Stinger 260 question
 

Hello.
Just wonder how long did the stinger 260 have flat windshield?

//Jocke Sweden

till I molded myself a new one!:party-smiley-048:

but that's not what you wanted to hear...

I think through 1985. 86 & up had the curved glass.. but i have been known to be wrong:angry-smiley-055:

How much is it to mold a new? do you have any pics of it? me and a friend are going to pick up a stinger 260 tomorrow :D

most of cost was my time... here is a picture

here we go

The absolutely flat windshield was from 82-85
The split flat "bent in a V" windshield was 86, 87 (like mine) then in 88 or 89 (sorry not quite sure on that one) they curved the glass.
This is from my experience of what I have seen around here. Mine is a V type with two flat glass panes. My friend in Hamilton has a newer one than mine and his is curved. I believe his to be an 89???

I hope that helps?:cool-smiley-011:

Thanks for the answer! :)
What year can this one be?
Not in the best shape but it was pretty sheap, it`s without engines now but we found 2 mercruiser 350 magnum -88 that we are buying. :)

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That boat was sold new in Lewisville, Texas where is she now?

Remove those upholstered arrow shaped coaming pieces and flip them upside down, reattach and your interior will look like new.

That looks similar to an 82 that is up here or it could be an 83 with that paint scheme and it looks like the cabin doors are folding wood??? The 87 and up had a plexiglass door for the cabin that slides.

By the way if your looking for engines there is a Stinger up here in Niagara that you can grab CHEAP!. The outdrives were stolen and the boat has sat weathering for a couple of years. The blocks were fresh and ran strong. See my posting in this Chris Craft thread from about two weeks ago as it has a description. If you want the guys name and number I can aslo takes some pics of the boat and email them to you.
Contact me at [email protected]

You know i`m from sweden and not so good in english, so if you can be a little more precise in what you mean iwould be thankfull :)

The cabin doors are 2 piece in plastic glas if thats what you mean? :)
The boat is now in stockholm/sweden on the way to skelleftea/sweden :)
whats the price ont he engines? we found engines with outdrives pretty sheap here in sweden.

//Jocke

I bet it's an '83. The later Stingers actually had the wooden cabin entry doors. I've only seen the acrylic on the earlier ones, and I've got a ton of Stinger pictures. I save nearly every one I come across-Scorpions too. Here's some pics of mine, it is factory interior from what I've been told, but that will be updated this winter... If you want pics of anything specific, PM me and I'll snap a few and I'll post them.

Pic from inside. The interior was funky with mold and mildew. We sprayed a 50/50 solution of Super Clean and water and washed it down. Then rinsed thoroughly with water and let air out in the hot sun. The cabin interior came out looking almost like new. Too bad the cockpit isn't that easy.

CCStinger is correct. The earlier ones 82 and back had wooden doors. The 83's had folding doors up to and including 85 I beleive. The 86 87 and 88's had a big plexiglass door but it slid sideways over top of another plexiglass inlay.
The bench seat is another mark of an early stinger as the 85 and up had the drop down bolster type seats more often then bench seats in those years.

After looking thru more pictures, the only Stingers I found with the wooden doors were ones with the Scorpion top decks. I don't know for sure if that's all there were, but that's all I have pictures of. I know I've seen the wooden doors on some late '80's Stingers, but those might have been put on by owners who couldn't get replacement acrylic doors, but I can't find any pictures of them. Your boat is a lot like mine, that's why I think it's an '83 model. You have the same interior patterns, dash layout, and I can see from your pictures that you have stickers on your panel missing where I have stickers in place. If you want, PM me your HIN and I'll compare it with mine to see how close they are.