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Chris,
this website is great, I'm pretty fascinated with all the pics of the great looking mates, and I thought I was only one of the few proud owners, but I need help and I know your the man for it. I'm looking for rear cooler hatch latches for a 89 starflite and how I can order new upholstery for it. Plan on seeing my pics in the near future.
 
Welcome to the board VA.

Thanks for the nice comments, I'm glad you enjoy our little "joint".

What I'm going to do, is move this thread over to the Ask The Experts forum.

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Hi:

I'm a Chris not THE Chris, anyway your latches should be easy enough to find, most boat companies don't make their own hardware. Remove the latch and look for a manufacturer name - probably attwood or perko. Take all the measurements you can off it or better yet take it to your local marina/boatyard. Ask their parts guy real nicely to let you look through their Land n Sea (formerly Barclay) Book. Chances are if anyone sells that lactch it will be them. Failing that email me at work (cether@muskoka.com) with a picture/ sketch whatever and i'll see what i can find.

For your upholstry, just call checkmate, they'll make it for you - and from what i have seen their prices are very reasonable.
 
There, that's better.
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For the interior, you have a bunch of choices including the Checkmate factory. If you are looking for an original style replacement, that might be your best choice.

To be honest, the cooler hatch latches I'm not totally familiar with. Chris E is right, most of the "hardware" for your boat came from outside suppliers. If you are looking to get original style ones to replace the ones you have, I would probably give Mike Combs a call at the factory. Have your VIN number handy, and he'll probably know who originally supplied the hinges to Mate. They may still use them, have some left over, or be able to tell you who supplied them.

Hope that helps!

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Failing any of the above, shoot us an email with a pic of the hardware in question, with either some dimensions or a reference in the pic, (such as a ruler laid under the part in the pic). We should be able to match what you have.
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