Sweet stars and stripes on ebay.

yeah that thing is slick kinda reminds me of skibums re do

here ya go .
a true 1976 stars and stripes

HW I owe You another shotski, but fuc quiner, johny and brownie are drinking with us.

plain and Simple CC all the way even though I am now the boatless one.

I'm still old school. And Yes someone please post the real deal, White hull, metal flake paint, red and blue pin stripes and piping on the seats, first inboard I ever rode in and my first 180 as well. Mr. Banker I thank you still to this day.

Yes that was his real last name and yes it was on Wawasee as well.

slalomguy wrote: [/QUOTE]

As always, no help.

Brian,

As always...well said.

Not that it matters, and I'm certainly not an expert regarding MC, however . . .

I don't know the first year MC put stars on its boats. The orginal in 68 was a solid redish hull with a white deck. Sometime in the early 70s, MC had a red, white, and blue stars and stripes motif. I believe this is the "real stars and stripes" of which 79 nautique refers. It was a popular color configuration at that time (Evel Knievel used a similar motif on his motorcycles and jumpsuits). Mastercraft continued to use the stars on its boats through 1985. The official name of these boats was "Skier" or "Tournament Skier" however, most people then and now continue to refer to MCs through 1985 as "stars and stripes."

MC has continued to use the Star motif on its special edition boats including its 25th anniversary edition (93), 30th (98), and 35th (2003). The 93 anniversary edition physically says "Stars and Stripes" on its side.

The first MC model known as "Prostar" was in 1987.

BKH

no one ever accused the mastercraft guys of being overly bright and just because they all call them stars and stripes editions because the have stars down the side which they all did in the begining doesn't mean it's the real deal.

Guess you had to be old enough and actually seen and ridin in the real deal to know the difference, When I was growing up they where always called pro stars and still had the stars and stripe graphics but where never called stars and stripes editions.That was for the special edition they did for one year and one year only marking the bi-centinial year of 1976.

I'll see if my freind Beth still has a picture of our buddies boat that was the real deal.

I have been watching this thread - and I have been reluctant to join in, but here goes:

Billy (boat dr) - I was with you right up until that last line (thought I was hearing dueling banjos...lol)

Anyway, I happen to have come into possesion of a 1979 MasterCraft 190 Skier that has the Stars and Stripes motif. The boat is light blue with dark blue metalflake accent, and red stripes. I counted 39 stars between the hull, doghouse and backrest.

The title lists the model as a 190 Stars and Stripes Skier. I called MC, gave them them the HIN - they said "Oh, you have a blue 1979 Stars and Stripes". I posted on the MC site asking what I had, they told me I have a blue 1979 Stars and Stripes.

What do I know? Probably less than the guys here, at MC and at the MC site. I also know I like my 78 SkiTique better than the 79 MC - but it is still a cool-ass boat.

And it is a Stars and Stripes.

Mike

Nate: Enjoy your set, cool off in the water, grab a cold one or two and continue to post here.

john

could have used spaces could have used ph been there done that know all the ways around the sh*t spelled it the way I wanted to. at least it's got you guys typing for a change

nates78ski wrote: if nothing else, I'm pretty impressed with his way around the filter that blocks the word f**k. A whole new world is opening for 79....haha Nate

Nate, I don't know if Chris's spelling was intentional. We all know he isn't the greatest speller. Of coarse nether am I!! The only other thing I can say is, that no matter how he spells something, he does get his point across to people.

if nothing else, I'm pretty impressed with his way around the filter that blocks the word f**k. A whole new world is opening for 79....haha

Nate

79nautique wrote: full of sh*t and don't know what the fuc your talking about. Your so Fuc'n stupid jack ass, sh*t dumb ass go fuc yourself clown

WOW........... !!

79nautique wrote: Coming from a used car salesman I would expect that you where full of sh*t and don't know what the fuc your talking about. So what it's got a big block Mopar so does Marshal's and his looks way better than that POS and is a CC as well. Your so Fuc'n stupid you don't even know what a stars and stripes model is jack ass, just because it has stars down the side doesn't mean sh*t they all did in that era dumb ass. A stars and stripes is a special red, white and blue model from the 70's so go fuc yourself clown, talk about something that you know because you sure as hell don't know much making the comment that you did.

IIRC, Marshall has a 340 in his boat not a BB.