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Originally Posted by phatdaddy
welcome west coast, sounds like you got a deal. mine is an 83, so i'm kinda partial to that vintage. i'm sure more mechanical minds will chime in, but i'd look at the bracket w/ outboard configuration. i never have liked running hot salt water through a car engine.
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Hi Cali-V... Welcome to the site. 
I'm with pretty much everyone else on this. Seal the transom. Mount a bracket and put a 150-200 hp outboard on it. You'll be a tad a** heavy, but trim tabs will take care of that. In the short run it will cost more.. In the long run it will save you money.
The only way I'd recommend a rebuild is if you found a complete yank out/drop-in engine in good shape for a really good price. 
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