Better sound while trolling and Wade fishing. Also gave me access to remove the kicker bracket. Don't know how anyone ever installed it.

The splashwell is different also, mine is an 83 and the splashwell is squared off, not angled back to the scuppers. Did yours not have hatches & bins in the rear to access the inside of the transom from the top?

Looks great!

No it does not have hatches on the top of the transom corners. That's what really threw me off with the year of the boat.