEEKING an original 60s or early 70s mechanical stick-steering system for the little TOP TENNER "creek boat" hull.
It's about 15.75x3 feet with 16" sides & will "wear" my electric-starting Evinrude 18HP. = The "creek boat" will be my dedicated crappie-fishing machine. It has a built-in 10-gallon minnow well & a larger live well & both have air pumps, too.
(It's NOT big enough for a regular steering wheel.)

yours, satx

mechanical, sorry, cant help you. dont see many of those in my area. Only ones I'm familiar with are CH-46, and I dont think that helps much here..

Will

Willdiver,

THANKS for your input. =======> I'm still looking for an original/period system.

yours, satx